Two weeks ago, TMZ announced that Chace Crawford had been arrested on a possession charge in Texas. Unfortunately for Chace, he was sitting in a car with a friend outside of a bar, and the cops pulled up, went through the car and found ONE JOINT. It was unlit, and it was not in Chace’s possession at the time, it was in the car. But that didn’t stop Texas from formally charging Chace with possession, a charge that could lead to six months in a Texas jail. Anyway, Us Weekly is now reporting the “inside story” on Chace’s arrest and how his parents are dealing with the shame… of having a son who sits in a car with an unlit joint.

Chace Crawford could spend up to six months in jail if he’s convicted on his misdemeanor charge of pot possession — but he’s already in the dog house with Mom and Dad.

After his June 4 arrest in a parking lot outside a Plano, Tex. bar, “his mom called him crying,” an insider close to Crawford, 24, tells UsMagazine.com.

“He comes from a very good family, and his parents were so upset that his mugshot was everywhere,” the insider says of mother Dana and father Chris.

Cops busted Crawford and a pal inside a parked car after they discovered an unlit marijuana joint. Following the incident, another pal insisted the actor was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time: “He wasn’t smoking, the pot was in the car, and it was his friend’s.”

“Ultimately [his parents] did believe him when he explained the joint ‘wasn’t his,'” the insider adds. “But they were still unhappy to have their son’s name associated with drugs.”

A third Crawford source explains the family is “upper middle class.” Dana and father Chris “weren’t strict parents — just always had high expectations.”

Accordingly, Crawford’s summer party plans will be extra subdued, the insider says. “Don’t expect to see Chace out clubbing anytime soon. He’s going to be laying low for awhile after that.”

Plus, the TV star will have a prestigious new big-screen project to keep him busy. Crawford has signed on to star alongside Jane Fonda and Catherine Keener in the indie drama Peace, Love and Misunderstanding, Variety reports.

[From Us Weekly]

I’ve said it before, but I do feel for Chace. That being said, his parents sound rough – it‘s seriously not the end of the world. Chace’s shot at the presidency isn’t necessarily shot, you know? Sure, my mom would probably be mad too, but if I told her these circumstances, I think she would be pretty understanding.

By the way, anti-drug crusaders – Sarah Palin says toking up isn’t the worst thing in the world. Her words? “If we’re talking about pot, I’m not for the legalization of pot. I think that would just encourage our young people to think that it was OK to go ahead and use it. However, I think we need to prioritize our law enforcement efforts. If somebody’s gonna smoke a joint in their house and not do anybody any harm, then perhaps there are other things our cops should be looking at to engage in and try to clean up some of the other problems we have in society.” Jesus. I agree with Sarah Palin. Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em, bitches.