From being accosted in a rooftop by Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick) in the pilot to making pills-laden coats on the most recent episode of
Gossip Girl, Jenny Humphrey didn't fit in, says Taylor Momsen, who plays her on the series. And it's this desire to be accepted" that's been her "constant struggle" since day one.
Don't forget to catch: Gossip Girl: Episode 3.14 "The Lady Vanished" Clips and Promos"She has money now, but she still never really fits in," she tells Parade.com prior to
Gossip Girl's March 8 return. "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."
Momsen, 16, adds that she can in this respect connect to Queen J, who, last we saw her, is getting even more deeply involved in Damien's (Kevin Zegers) underworld. Not only did she sew the pills on the coat herself, she helped him get it to the French ambassador's daughter, despite the fact that Damien dropped her like a hot potato when Serena (Blake Lively) came knocking.
"It's been kind of like that for me my whole life," she admits. "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."
Right now it's her love of music - and her band The Pretty Reckless - which keeps her grounded. She said acting is "easy" because you're playing someone else, and music is no doubt "more personal."
"I've done an album. Music is where I can be me. I really do it because I love it, honestly. It's what I want to do with my life. I mean, it's my only goal."
Make no mistake about it, though. The
Gossip Girl mainstay is as badass as her character. She doesn't make apologies about being photographed smoking.
"I smoke, so what? Why do people give a s-- what a 16-year-old girl who they've never met does? It's not like I'm sitting there going, 'Kids, you should go buy a pack of cigarettes.'"
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Parade.com(Image courtesy of the CW)