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Taylor Momsen Reflects on Leaving Gossip Girl for Music

11/6/2025

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Taylor Momsen, the actress who played Jenny Humphrey on Gossip Girl, said on the Call Her Daddy podcast that she left the show without informing her co-stars to focus on her music career with The Pretty Reckless.
She said the decision was easy to make, but navigating her contract with The CW was challenging.
Producers Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage facilitated her departure.
Momsen has no regrets about the decision.

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Taylor Momsen, the actress who played Jenny Humphrey on Gossip Girl, said on the Call Her Daddy podcast that she left the show without informing her co-stars to focus on her music career with The Pretty Reckless.
She said the decision was easy to make, but navigating her contract with The CW was challenging.
Producers Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage facilitated her departure.
Momsen has no regrets about the decision.