Taylor momsen is all grown up 25 years after the release of ‘the grinch’, having starred in ‘gossip girl’ and had goth rock makeover while fronting the band the pretty reckless In a recent interview, the former actress shared her honest opinion about the reasoning behind her decision to leave. Taylor momsen exclusively told parade at the 2025 vmas why she doesn’t ever plan to return to acting again.
Prior to her retirement from acting, she portrayed the character of cindy lou who in the film how the grinch stole christmas (2000), alexandra anami in spy kids 2 Gossip girl’s taylor momsen revealed why she left her acting days behind The island of lost dreams (2002), molly in underdog (2007), and jenny humphrey on the cw 's teen drama series.
Taylor momsen revealed to former gossip girl costar penn badgley why she left after four seasons on the hit show—and all that happened off camera to make her exit possible.