Thanks so much to Parade.com for sharing with us this interview with Taylor.
Taylor Momsen: ‘I’ve Never Really Fit In Anywhere’
Taylor Momsen is doing just fine in primetime on the CW’s Gossip Girl, playing Jenny Humphrey, a Brooklyn girl who is realizing her dream of becoming Queen Bee at a pricey prep school on New York City’s Upper East Side.
But the 16-year-old is just as determined to score as a singer with her band, The Pretty Reckless. Momsen told Parade.com’s Jeanne Wolf why music is the love of her life and what to expect when Gossip Girl returns tonight.
Jenny will still be Jenny.
“Jenny gets in a lot of trouble — what else is new? I’m not really sure what I’m allowed to say or what I’m not. I don’t want to give anything away because I don’t watch the show every week. But Jenny gets involved with a couple of different guys and there’s lots of drama. As I said, it’s Gossip Girl, so would you expect anything different?”Connecting with Jenny’s identity search.
“She has money now, but she still never really fits in. That’s been the constant struggle for her since day one, looking to be accepted. But whether she’s the bitchy mean girl or the nice girl from Brooklyn, she still never fully finds herself. It’s been kind of like that for me my whole life. I’ve never really fit in anywhere. I’ve been to a lot of different schools and I’ve had a very strange life growing up. It was always a struggle.”