Some teen stars grow up unscathed by their lifestyle; others have meltdowns, drug/alcohol problems and blame the black kid when caught driving like a crazy person through Hollywood. Is Taylor the latter or the former? It's cool that she has her own band, Pretty Reckless, but is it all too much too soon? Here are five quotes from her interview that make us wonder if she's headed for trouble:

1. Hints she was forced into the spotlight.

I kind of grew up in front of the camera: I started modeling when I was two. I was never pushed into it, but I never really chose it either.

2. Possible attention problems?

I found [high school] kind of boring [She finished two years early]. I'm an artist; I'm not going to use trigonometry.

3. A false (?) sense of maturity.

I'm taking college classes online — I want to major in Language Arts… For most people, college is a place where you learn about yourself, and I feel like I'm doing that already. I'm already independent.

4. A lack of friends.

I have such trust complexes. I'm close to like two people. I've always been like that. People misinterpret what I say all the time: They think I'm being offensive, when really, I'm only being opinionated.

5. She's into older guys.

I'm not dating anyone right now, but I've had lots of relationships. My parents know that I'm not going to date someone who's sixteen. Boys are so much less mature than girls as it is; there's just no way — I would eat a boy my age alive.

On the upside, she really enjoys working on Gossip Girl; says her parents trust her and was turned down for the role of Hannah Montana when she was nine, which means she's never posed draped in a sheet for Vanity Fair. So maybe everything will turn out alright.

Iron Maiden (interview), Taylor Momsen Photos, Video From Photo Shoot [Teen Vogue]

Earlier: Teen Vogue Makes Gossip Girl's Patch-Wearing Little J Pretend To Exercise

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Here they are confused by an elliptical machine. Taylor, who is 15, says: "My thing about going to the gym is that I leave my bracelets on, and I put on my makeup the way I would do it in real life, and I wear cute clothes, because if I don't feel good when I leave the house, then I'm not motivated to do it. I need to like how I look while I'm doing it." Healthy!

Here, a trainer shows Taylor and intern Julie Schott how to use a public toilet or something.


But! Does Taylor, better known as Little J, even really exercise? She tells Schott:

"Well, I used to dance. That's how I started out in fitness: I was in a dance company. When I moved to New York for the show, I stopped dancing and I hit a point where I was, like, I feel so lazy! So I started going to the gym a bit, and I like it. I don't exactly have a specific thing I'm doing yet, but I'm still trying to figure it out, working with a trainer and walking. My most routine workout would be just walking around New York. I try to walk more than I take trains or cabs, but it's hard in the cold."

She readily admits she has no idea what she's doing at the gym and the only gets exercise when she walks. Which is sometimes.

Fake fitness is so awesome!

Hey, what's that patch on Taylor's hip? Is the teen dream is on birth control? Trying to kick her cigarette habit?


Working Out with Gossip Girl's Taylor Momsen (intro), Working Out with Gossip Girl's Taylor Momsen (slideshow) [Teen Vogue]

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[Taylor Momsen on the set of "Gossip Girl," New York, March December 14. Image via INFDaily.com.]

The Good:
Damn you, Blake Lively: How do you always look so good, even when you're just wearing jeans and a blazer?
Kelly Rutherford: I can haz yur dress and luks az I ages?
Dear Taylor Momsen: Why did I not have your polished looks and pretty flapper dress when I was a mere 15-years old?

The Bad:
Blair Waldorf would never have let Leighton Meester out of the house in a color that fails to flatter and in a cut that does not flatter.

The Ugly:
Dear Jessica Szohr: Why must you insult us by wearing American Apparel?!

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[Taylor Momsen on the set of Gossip Girl; New York, March 17. Image via INFDaily.com.]