Celia "CeCe" Rhodes

Lily's mother and Serena's grandmother. Caused the breakup of Rufus and Lily back in the day by making Lily choose between her inheritance and Rufus. Lily chose her inheritance. She also tried to break up Serena and Dan to no avail by inviting Carter Baizen to the cotillion. During debut season, CeCe manipulated her daughter and granddaughter by declaring that she had a terminal illness, claiming that the doctors found 'something' in her lungs. Although she later admitted that this was false, she was later seen taking pills. Her cold and manipulative personality changes in the second season and lets Dan into the White party by making him her escort, seeing that he still has feelings for Serena. After Bart Bass' funeral, she reveals the reason why Lily was in a sanatorium. During the events of Serena's arrest, Lily and CeCe resume their mother-daughter fight but later patch up their problems before CeCe leaves. CeCe's supposed sudden illness in the third season causes Lily to leave Manhattan to take care of her.