Former Nickelodeon child star Jennette McCurdy, who who was the start of Nickelodeon’s “iCarly” and “Sam & Cat,” has opened up about what really happens behind the scenes to child actors in the entertainment industry.
“My whole childhood and adolescence were very exploited,” McCurdy said. “…There were cases where people had the best intentions and maybe didn’t know what they were doing. And also cases where they did — they knew exactly what they were doing.”
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The former actress gets candid in her new memoir in which she details her toxic relationship with her overbearing mother and the exploitation she experienced working on Nickelodeon productions.
According to the New York Times, McCurdy, 30, wrote in her memoir about disturbing experiences on the children’s television network when she was asked to be “photographed in a bikini during a wardrobe fitting and being encouraged to drink alcohol by an intimidating figure she simply calls the Creator.”
McCurdy says that when her mother was present on set, she never objected, and would tell her daughter that this “was the price of showbiz success.“
“Everyone wants what you have,” she allegedly told her daughter.
Per Fox: In McCurdy’s memoir, which will be published on Aug. 9, she recounted auditioning for acting roles at the age of 6 and being “shepherded” into the work by her controlling mother. She also noted that she suffered from obsessive-compulsive disorder, eating disorders and anxiety. McCurdy believed she owed her loyalty to her mother, who controlled every aspect of her life.
After McCurdy starred on “iCarly,” Nickelodeon promised her a spinoff series of her own, but walked back on their offer and made Ariana Grande a co-lead on “Sam & Cat.”
McCurdy says she felt undermined by the network as they discouraged her from exploring other career opportunities outside the show. However, those rules did not seem to apply to Grande.
“What finally undid me was when Ariana came whistle-toning in with excitement because she had spent the previous evening playing charades at Tom Hanks’s house. That was the moment I broke,” McCurdy wrote.
What does “charades at Tom Hanks’s house” really mean?
“Sam & Cat” aired for only one season during 2013-2014, and after the show’s cancellation, Nickelodeon offered the former actress $300,000 to keep her experiences at the network private, McCurdy said. She refused the offer.
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Nickelodeon, Disney…just giant pedo rings.
ALL of Hollyweird is a giant pedo ring.
Not when walt ran it
And no one is in prison over this?
Don`t you watch TV
Which TV? With your replies it’s certain You do.
It’s nothing new Judy garland started at MGM at 13 Sam Gildwynn would grab her breasts every time she was ordered to report to his office. She had to smoke 2 packs of cigarettes a day to stay slim, she could only eat soup, she had to take Speed to keep her working, and later in life they made her have electro shock treatment. They took an inch of Liz Taylor spine out forcing her into booze and pain killers for the rest of her life, they forced Doris day to have a full hysterectomy after she had only had 1 child.
The things they’ve done Joe Kennedy made snuff movies at Fox when he owned it.
The kids today have it dead easy by comparison. And they don’t even know it. That is just REALITY.
Sooooo… sexually exploiting children is ok because it isn’t as bad as it was in the past? You are messed up!
I agree WRONG WRONG AND WRONG always
LIZZY taylor was a mob boss even for MJ
So it’s not about Nickleodeon, it’s about her controlling mother.
It is ALSO about Nickelodeon. Doesn’t have to be one or the other.