Taylor Momsen Details ‘Battle’ to Get Out of Her ‘Gossip Girl’ Contract

Saying goodbye to Gossip Girl after three seasons was not a walk in the park for Taylor Momsen. “Leaving a career that is so prosperous was not easy,” Momsen, 32, said during her Wednesday, November 5, appearance on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast. “It was an easy decision for me. … To actually get out of a contract was not easy.” Momsen appeared as Jenny Humphrey on Gossip Girl from 2007 to 2010. “Season 1’s a whirlwind,” Momsen recalled during Wednesday’s podcast, noting that she wanted to leave the show “around season 2” in favor of her band, The Pretty Reckless. “It started with a ‘I don’t wa