Last month, Little Miss Raccoon McPantless was acting all hardcore, as usual, and she giving interviews right and left to promote her band (The Pretty Reckless) and their new album (which is getting solid reviews). I kept it in mind that Taylor was about turn 17 years old, after a very long, exhaustive year of being completely ridiculous at 16. Will the seventeenth year be any better? No, no it won’t. Last month, Taylor Momsen told a reporter from Disorder Magazine that her vibrator was her “best friend”. She also told a local newspaper that she was trying to “bring back and reinvent rock n’ roll” and that she’s tried of people getting all up on her grill for her pantless jailbait act and “it’s like we’re living in the 1960s again.” Of course, that’s not going to stop her from saying absolutely “scandalous” things. So Taylor is so hardcore, she gave an interview to a New Zealand radio station (sidenote: I give her credit for consistently doing local press), and she’s so hardcore, she made a joke about priests molesting children! HARDCORE. Here are some highlights from her interview:
Taylor on Catholicism: “I was raised Catholic. I f-cked a priest once — I’m just kidding.”
On writing a song about molester priests: “It seemed like a very fitting song to write at the time. It was kind of a f-ck you to all the molestation going on. It was just insane.”
On not being a role model: “The reality of it is, you don’t know me. You’re not in my living room. You’re not on my tour bus…It’s cool to look up to people and think that they’re cool, but be who you are.”
On her vibrator: “It doesn’t talk back to me, so it’s really not a best friend… I’m not a whore for masturbating, so f*** you if you want to call me one. I think women should equally be allowed to pleasure themselves as much as men. I think that if that has any more controversy than a man talking about pleasuring himself, then there’s something wrong with the world.”
On her jailbait photos: “I don’t take [any of the stories about me] to heart; I just look at it this way: My f-cking tampon’s on the goddamn Internet.”
On Justin Bieber: “I don’t know who Justin Bieber is. I only know his name because it keeps being brought up to me. I listen to Led Zeppelin and The Beatles, so I have no idea who he is. That’s not a dis; I just don’t know.”
[From Dlisted, Celebuzz & Us Weekly]
You know what the worst part is? This chick is getting pretty legit. She was named the panda-face of Galliano’s new perfume, and she was handpicked to be the raccoon-face of Madonna and Lourdes’ line for Macy’s, which, in my book, makes her a pants-wearing sellout, but whatever. I was surprised to read another interview with Taylor where she actually is relatively nice about working with (for) Madonna and Lourdes. She told J-14 Magazine that when she was named the raccoon-face of the Material Girl line, “I didn’t believe it. I was like, ‘Shut up. Stop it. What are you talking about?’ I was super-excited. It’s a really huge compliment and an honour to work with Madonna. Madonna is super-down-to-earth. She is a very cool chick, which is very nice to see. She’s Madonna. Lourdes reminded me a lot of my little sister. She’s 13 and my sister’s 13. She is a very sweet girl. She has great fashion sense, so it was actually a pleasure.” “Actually” a pleasure. Like she was expecting it to suck, but she was just doing it for the money. SELLOUT.
Header: Taylor on July 24, 2010. Credit: WENN. Album cover courtesy of PopCrunch.
“It’s cool to look up to people and think that they’re cool, but be who you are.”
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She should take her own advice and stop trying to be Courtney Love.
I said it before and I’ll say it again. she is a flash in the pan. she’ll crash and burn soon enough. my question is: where is her mother? I know if one of my daughters was spouting off like that, I’d have them tattoo the word idiot on their foreheads.
Shock. Value.
By continuing to report about how ridiculous she is, you’re giving her exactly what she wants.
…then again, I’m continuing to read it.
@Onyx – ten to one Mom’s riding the gravy train.
Are those the only “f*** me” shoes she owns?
I mean, I’m just a wife and mother in Florida, and even I own more than one pair.
I just listened to some of her songs, and I have to admit this girl has a solid voice. Maybe in five years she’ll have changed for the better and will put out music that really utilizes her voice and that is worth listening to. Hopefully, she’ll also look back and realize the shit she’s pulling is so desperate and ridiculous.
And in other news….why am I not surprised that Madonna has reared her gnarly old head, trying to cash in on some of this youngster’s spotlight? (Oh Madge, Britney’s been trying to reach you, why won’t you return her calls?!)
actually, i think if a semi-famous fifteen/sixteen year old male singer (i regret i don’t know who that is, these days) claimed to be ‘tired of women’ and that his vibrator was his best friend, there’d be way *more* genuine shock
and interestthan there is over miss i-am-so-over-it momsen.Her Mom must be so proud.
Hey, Onyx.
http://rumorrat.com/2010/08/07/rumor-rats-mom-of-the-year-collette-momsen/
@Jesus Christ Superstar- five years of smoking as much as she does is going to take that away.
I also said/did stupid shit when I was that age in a misguided attempt to be shocking. Result: my teen years kicked ass.
But I wasn’t in the spotlight and therefore my comments weren’t heard around the world. And I didn’t nearly have the sense of entitlement she seems to have.
But I digress.
I think when she grows up a bit, people will care that much less about her and her “shocking” comments. (After all, these comments aren’t nearly as shocking when they come from a 20 year old)
And at that point she’ll have to find some other way of getting attention. Might I suggest the Montana Fishburne route, Taylor?
Kaiser, can I just say that you’re awesome? I usually avoid Taylor Momsen posts because well, they are about Taylor Momsen. But I decided to take a quick peek because of the title. And that’s when you had me, Kaiser! I especially loved this: “I kept it in mind that Taylor was about turn 17 years old, after a very long, exhaustive year of being completely ridiculous at 16.”
Hope this isn’t too meta. Just had to tell you how much I enjoyed reading your post–even though it was about Taylor Momsen.
@Kate: “I also said/did stupid shit when I was that age in a misguided attempt to be shocking. Result: my teen years kicked ass.” Ha, awesome!
“I don’t know who Justin Bieber is. I only know his name because it keeps being brought up to me. I listen to Led Zeppelin and The Beatles, so I have no idea who he is. That’s not a dis; I just don’t know.”
Bull. Shit. I listen to Zep and The Beatles too, so that’s no excuse. Is she seriously expecting us to believe she doesn’t use the internet, watch tv, or look at magazines? I can’t even COUNT the number of times I’ve run into instances of the Bieb at random online or staring out from a magazine cover while I’m in the book store or getting a soda at 7-11. So yeah, I don’t believe her at all.
She thinks saying “I don’t know who he is” will make her sound tough or cool, but it just makes her sound either like a straight-up liar or an oblivious retard.
@ Mouse
Nice link – def Dina Lohan #2
What is it with these parents non-parenting & pimping out their children, is it to remedy their failed dreams?!
I really hope Taylor doesn’t end up like Lindsay Lohan, but looking at her mother I wouldn’t be surprised
Wow, she’s so hardcore and edgy!1! What an obnoxious twunt.
Let’s just jump ahead to the end result; she’s bi, then she’s not, then some DUI’s and fnally she’s in rehab!
Yea yea yea……we get it Taylor. Youre too hardcore to give a f*ck and you dont care who knows it. *yawn* step your game up, youre getting boring.
I fell asleep and skimmed a lot trying to read her quotes. She’s trying so hard, but sadly fails to interest.
She lost me when I woke up and she was faking she doesn’t know who “Bangs” Bieber is. I know who Justin Bieber is. It’s your industy, if you don’t know this set of facts you’re just plain stupid. He reached over 250 million Youtube views for one video reaching the top spot of all time and has tracks with both Ludacris and Usher who are kinda famous. He parties with the President. He’s not my cup of tea AT ALL, but if the President and Usher knows and works with someone in your industry you really should be aware of him.
This chick? I confess I don’t know or care about her and now I know I don’t ever have to learn. Yawn. Next.
i love when people who fancy themselves musicians list led zeppelin and the Beatles as who they listen to, as if that would give them some sort of actual music cred
having a bad blond dye job, no pants on and terrible make up don’t make u a rocker sweetie, hard work and talent does.
I’m 30 something, listen to stuff like Type O Negative (RIP Peter Steele – I miss your Brooklyn ass more than you know, my friend), Sevenvoid, my husband’s music, the Ramones, classic rock and punk, indie stuff, and I know who Justin Beiber is.
What sucks is that she actually IS talented. She just needs to shut up and let the music talk.
There’s no reason to give this chick a pass on this. I’m agnostic not religious but that statement is stupidly offensive and not the slightest bit insightful or tongue-in-cheek humorous. She has handlers/pr people that know this generates buzz more than her music,and keeps everyone talking as Brittney above stated. Would someone please tell me if any teenagers actually are fans of her. If i want to listen to female rocker/singers I’ll listen to blondie,Joan jett, Pat Benatar, selena, not cindylou who will remember you in 10 years. She needs to have buckets of that eyeliner or whatever she wears poured down her throat so she can permanently upchuck all this vapid nonsense. Does she even have an actual authentic personality, or is it all lame teenager schtick?
@ Liana:
OMG!!! I had to google about Peter Steele because I didn’t hear ANYTHING about his death…now I sit here in tears, knowing the music industry has lost a valuble player…
Oh and just so this comment is actually on topic, Taylor is an idiot.
Good thing I have no cable on my telly and my radio is broken in my car…unfortunately that won’t completely shut my kids out of crap like this, but it’s something and a start. Some little girls now might look up to this broad. Geeze, when I was 13, I was still playing with my barbies, at 16, I was into books and reading, a nerd, not into looking like a skank. For girls in my school (when I was young) was a big (no no) to wear stuff too high above the knee… and now too many girls are wearing whatever the fuck they want to wear in schools…good thing most public schools are starting to do uniform now.
WHO WOULD SLEEP WITH THIS SORRY EXCUSE FOR A MUSICIAN?!?!?!?!?!?!?
Honestly. That much skin showing is not neccesary AT ALL. She makes me sick.
She tries hard to look rawk so people can dissociate Li’l Jenn and Cindy Lou to her onstage persona. But the more she tries hard to be edgy, the more she becomes pretentious. Just like Joaquin Phoenix. And yes, no one’s taking Joaquin’s music career seriously due to lack of actual musical artistry.
Not knowing the Beibs? Even my 93 year old Taiwanese granma knows who Justin is, and she has Alzheimer’s.
… and she’s not shocking, just obnoxious.
So right, Gatsby Gal and Truthzbetta. So very right.
You know, when owning a vibrator loses it’s novelty, you stop talking about it.
I know why she’s doing this, a vain attempt to appear more adult. Most 16 year olds do, to be fair. The thing is, to really appear as adult as she’d like, she needs to get through the ‘in your face’ phase and get to the ‘I don’t care enough to mention it’ phase.
Poor girl, in a way. She’ll look back on her teenage years with waaaaay more embarrassment than the rest of us.
As someone already commented”her mother must be proud” honestly do you think that if her mother cared and raised her with any decency that this piece of trash would be trashing herself like this. What shock, it’s all been done before, she is not original. Fine, I haven’t listened to her, so apparently she can sing, so what millions of people can, does she or can she write music or lyrics, can she play an instrument or does she only play a vibrator. Trash absolute trash. I’m glad I taught my kid to recognise QUALITY in all art.
nice cheap hooker heels. she needs to fire her stylist.
You know, she is pretty talented. It sure shocked the hell out of me. No wonder she’s getting legit press from the industry.
As far as being a poser goes, anyone remember the ur-jailbait band, the RUNAWAYS? If you actually read some of the stuff written about them, you can say they were “posers” too.
But hey, at least Joan Jett didn’t let negativity get in the way of success…
“I think women should equally be allowed to pleasure themselves as much as men”
Who’s stopping them?
clear heels tay tay? really?
Have you heard her music? I heard it the other day; her voice is pretty fucking awesome, I’ll give her that, and the lyrics don’t suck.
I actually sought it out because of this site. I had a pretty shitty opinion of the girl and realised I actually knew nothing more about her other than what I have read here. And you know what I found out? I don’t hate her. In fact, I like her a little.
I think when she isn’t 17 the things she is saying will not be so jarring. I don’t expect her to disappear either, hope she doesn’t actually. She has talent. Just get over it, and accept maybe that’s just her for now and probably will be as she grows older and matures into it. So what? Let her be. It’s all certainly consistent enough!
As for Justin Beiber, I have never heard a single song of his but I know his name all too well. It’s possible she is being honest about that.
Chris: Oh dear, honey. No. Society is stopping them by making them feel ashamed of them selves when they openly talk about it LIKE MEN DO ALL THE TIME.
Well, you f*cked my ears once, and Im not kidding. It won’t happen again though. Older and wiser.
As far as being a poser goes, anyone remember the ur-jailbait band, the RUNAWAYS? If you actually read some of the stuff written about them, you can say they were “posers” too.
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No, they were manufactured baby punk who were led by a misogynistic abusive asshole named Kim Fowley. Some of those girls were damaged by the experience. Watch “Edgeplay” for some of the real scoop. But thanks for reminding me that Momsen is nothing new – Cherie Currie rocked the no pants look years ago.
Once again, she has talent, she should let the music talk, not attempt to shock people with what’s all been done and said before.
Oh, gross. Why are people (ADULTS?) asking a 16 year old about her vibrator?!
I don’t care if you masturbate, everyone does, but don’t talk about it. You’re 16!
I need to take a bath now. I feel dirty.
*Yawn*
Just a repackaged Blondie/Debbie Harry clone sold to kids as original.
I swear every time I see her with the raccoon eyes I think of the Dash the young son from Pixar’s THE INCREDIBLES.
Try a little harder, Taylor.
Child, shut up until you grow up.
I always feel a little cheesed when people crib off the status of iconic performers thinking that it naturally follows that they only have the best and most authentic tastes. So, music snobbery, I guess. Hey, I like Zepplin too, but this attitude of basking in the talent of others just to bring it out as a cynical calling card is kind of lame, in my estimation.
At any rate, they were ripping off Delta Blues anyway, so her transferable property hypothesis had better head south.
@Angie: Part of the reason why women don’t want to talk about masturbation in front of men in particular is that a lot of guys would probably see that as a green light to start hitting on them.
tim gunn is right. she is pathetic. i see heroin in her future.
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