Less than a week after Gossip Girl actress Chanel Banks was reported missing by her family, she has spoken out for the first time: “I’m alive and you’re going to be seeing so much more of me.”

Gossip Girl alum Chanel Maya Banks is sharing her perspective about what led to her reported disappearance. "It is a simple explanation," Banks, 36, told Extra in an interview published Monday, November 18.

A former "Gossip Girl" actor, Maya Chanel Banks, was located in Texas after being reported missing by her family, police say.

Chanel Banks, the actress known for her role in "Gossip Girl," is addressing the recent controversy surrounding her reported disappearance.

UPDATE: Chanel Maya Banks, a 36-year-old Los Angeles actress who in her 20s appeared in Gossip Girl, Blue Bloods and the 2010 Joel Schumacher feature film Twelve starring Chace Crawford and Rory Culkin, has been found safe and unharmed after news accounts spread word that she’d been missing since October 30.

Gossip Girl and Blue Bloods alum Chanel Maya Banks explained the circumstances of her alleged disappearance. "I had to take myself out of a bad situation," Banks, 36, told True Crime News in a teaser from her Monday,

Los Angeles police said “Gossip Girl” actor Chanel Banks was found safe after her reported disappearance days ago, but family members insist that the 36-year-old is still missing.

Singh reported that Banks’ husband of one year has relayed a message from Banks to the family that she “Will reach out when she’s ready” and “Does not want to be found.”

Gossip Girl alum Chanel Maya Banks is sharing her perspective about what led to her reported disappearance. “It is a simple explanation,” Banks, 36, told Extra in an interview published Monday, November 18. “I had to take myself out of a bad ...