When Taylor Momsen quit the hit show Gossip Girl during its fourth season, Warner Bros. Television executives called her “ungrateful.” She has since talked about how hard it was for her to deal with them. The singer and actress, best known for playing Jenny Humphrey, talked about how hard it was to leave the show. She wanted to follow her true passion: music with her band, The Pretty Reckless. This was discussed in a recent episode of the Call Her Daddy podcast.
Momsen said that leaving Gossip Girl was easy, but getting out of her contract was hard. “It was a long fight for me to get everyone to agree with me and say, ‘Get me out of this.’ I can’t do this anymore. This is making me sick. She said, “I want to do something else with my life, and it has nothing to do with this.” Even though she begged, the bosses wouldn’t let her go. They said she had turned her back on a successful series.
Momsen felt better when Gossip Girl creators Stephanie and Josh Schwartz agreed to write her character out of the show. However, the contract restrictions still stood. “I have to give them credit for letting me leave the show so I could go on tour and be in a band,” she said.
Momsen had already made a name for herself in movies like Spy Kids 2 before joining Gossip Girl. She started out as a child actress. But as her musical goals grew, she knew she couldn’t keep acting. She was able to fully focus on her music career after leaving Gossip Girl. The studio executives were not happy about it, and there were problems.
Taylor Momsen’s revelation shows how hard it is for young artists to balance their contracts with their creative passions, especially when they switch from acting to music. Her story shows how hard it is to follow your dreams in the face of problems in the industry.
