Overview
- In a November 5 appearance on Call Her Daddy, Momsen said leaving was personally easy but getting released from her CW/Warner Bros. contract was difficult.
- She said she asked to go as early as around Season 2, describing a prolonged effort to secure an exit to pursue The Pretty Reckless.
- Momsen recalled being labeled “ungrateful” by executives and quoted the then–Warner Bros. leader using an expletive-laden refusal to let her out.
- Showrunners Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage agreed to write her off the series, which she says allowed her to tour even though she remained contractually barred from other acting work.
- She said she quietly left production without formal goodbyes, later returning only for the series finale while focusing her career on music.