Taylor Momsen: 'I'm a showbiz product'

Taylor Momsen has described herself as a "product" of the entertainment industry.

The 17-year-old Pretty Reckless singer, who has also been acting since the age of three, recalled to Bang Showbiz the moment that she suddenly became aware of her star power.

She said: "You get more insight as you get older, on everything. I kind of woke up one morning and was like, 'Oh I see what's happening, I get everything'. I woke up and was like, 'I get it, I'm a product'."

Momsen also claimed that she wasn't prepared for the sudden success she experienced at the age of 14, when she won the role of Jenny Humphrey in teen drama Gossip Girl.

"Fame just kind of happens overnight," she mused. "No one prepares you for it. On Gossip Girl, I was just going to work, doing what I've always done, and then all of a sudden you're like, 'Woah!'

"But you get used to it. You ignore it - because whatever people say about me doesn't bother me at all. If you're in high school or college or at work, someone's not going to like you. It's inevitable. But it doesn't mean anything."

Momsen previously discussed how she was forced into show business by her parents.

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