The producers of Gossip Girl have really, truly, officially parted ways with wild child star Taylor Momsen, who won’t return for the teen drama’s fifth season.

Seventeen-year-old Taylor, who plays once-sweet and innocent teen Little J, was (suspended from the show at the end of 2010 — officially for creative reasons; unofficially for her apparent bad behaviour. Project Runway’s Tim Gunn labelled her a “diva” and a “brat” after he guest-starred on Gossip Girl!

It’s kind of ironic that a racy teen drama would ditch a teen actress for racy real-life behaviour?

Anyway, Taylor isn’t the only star to be dropped from Gossip Girl’s permanent line-up: Jessica Szohr, aka Vanessa, has also been let go. However, both actresses have been invited back as “guest stars”, so maybe you haven’t seen the last of their characters.

Blake Lively (Serena), Leighton Meester (Blair), Penn Badgley (Dan), Ed Westwick (Chuck) and Chace Crawford (Nate) are all confirmed to return for season five.

In regards to Taylor being dropped by Madonna, she had a interview with Grazia, where she admits she may be a bad influence. Here’s a snippet of the interview.

“I probably am a bad influence. The other day this reporter brought his 12-year-old daughter to an interview. She was looking at me, open-mouthed, like: ‘I want stripper shoes, Daddy!’ He hated me!
“I’m not saying, ‘Be like me. I hope girls read what I say in interviews – they should just be themselves. They wouldn’t want to be like me. I’m crazy. I’m [expletive] out of my mind. I’ve been told I was out of my mind since I was 11.”

This is the second version of the video, but Taylor looks stunning in it!

That’s right, Taylor’s band is going on their first headlining tour and we have the tour dates after the cut! Sadly they aren’t coming to my town, but hopefully some of you can go see them in concert!

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Matthew Settle, who plays Taylor Momsen’s dad on Gossip Girl, gave his opinion on the actress’s look: “Her style is obviously a very Debbie Harry kind of thing. She’s pushing the envelope.” When asked if he approved of Momsen’s racy outfits, he replied, “I don’t know about that. But I’m not her real dad.”

Source: New York Post

Actress and musician Taylor Momsen, is the face of Material Girl collection, designed in collaboration with Madonna and daughter Lourdes Leon. Gossip Girl wild child, Taylor, too, has been known for her quirky and bold dressing like Madonna.

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Taylor Momsen has revealed that she has enjoyed her time on Gossip Girl.

The actress has previously suggested that she is “done” with the show and claimed that her return next season is “up in the air”.

However, speaking to Access Hollywood, Momsen played down rumors that she is planning to leave the show and explained that she will miss a few episodes next season because she will be touring with her band The Pretty Reckless.

“The show’s been really great and I’m going to be missing from a little bit of it because I am finishing the Warped Tour,” she said. “I’m on tour this summer and the show starts back up during the middle of the tour.”

Momsen also said that her arc on the series has been “really great”.

“I’ve had such a great time playing Jenny because she is the most transformational character,” she continued. “She’s the one who transforms the most and is constantly kind of reinventing herself from figuring out who she is.

“This season, she kind of hits a peak of insanity and loses her mind a little bit and I think the audience will be very shocked and surprised to see where the story goes.”

Source: Digital Spy

Actress Taylor Momsen is best known to audiences as Gossip Girl‘s rebellious Jenny Humphrey. But the 16-year-old is hoping that soon people will also see her as a rock star. Momsen and her band, the Pretty Reckless, are set to drop their debut album this summer and have recently released their first single, “Make Me Wanna Die,” which is on the Kick-Ass soundtrack. EW chatted with Momsen about this new career path.

EW: Your band, the Pretty Reckless, has a song (“Make Me Wanna Die”) on the Kick-Ass soundtrack.

Taylor Momsen: It’s a tragic love song. It’s Romeo and Juliet—can’t live without your lover so you die. It’s the Pretty Reckless’ first single. We just shot a video for it, but I don’t wanna say too much. It fits the song. It’s very dark.
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