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She no longer appeared as a series regular, only resurfacing for a couple of brief appearances, including the series finale. It was announced that Momsen would be on “indefinite hiatus” from the show not long after Gunn’s biting interview. RELATED: The New Gossip Girl Has a SHOCKING Identity

I thought to myself, 'Why are we all being held hostage by this brat?’” He didn’t hold back his disapproval of the young actress when discussing his time guest starring as himself for Gossip Girl, "She was pathetic, she couldn't remember her lines, and she didn't even have that many. I would say Jenny’s transformation to a darker character wouldn’t have happened had Taylor wanted to be Jenny.” Her behavior on set began to make headlines, most notably when Tim Gunn of Project Runway fame called out her “diva” antics in an interview with E! Online. In an interview with Vulture, producer Joshua Safran recalled having to write Jenny’s character around Momsen’s real life Pretty Reckless persona, “Taylor wanted her hair a certain way because she was in the band and that was who she was, so we couldn’t dye Taylor’s hair to be Jenny every day, especially when she had events where she had to be Taylor for the weekend. Momsen’s competing priorities began to take its toll and even influence her Gossip Girl character, Jenny. In addition to modeling, she performed lead vocals for her band The Pretty Reckless and signed a record deal in 2009 with Interscope Records. She branched out into modeling, signing with IMG Models and became the face of Madonna’s 2010 “Material Girl” fashion line. Her career really blossomed after being cast as Jenny in Gossip Girl.

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The movie also gave her the opportunity to record her first song, “ Where Are You Christmas?” and instilled in her a passion for music that never left.
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She became a full fledged star in 2000 at the age of seven after playing Cindy Lou Who opposite Jim Carrey in How The Grinch Stole Christmas. Taylor Momsen landed the role of Jenny Humphrey in 2007 when she was 14, but she began acting and singing from a very young age. RELATED: Gossip Girl Doesn't Pull Punches With the Original Series She eventually moved to Hudson, New York to live with her mother after Blair publicly casts her out for sleeping with her on-again-off-again boyfriend, Chuck Bass. Jenny’s story ultimately takes a turn, and she takes up the post of Queen Bee following her idol’s graduation and her father’s marriage to Serena’s mother. Audiences first saw innocent, fresh faced Jenny desperate to fit in and worshiping Blair, but regularly getting rejected by her and her popular friends. Jenny and her older brother Dan struggled to fit in with the wealthier popular crowd, especially while residing in Brooklyn. At the start of Gossip Girl, Jenny Humphrey was a freshman at the exclusive private school Constance Billard, attended by Manhattan’s elite, including Blair Waldorf and Serena Van der Woodsen.
