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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Taylor Momsen’s character on Gossip Girl may design clothes that she wants her peers to wear, but don’t you dare copy Little J’s style in real life. She thinks it’s creepy.

According to Contact Music, Momsen discussed her thoughts on teenage girls dressing like her.

“It’s flattering, but it’s weird. People have my haircut, my make-up, they literally look like a version of me. It’s cool to be inspired by someone, but I think you’ve got to find a way to make it your own and not just copy.”

While we agree that fashion inspiration is better kept as inspiration, given Momsen’s fan base of tweens and just barely teens, it seems a little harsh of a statement. And besides, I’m not quite sure that overuse of eyeliner and stringy platinum hair is really “your haircut” and “your makeup.” I’m pretty sure it was Blondie’s.

Be grateful my heroin-chic gossip girl. While copying isn’t necessarily fashion’s sincerest form of flattery, your widespread fashion icon status (while it may confuse us), should make you proud, not “weird.”

source: Styleite

Taylor talks about how she loves to have the musical control and how being on a talent show would have ruined her

Taylor Momsen says appearing on a TV talent show would have “destroyed” her.

The 16-year-old is well known for her part as Jenny Humphrey in US drama Gossip Girl, and also fronts rock band The Pretty Reckless. She loves music and singing, but insists she would never have tried out for a show like American Idol or The X Factor as she would have hated it.

“I doubt I would have done one of those shows, because I’m involved in everything, am too opinionated and care too much to hand over control,” she explained. “I have to have my say, so a show like that would probably have destroyed me. I can’t face the world with a record that isn’t totally me and that I’m not totally confident with, because my music is who I am.”

Taylor says she is different to a lot of artists because she writes all her own songs and is involved with every aspect of her career. She doesn’t understand how some people can sing tracks penned by others, as she has to feel the emotions to make it sound believable.?”You’re hearing my voice and my words,” she told Company magazine. “People who have a label writing their songs and telling them how to dress are doing it for fame and money. I think that’s bad.”

source: Music Rooms

Gossip Girl star Taylor Momsen has reportedly revealed that she is “not really close” to her co-stars on the US show.

The 16-year-old actress, who plays rebel Jenny Humphrey on the hit show, also sings in band, The Pretty Reckless, which recently released their first single.

Her Gossip Girl co-star Leighton Meester is reportedly also breaking into music and Momsen was asked whether she talks about music with her.

Momsen told Entertainment Weekly: ‘No. I’m not really close with my cast[mates]. We’re all cordial and nice to each other, but we’re not really friends outside of the set.

‘And we’re all doing a different things.’

source: Monsters and Critics