Bridgerton Penelope Is Whistledown

Penelope featherington nicola coughlan is revealed to be lady whistledown in the bridgerton.

Bridgerton penelope is whistledown. One of the hilarious tells that penelope is whistledown is that the gossipmonger saves her meanest barbs for the featehringtons. But in the fourth book romancing mister bridgerton lady whistledown isn t revealed to the ton until 11 years after penelope began the papers at age 17. Her identity is revealed in the final moments of the finale and lady whistledown.

Penelope featherington is revealed as lady whistledown in the bridgerton season 1 finale which is a twist that adds yet more heartbreak to her story. As whistledown penelope is an unreliable narrator not only because she s hiding behind a pseudonym but also because she s not transparent about the biases that dictate what she publishes. Fans of the julia quinn books that bridgerton is based on already know that of course.

It turns out that penelope featherington was lady whistledown all along. No one in the bridgerton world is aware yet. Interest in unmasking the columnist spikes when lady danbury offers 1 000 to the person who can discover her.

In the event of a season 2 it ll be interesting to see how van dusen continues the storyline since he s made a few changes in his adaptation. The normally shy featherington shines a coquettish smile as she unveils herself to the audience towards the end of after the rain suggesting she takes some pleasure in her role writing the scandal papers. Who could be that.

Therefore everyone assumes it s not one of them. Should bridgerton be green lit for a second season coughlan hopes that penelope will be able to invoke more of her whistledown self assurance in her day to day life. So eloise bridgerton claudia jessie and queen charlotte golda rosheuvel set off on a goosechase to unmask her suspecting everyone from tradespeople to the town modiste.

Bridgerton is technically about the titular family particularly daphne s romance with the duke of hastings simon bassett at least in its first season but the show s most interesting character is arguably lady whistledown. Season 1 finale it also will add much more complexity to the relationship between eloise and penelope. Little do they know.