“Um, right now I’m trying to just finish my record and getting through the last season of Gossip Girl for right now. So not so much thinking about that.”
– Taylor Momsen, responding to OK Magazine‘s question about her thoughts on the 7.0 earthquake in Haiti.
LOL, WOW! She’s a charmer
Oh God. Why is the media asking a 15 year old for her thoughts on a huge disaster anyway? I didn’t think aobut much human suffering except my own when I was 15 either.
I thought the same thing. I kinda felt kinda sorry for the person who had the pleasure of asking her the question and amused at the blogger who got all indignant with Taylor Momsen’s response.
She’s actually 16, but that detail’s probably of no added significance to this.
Sheltered, privileged, spoiled, and perhaps even aloof or uncaring? Likely. But does anyone really need to hear Taylor Momsen wax poetic about the huge disaster rocking Haiti?
Oh, I hope I’m not the indignant blogger. I thought she was being refreshingly honest. Not even for a 15 year old, but for a person. At least she’s not pretending to care.
Not you, dear Molls. I realized after submitting that my comment could possibly be misunderstood. I prob. should have been clearer. My bad.
I was referring to the OK! blogger who wrote the post that you linked to.
Totally disagree
at 16 years old she is old enough to realise about the horrific effects of the disaster
as a woman in the public eye, she should have been more careful in her response
shut up molls
I find myself saying that a lot, too. :(
There’s a large group of students at my former high school who began a fundraiser to earn money to send to Haiti. They’re passionate about helping others and doing something beyond themselves in the world. They, are also 15-16. Maybe miss hollywood has different things to worry about, like her impending stint in rehab in a few years, but I know plenty of intelligent and compassionate human beings her age who don’t walk along in a priviliged fairy land like spoiled brats.
Actually, I am 16 and I care very much about news and the people in Haiti. If there were people in my town who were having donations or drives for them I’d be donating and helping. Just because she is a teenager doesn’t mean anything, because some of us do care about world issues!
what is this..? I don’t even..:!
But seriously, 15 or not that’s almost just cruel… almost since she’s 15
I hope her parents enlighten her!
she’s a reflection of a lot of kids these days, sad to s.a.y. alot of american kids are in a weird state of nonreality, thanks to their almost complete focus on media and celebrity and bullsh*t. how could anyone expect them to care? they have NO IDEA. they’re so unattractively blase’.
i have two 16 year old nieces, a 14 year old niece, an 11 year old niece, a nine year old nephew, so i’m speaking from experience.
sad.
My nieces are in the mid twenties to early thirties- and it’s me, me, me, and buy, buy, buy. It is sad.
its so true. im 23 and it seems everyone my age is bombarded with celeb/beaty information. feels like everyone is more preocupied about the physical than the inside,core values,etc. and every generation it gets worse.
of course being 16 she would only think about herself…most teenagers do
There thinking of yourself and then there’s thinking of yourself. Good God! A two-year old child can express compassion. She should have at least had the sense to be sensitive. No one expects her to hop on the next flight to Haiti.
well, at least we know her publicist doesn’t script stuff for her.
Guess what? It’s not really my number one thought either. I might get a lot of flack for saying that, but it’s true. I’m not saying that Haiti isn’t in my thoughts and prayers, but I’ve got some shit going on in my life that I need to focus on.
it’s highly doubtful this is an exact quote. 15 years old or not, she knows better. i bet ok magazine – real reputable publication, huh? – misquoted her.
okay guys.. I was 16 when that tsunami hit Myanmar. I distinctly remember caring- and I spend a lot of time with teenagers now and pretty much all of them have something to say about Haiti right now. Sure its simple and basic ‘thats really sad’ but at least they are aware of it.
This is just sad..
and GG is on its last season? WTF? well show hasn’t been good since the very first season anyway…. Guess it’s not going to make a comeback…
I was thinking the same thing.
I was 14 at the time of the Myanmar tsunami and we did a fundraiser at my school for the tsunami victims. Just because you’re a young teen does not entitle you to be emotionless.
9/11 happened when i was 14 and i sure as hell had thoughts about that ‘lethermank’! She’s an idiot! A self-involved idiot!
Do you live in America? Because if you live in America, it was physically impossible to NOT think about 9/11. It was close, it was personal, it was an actual ATTACK rather than a national disaster, and it was all the news channels talked about for months. Being aware of 9/11 is like being aware of the temperature.
Americans….self centred as usual
LOL! loved that. so true.
Speaking of self centered Americans, I damn sure hope they don’t start sending all these displaced Haitians to the U.S of A. I say we send ’em to that piece of shit France for a change.
Really? Every time there is a disaster in another country, they look to America and America comes through. Where do you think the money is coming from?
A lot of people of other nationalities died in 9/11 too. The “war on terror” is pretty much a global thing. Not just in the states. London was also “attacked” but it is more so an attack on the “descent and good” people of this world then nationalities
I really dont think it matters what age some one is. shes a brat. any one should feel sad about what happened. These gossip girl kids are soo lame
dumbest. bitch. ever.
Age has nothing to do with it. I don’t care if she’s 15 or 50, it’s no excuse to have zero awareness of current events. This shows how self-centered and shockingly stupid this girl is. For god’s sake, her salary per episode of Gossip Girl could save so many Haitian lives, and she couldn’t care less.
well, who knows – in 2yrs she’ll prolly die of “natural causes” too…….
I’m willing to say most 16 years probably feel that way. Heck, a lot of college students probably feel the same way. I wouldn’t even know about the Haiti earthquake if it weren’t for gossip blogs. I live on campus and don’t have a TV. I go to class. It’s a freakin bubble.
At least she’s honest =)
wow… you’re out of touch then. I live on a college campus of only 2000 people- we live in a MAJOR bubble- but we are doing everything we can to help people in Haiti- people are already arranging mission trips and fundraisers… and in EVERY one of my classes my teachers mentioned the earthquake. EVERYONE is talking about it.
Jeez, I can’t stand that girl!
Granted, she’s being honest (which is a hell of a lot better than most celebs out there) but how self absorbed can somebody be?!? The death toll is at like what, 100 000? and she can’t even express any words of sympathy?!
I’m fifeen and I care. Sadly, I do have to agree with some of the comments: a lot of my peers couldn’t care less about what’s happening in the world.
but seriously? she said she thinks girls our age are petty cause we talk about boys and school and she’s a real “artist”. Please, she’s the petty one.
I think it’s ridiculous that she said that. Honest or not, 16 or not. Teenagers are capable of empathy so I really don’t think that’s it. And I’m all for honesty but if your mother asks if her new haircut is nice, you don’t say “Actually it makes you look 20 yrs older and the colour looks like babyshit”.
“No comment” would’ve been appropriate instead of using it as a means to famewhoring and publicity. She’s aware of the media and I think was well aware of the attention she’d get.
It doesn’t matter how old you are, or at least after the age of 10, you should know there are some things you should lie about. I’m giving her the benefit of the doubt that maybe she’s misquoted, otherwise she really is a self-involved dunce.
I have to belief OK worded the question totally differently or that her quote was totally taken out of context. I have to.
ok, everyone stop trying to justify her statement by saying “oh well she’s only fifteen, at least she was being honest” …that’s dumb, she’s a dumb, selfish brat
Oh whatever. It doesn’t mean she doesn’t think it’s sad but I’m 22 and if you asked me like what i’m gonna do to help I’d be like ummm I bought the blink 182 Haiti charity shirt not much else I can do. Sooo how bout them chargers? She’s being honest it’s whatever. Good for her.
Not her fault.. she is torn between Pat Roberson’s Haitians pact with the Devil did it and Actor Danny Glover Says Quake ‘Response’ For Screwing Up Climate Summit In Copenhagen…
What we need is Sean Penn with his Louisana Katrina looter killer shotgun to show up to settle and explain everything.
Okay……her young age should not justify her lack of awareness.
I am 16 years old as well and I know what’s going on. Am I saying I’m smarter than she is? No, I’m just trying to say that sixteen is a capable enough age that she should absolutely know about the situation in Haiti. It’s a shame to see people like her representing our age group. She has so much power to help! What a waste…
I agree! Just because she’s a teenager doesn’t mean she’s excused from not caring!
What happened in Haiti was a pretty big deal, and her age shouldn’t cover for her ignorance.
This is soooo disappointing because nothing matters more to me than than Taylor Momsen’s opinion regarding world affairs. As the SNL version of Joyce Behar would say, “So what? Who ca’es?”
Well it’s cute cuz i’m a 14 yr old freshman, let me add broke, too, and i actually donated $20 of my hard-earned cash to a cause to help the Haitians. I have so many millions of other things to worry about, but I still did it. So a 15, whatever year old actress, who i’m guessing is loaded, can’t take 5 minutes to help them out, much less even care? Wow. God bless America.
lol I love this comment
I just wanted to say a big fat AWESOME to all the teenagers who are commenting on how they care and how they are giving. Proving it has nothing to do with age, and everything to do with being an informed, compassionate person.
Exactly! Thank you, teens of the internet, for redeeming your age group. You warmed my icy heart today.
Hmm, if Miley Cyrus said that would we say “give her a break”? No, age is no excuse for ignorance or insensitivity. However, I’m sure she has a lot of work commitments so she’s not going to jump on a plane to Haiti or donate millions like Brangelina. This chick really is not very famous at all, so I doubt she’s that rich. Whatever. I think she’s immature, but I wouldn’t expect her to start a charity organization or anything.
Which is not to say she shouldn’t donate money. I just don’t expect her to throw down a million bucks.
Which is not to say she shouldn’t donate any money. I would hope that she would at least do that much.
Why did you just bring Miley into this??? SMH
She is just making the point that this site dogs Miley for everything that comes out of her teenage mouth. That’s all. Do you remember the uproar when Miley said she didn’t know any JZ songs?
I don’t think being sixteen is an excuse to not to care for people who are going through such a hard time. I am sixteen and I’m aware of what’s happening. Every day when my mom picks me up from school, I’ll get into the car and say “Hi mom, how is it everything in Haiti? Any news?” Every.freaking.day. since the disaster happened.
She is young and famous, and a lot of teenagers look up to her; she has a VOICE which she should use to help. I don’t think she’s giving the right message to young people. She’s basically saying “I’m sixteen and really busy, so I don’t really care.” Just think that there are a lot of 16-year-old (and younger) people in Haiti that are suffering, so being young shouldn’t be an excuse to say that.
Victoria, you are a fantastic young lady. When teenagers like you A. think and act the way you do, and B. stand up to those who give teenagerhood a bad name, you make the world a better place. Keep it up!
OK, so I work for a human rights organization and have been fundraising for Haiti nonstop since 5 pm Tuesday night ($1.3 million raised for relief and counting!!!!!). So I think Taylor Momson is a horrid spoiled brat with way too much eye makeup on. Nothing new or of note there.
But can we focus on the truly shocking thing she said: LAST SEASON OF GOSSIP GIRL????
IT CAN’T BE!!!!
I am sorry but she is just a self obsessed idiot, which tends to be the generic mould of human being flowing out of Hollywood today. I was sixteen once too, and twelve, and I remember at twelve saving every coin in my money tin to take to school for a clean water for Africa fundraiser. Not only that but at seventeen I was an environmental week ambassador who also partook in weekend volunteer work. I don’t think it’s by accident that people become this self involved, I think it’s the path of life one decides upon. She seems to lead a life which is always about success of self rather than kindness to the common man. The only answer is not to become to jaded by it all, and understand that really Hollywood is one land of fantasy.
No reason she should care or think about a natural disaster in another country. She didn’t cause it and doesn’t have to help fix it. Donations and charity work are, by definition, voluntary.
A quick “It’s really devastating and my thoughts are with them” wouldn’t hurt.
I’m 15 and i’m feeling a bit offended. Yes, she’s a teenager, but this doesn’t necessarily mean that ALL of us adolescents are as self-involved and cold as she. All she had to say was that it was a tragedy, blah, blah, blah, but argh these stereotypes against teenagers are getting to me. I agree that many teens are idiotic, twittering, MTV-obsessed, lipgloss wearing know it-all smartasses, but not all of us.
Am I the only one who thinks it’s possible that she is so enveloped in her own world that she’s not even aware anything happened in Haiti? Her answer sounds like a classic evasion from someone who doesn’t want to admit their ignorance.
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I don’t think it’s fair to assume that she doesn’t know, care, or feel empathy for the earthquake victims in Haiti. I think she’s just trying to say that, like a good portion of American adults, she has enough going on in her life and while she may know about the tragedy, she hasn’t really formed a unique opinion on the incident.
Also, I know that personally, I don’t really care to hear insincere expressions of sympathy. It seems more superficial than honesty.
….she’s not an american adult
You would have to be a cold-hearted shit not to be able to drum up some empathy for these people.
I’m so done hearing about Haiti, what about the almost 45000 Americans who die every year due in large part to a lack of insurance, what about the 1 in 3 children in the US and Canada who go hungry? Why is it that we all jump to “save” these poor souls who let’s be honest, really didn’t have much of a future to begin with but then we turn a blind eye to our own sick and dying? Where’s the Red Cross tent set up for sick and dying Americans? And I’m not even from the US but good god let’s help save our own continent and give this Africa/AIDS and 3rd world natural disaster BS a rest. When Katrina hit, didn’t George Bush fly by waving at the stranded starving people? But hey let’s throw some more tax dollars at other countries because our deficit isn’t quite big enough yet. We can always make more cuts to our failing education systems in order to save up more cash for some other foreign hurricane/earthquake/tsunami or whatever else comes up that gives us the opportunity to take food out of our poverty stricken children’s mouths.