{"id":204099,"date":"2025-11-06T16:09:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T16:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/06\/why-did-taylor-momsen-leave-gossip-girl-heres-what-really-happened\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T16:09:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T16:09:30","slug":"why-did-taylor-momsen-leave-gossip-girl-heres-what-really-happened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/06\/why-did-taylor-momsen-leave-gossip-girl-heres-what-really-happened\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Did Taylor Momsen Leave &#8216;Gossip Girl&#8217;? Here\u2019s What Really Happened"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandstylemag.com\/tags\/taylor-momsen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Taylor Momsen<\/strong><\/a> is setting the record straight about her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandstylemag.com\/tags\/gossip-girl-15030\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Gossip Girl<\/em><\/a> exit \u2014 and what really happened after she decided to leave the hit CW series behind.<\/p>\n<p>The actress and musician, who played Jenny Humphrey, walked away from the show midway through Season 4 to focus on her rock band, The Pretty Reckless. But as she revealed on the \u201cCall Her Daddy\u201d podcast, her decision wasn\u2019t exactly a long, dramatic goodbye \u2014 it was more like a quiet disappearance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI kind of just Irish-dipped,\u201d Taylor admitted. \u201cI just wasn\u2019t on the script the next week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Taylor, her castmates knew she was passionate about music, but not how serious she was. \u201cThey all knew I was making music. They all knew I had a band. I would play them stuff because I was working on the first record while I was on the show,\u201d she explained. \u201cI would come in and play songs \u2026 but I don\u2019t think anyone knew how serious I was at that stage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Taylor Momsen: The Grinch, Gossip Girl, &amp; Grief (Full Episode)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0Zpzfe7gSjY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Taylor, who began acting at age three and famously starred as Cindy Lou Who in How the Grinch Stole Christmas, said the decision to leave Gossip Girl came easily \u2014 but actually getting out of her contract was a nightmare.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was an easy decision for me,\u201d she said. \u201cTo actually get [out of] a contract was not easy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The singer recalled fighting to be released from her obligations with Warner Bros. Television and being labeled \u201cungrateful\u201d in the process. \u201cI just went, \u2018F*** you. You don\u2019t know what you\u2019re talking about. You\u2019re not in my shoes, so how dare you judge this?\u2019\u201d she remembered. \u201cThey wouldn\u2019t let me outta the contract. The head of Warner Bros. said, \u2018F*** Taylor Momsen. No f***ing way.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, Taylor credits<em> Gossip Girl<\/em> creators <strong>Stephanie Savage<\/strong> and <strong>Josh Schwartz<\/strong> for helping her finally move on. \u201cI really have to credit them for doing that for me \u2019cause they did not have to,\u201d she said. \u201cThey wrote me out of the show so I could go on tour and be in a band.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though she was relieved to leave, Taylor still made peace with her time on the series \u2014 even returning for the finale in 2012. \u201cAs a fan of television and a fan of the shows, I love when you have the full cast together again,\u201d she said. \u201cYou want to full-circle that and round it out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Still, escaping Jenny Humphrey hasn\u2019t been easy. \u201cThe first year, you get it. The second year, you kind of laugh at it,\u201d she shared. \u201cAs it kept going, I was going, \u2018Oh, I\u2019m never gonna outlive this character.\u2019 \u2026 You just kind of \u2026 live your life.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandstylemag.com\/posts\/why-did-taylor-momsen-leave-gossip-girl-heres-what-really-happened\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taylor Momsen is setting the record straight about her Gossip Girl exit \u2014 and what really happened after she decided to leave the hit CW series behind. The actress and musician, who played Jenny Humphrey, walked away from the show midway through Season 4 to focus on her rock band, The Pretty Reckless. 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