Why Eloise Is REALLY So Upset Penelope Is Lady Whistledown

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Eloise Bridgerton is distraught upon learning Penelope Featherington is Lady Whistledown, the famed gossip writer on Bridgerton. The Netflix show dedicates each season to a romance of one of the Bridgerton siblings. However, one of the main “B” storylines is Eloise uncovering the real identity of Lady Whistledown and how Penelope tries to keep it a secret.

Initially, Eloise wants to unmask Lady Whistledown so she can learn from her how to be an independent woman, as she admires the writer’s accomplishments. As the series continues, Eloise’s reasons change to wanting to convince Lady Whistledown to write about the things she wants. This comes to a head when Queen Charlotte believes Eloise was Lady Whistledown. Desperate to find a solution, Penelope exposes Eloise’s trips to political rallies, which forces the Queen to back off Eloise but also taints the Bridgertons. Eloise connects the writer and her best friend in the Bridgerton season 2 finale, “The Viscount Who Loved Me,” when she recognizes that the way Penelope talks is the same as how Lady Whistledown writes.

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While Eloise sees what Penelope did as a betrayal, her anger and hurt come from a deeper place. Eloise admires Lady Whistledown for her success, independence, and distaste for society. Penelope, however, is someone whom Eloise has never associated with these qualities; instead, viewing her as meek, under her mother’s control, and above all else, kind. Eloise’s anger truly stems from jealousy that she was not the one to break from society’s restrictions and that Penelope has not been the person she always thought she was.

Eloise prides herself on being a woman ahead of her time, but