The Gossip Girl problem child and Pretty Reckless rocker tells British newspaper The Guardian that the video for her band’s song, “Make Me Wanna Die,” was held in prolonged limbo because the singer, who’s currently 17, originally opted to go fully nude for the video shoot.
“It was held up in legal for a long time because I was 16 when we shot that,” she chuckles. “We couldn’t release it because, yes, I actually got naked.”
She rationalises the nudity thus: “It’s such a complex song – and the video really reflects the song, in the way that I’d die for this person. And the point is: if you don’t do something that’s making you happy, you’re just working through possessions and shit; you’re dying with nothing anyway. So I’m stripping off my worldly possessions and giving them away. And then there’s hell raining down, just cause it looks cool.”
Momsen is a promoter of masturbation:
“I’m a promoter of masturbation,” she says loudly, making our fellow diners pretend they haven’t heard. “Don’t sleep around – learn yourself first! Guys do, but girls don’t. And that’s why girls have so many bad experiences. But you can know your body, know yourself, know what feels good. You don’t have to give yourself away just to have sexual relevance. Because I don’t think sex is something people should be afraid of. It’s part of human nature, so I don’t think it should be so shameful – particularly for girls and young girls.” Continue reading after the jump!
Taylor Momsen has been largely MIA this season on Gossip Girl. So when the Deadline story broke that she’s being “sidelined,” it only made sense. After all, how long can the CW support this girl’s massive eyeliner addiction? And of course, there are those ever-growing rumors of diva-ish behavior.
So this may surprise you, but according to multiple sources connected to the series:
Taylor “isn’t going anywhere” and the behavior issues are “nothing new.”
Like the other original Gossip castmembers, Taylor is contracted through season seven, and she’ll remain a part of the series moving forward. We just won’t see her in every episode. (more…)
The increasingly controversial 17-year-old actress will begin an “indefinite hiatus” from Gossip Girl following next Monday’s episode, sources tell Deadline. Reps for the CW and Warner Brothers declined to comment.
Momsen has played Jenny Humphrey, kid sister to Dan Humphrey (Penn Badgley) since the CW soap debuted in 2007. Although a series regular, she has only appeared in three episodes so far in the current fourth season.
“She only does [the show] for the money,” a source explains to UsMagazine.com “She works hard on Gossip Girl but doesn’t care about the plot or the other cast members. She treats it like a 9-5. No emotional investment.”
Momsen, who also fronts the rock band Pretty Reckless, has grown up since her big-screen debut at age 7 as cute Cindy Lou Who in How the Grinch Stole Christmas – raising eyebrows with her skimpy, intensely Gothic wardrobe, notoriously foul-mouthed interviews and angry, age-inappropriate antics.
The new Us Weekly even reports that, for her Oct. 21 Pretty Reckless concert at NYC’s Don Hill’s (in which she flashed her breasts to the crowd) Momsen had a startling request: “Her rider included a full bar in her dressing room,” an insider told Us. “That was rejected — she’s underage!”
Taylor Momsen blames her parents for robbing her of a healthy childhood, insisting they are the reason she’s so dark and miserable.
According to Starpulse, the ‘Gossip Girl’ actress and lead singer of The Pretty Reckless said, “Everyone’s like, ‘Wow, why is she upset and why is she so miserable about things?’ My parents signed me up with Ford [modeling agency] at the age of two. No 2-year-old wants to be working, but I had no choice.”
Momsen, now 17, continued, “My whole life, I was in and out of school. I didn’t have friends. I was working constantly and I didn’t have a real life.”
Momsen recently stirred up controversy for an interview she did with Revolver, in which she said, “If it’s a good sex tape, I’ll watch it … I like some adult stars. I have a couple favorites. But I will say this: That Tommy Lee-Pamela Anderson video wasn’t very good. I wouldn’t f**k Tommy Lee.”
While performing with her band, Pretty Reckless, Taylor Momsen flashed party-goers!
The actress/singer took the stage in high heels, ripped shirt, mini skirt and fishnets. During one of her songs, she pulled down her shirt to reveal her breasts which were barely covered by x-shaped strips of black tape.
I’m so over Taylor Momsen and her “shocking” antics. I find her incredibly annoying. After receiving criticism over her ways, she insists she doesn’t care, and she’s not interested in changing.
“I didn’t get into this to be a role model,” she has said. “So, I’m sorry if I’m influencing your kids in a way that you don’t like, but I can’t be responsible for their actions. I don’t care.”
