Actor-turned-rockstar Taylor Momsen was bitten by a bat while performing on stage in Seville, Spain on Wednesday, May 29. Momsen, who played Cindy Lou Who in the 2000 film How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Jenny Humphrey on Gossip Girl, shared a shocking clip of the incident on her Instagram.
The wild video incldued a caption that Momsen wrote explaining what happened before, during, and after the bat bite. She also revealed that she had to get rabies shots after the concert ended.
‘Gossip Girl’ Star Taylor Momsen Bitten by Bat Onstage
“So… ROCK AND ROLL MOMENT,” Momsen’s caption began. “In Sevilla Wednesday during ‘Witches Burn’ of all songs… a BAT flew onto me and clung to my leg. In the moment, I was performing and had no idea until the incredible crowd kept screaming and pointing,” she continued.
“He was cute, but yes he bit me. So rabies shots for the next two weeks. Thanks to all the staff at the hospital who dubbed me “batgirl” after seeing it on the local news that morning… more footage to come… that’s one for the books!”
Of course, fans in the comments of her Instagram comments were quick to make Ozzy Osbourne comparisons. Osbourne infamously bit off the head of a bat while on stage in 1982.
“Ozzy? Was that you?!,” one fan joked. “But seriously, glad you’re okay! This was DEFINITELY one for the books. And during Witches burn too!”