Posted 2 hours agoSubscribe to Screen Time NewsletterCaret DownTaylor Momsen Opened Up About Her "Gossip Girl" Exit On "Call Her Daddy," And It Honestly Makes A Lot Of SenseThe Pretty Reckless singer got real about why she decided to "Irish dip" on Jenny Humphrey.by Kelly MartinezBuzzFeed ContributorFacebookPinterestLink If you're a teen drama fan, then you know how iconicness that was Gossip Girl. From 2007 to 2012, The CW series kept us fed with endless scandals, lies, and rich kids behaving badly. It was truly THE definition of messy TV. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF The CW/Giphy The main cast included Penn Badgley (Dan), Ed Westwick (Chuck), Blake Lively (Serena), Leighton Meester (Blair), Chace Crawford (Nate), Taylor Momsen (Jenny), and Jessica Szohr (Vanessa). However, not everyone stuck around for all six seasons. Andrew Eccles/CW Network/Courtesy Everett Collection Taylor Momsen - who played Dan's younger sister Jenny - had a dramatic exit in the Season 3 finale, then appeared as a recurring character for part of Season 4 before leaving completely. The CW Her departure came as a surprise to many viewers, who were left scratching their heads and wondering what really happened behind the scenes. Well Upper East Siders, we finally have our answer. On a new episode of Alex Cooper's Call Her Daddy podcast, the Pretty Reckless singer opened up about why she decided to say goodbye to Jenny Humphrey, and it honestly makes a lot of sense. Eric Liebowitz/CW Network/Courtesy Everett Collection Momsen, who was just 13 years old when the Gossip Girl pilot was filmed, shared that the "sudden, intense" fame and attention she received threw her into an "identity crisis." Giovanni Rufino/CW Network/Courtesy Everett Collection "Suddenly you're being photographed as a character by paparazzi and put into the tabloids," she recalled. "I'm going, 'That's not what I was wearing. That's not me. That's a character.' And I'm getting hate from things I did on the show that I have nothing to do with... That started to bother me, and that's where I started to realize I'm not good at being someone else's tool. I need to be my own person." Taylor explained that as she got older, she became far more interested in pursuing a music career with her band. John Shearer / Getty Images "I treated it very much like a job, a professional," she said of filming Gossip Girl. "I showed up, I did my job and then I went to the studio." "I knew I had to leave, but at the same time, leaving a career that is so prosperous was not easy," she continued. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF The CW/Giphy / Via giphy.com "It was a very long battle of me arguing with everyone and going, 'Get me outta this. I can't do this anymore. This is killing me. I have something else I want to do with my life, and it has nothing to do with this, and I can't be stuck here anymore.'" The actor eventually went to Gossip Girl creators Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, who agreed to write her out of the series. "I really have to credit them for doing that for me, because they did not have to," she said. "They wrote me out of the show so I could go on tour and be in a band." Frank Hoensch / Getty Images So, Jenny went off to live with her mother, and that was that. When asked how she shared the news with her castmates, Taylor admitted, "I kind of just Irish dipped." However, Momsen didn't quite say goodbye to Jenny Humphrey for good. She returned as a guest for the series finale, briefly appearing at Dan and Serena's wedding. The CW She also revealed that Connor Paolo, who played Eric, is still one of her best friends to this day: "Love that guy." Check out the full Call Her Daddy episode here and let us know your thoughts in the comments below! View this video on YouTube youtube.com All six seasons of Gossip Girl are available to stream on HBO Max.