Taylor Momsen Still On Gossip Girl -- Just Less

Don't count Taylor Momsen out yet.

Despite reports that the 17-year-old actress was placed on an indefinite hiatus from the CW hit Gossip Girl after acting increasingly erratic, a source tells PEOPLE she'll still be playing Jenny Humphry.

"She is still a series regular. She's still totally a part of the show," says the source. "Yes, you have seen less of her this season, but it's dictated by creative [executives]."

The source says as Blake Lively and Leighton Meester's characters went off to college, storylines – including the younger Momsen's Jenny – have just been harder to set up.

"They graduated high school ... [and] they found that it was hard to put all of them in the same environment in a natural way," says the source. "When you see Jenny they want her to be driving the story, not just hanging out with the mean girls back in high school."

And although Momsen has raised eyebrows with her behavior, including flashing the crowd during a concert with her band The Pretty Reckless last month, "this has nothing to do with her bad behavior or her music career," says the source. "She's still under contract and she's still a part of the show. She's just in fewer episodes."

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Taylor Momsen Suspended from "Gossip Girl"

Are Taylor Momsen's Gossip Girl days over?

The increasingly controversial 17-year-old actress will begin an "indefinite hiatus" from Gossip Girl following next Monday's episode, sources tell Deadline. Reps for the CW and Warner Brothers declined to comment.

Momsen has played Jenny Humphrey, kid sister to Dan Humphrey (Penn Badgley) since the CW soap debuted in 2007. Although a series regular, she has only appeared in three episodes so far in the current fourth season.

"She only does [the show] for the money," a source explains to Us Magazine. "She works hard on Gossip Girl but doesn't care about the plot or the other cast members. She treats it like a 9-5. No emotional investment."

Momsen, who also fronts the rock band Pretty Reckless, has grown up since her big-screen debut at age 7 as cute Cindy Lou Who in How the Grinch Stole Christmas -- raising eyebrows with her skimpy, intensely Gothic wardrobe, notoriously foul-mouthed interviews and angry, age-inappropriate antics.

The new Us Weekly even reports that, for her Oct. 21 Pretty Reckless concert at NYC's Don Hill's (in which she flashed her breasts to the crowd) Momsen had a startling request: "Her rider included a full bar in her dressing room," an insider told Us. "That was rejected -- she's underage!"

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Taylor Momsen Blames Parents For Bad Attitude

Taylor Momsen's not your typical 17-year-old.

The Gossip Girl star and Pretty Reckless singer has raised plenty of eyebrows with her foul-mouthed rants against Hollywood, super-skimpy Gothic wardrobe and other angry, age-inappropriate antics. (She's been snapped smoking cigarettes and recently flashed her breasts to a concert crowd.)

What's her problem?

"Everyone's like, 'Wow, why is she upset, and why is she so miserable about things?'" the blonde, kohl-eyed actress tells the November-December issue of Revolver mag. (On the cover, the lingerie-clad teen brandishes two guns.)

Explains Momsen: "My parents signed me up with Ford [Modeling] at the age of 2. No 2-year-old wants to be working, but I had no choice."

Momsen was 7 when she broke out as a kid star, playing Cindy Lou Who in How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

"My whole life, I was in and out of school," Momsen continues. "I didn't have friends. I was working constantly and I didn't have a real life."

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Bra-Baring Taylor Momsen: Black Ops Launch

Stepping out for a night of gaming fun, Taylor Momsen was on-hand for the exclusive Call Of Duty: Black Ops Launch Party in Santa Monica, California on Thursday (November 4).

The "Gossip Girl" star turned up at Barker Hangar in a revealing bra-baring outfit while celebrating of the new war-based game, which is set to hit store shelves on November 9, 2010.

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Taylor Momsen Flashes Crowd At NY Concert

Taylor Momsen is turning into quite a shock rocker.

First, the Gossip Girl star posed on the November/December cover of Revolver in a barely-there outfit – and with some serious firepower, including a rifle, a handgun and a packed holster on her thigh.

Now the Pretty Reckless rocker is upping the shock factor: On Thursday in New York, Momsen, 17, flashed her breasts during a concert with her band.

Momsen was running her hands over her chest while singing and pulled down her ripped shirt – to briefly reveal to the crowd that she had black tape in the form of an "X" covering her most private parts.

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Taylor Momsen Wrote Heidi Montag's 'Blackout'

Taylor Momsen is a successfull actress and musician now, but way back when she was just 8 years old, she wrote a song titled 'Blackout.' This coincidentally is one of the tracks on Heidi Montag's 'Superficial' - the album that sold just 658 copies in its first week of release.

This is what she had to say in Revolver Magazine's "Hottest Chicks in Hard Rock" issue:

“I wrote a pop song [called ‘Blackout’ when I was 8] and recorded it with a producer as a demo. Heidi Montag from ‘The Hills’ just recently sang it and put it out as her single [laughs]. I’m like, OK, dude, you’re singing an 8-year-old’s words, but that’s cool,” she said. “It’s so funny because I didn’t shop it or anything and I get this call going, ‘Did you write a song for Heidi Montag?’ and I’m like ‘What?’’’

Taylor Momsen Filming Gossip Girl In Brooklyn

A leggy Taylor Momsen dressed in tartan chic wearing thigh high boots films "Gossip Girl" in DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass), Brooklyn, NY, on October 8, 2010.

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Willa Holland & Taylor Momsen: Gossip Girls

Willa Holland and Taylor Momsen were spotted filming scenes for Gossip Girl in New York City on Monday, October 3, 2010.

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STYLE POLL: Lauren Conrad vs Taylor Momsen

Lauren Conrad looked glamorous in New York City in a Dolce & Gabbana dress. Gossip Girl star, Taylor Momsen, wore in grunge style in London.

Who wears it best?
Lauren Conrad
Taylor Momsen

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Fashion Faceoff: Who Wore It Better?

Who looked better in their micromini?
	Olivia Palermo's chic look was best!
	Taylor Momsen's edgy style rocked!

Who wore their striped dress better?
	Leighton Meester's glam version looked fantasic!
	Kristin Cavallari's preppy style gets my vote!

Credit: Kelli at Hills Freak for scanning Seventeen Magazine