Jennette McCurdy

In her new memoir, Jennette McCurdy alleges Nickelodeon offered her hush money in exchange for staying silent about her experiences with the unnamed figure.

“I’ve come to terms with the fact that I don’t like acting,” McCurdy writes. I want to say something, to tell him to stop, but I’m so scared of offending him,” McCurdy writes in an excerpt from the memoir obtained by Vanity Fair where she recalls one meeting with The Creator. “’Oh, right,” he says, remembering his train of thought without my help. “My shoulders do have a lot of knots in them, but I don’t want The Creator to be the one rubbing them out.

Jennette McCurdy writes about "terrifying" behavior by a man she calls "The Creator" on the sets of Nickelodeon's 'iCarly' and 'Sam & Cat.'

“The way I see it now is, that decision came from self-righteousness,” she writes. She also writes about someone she calls “The Creator” in relation to her time on the Nick shows. It was so commonplace, his behavior, and it was so accepted because everyone was scared of losing their job. It really seems like there’s not much of a moral compass there.” When Sam & Cat ended after one season in 2014, McCurdy has said there was talk of a $300,000 “thank-you gift” from Nickelodeon if she agreed to never talk publicly about her experiences at the network, specifically in relation to the behavior of “The Creator.” But it was really unfortunate; everything that happened in a children’s television series environment.

The new excerpt from I'm Glad My Mom Died includes scenes from a dinner McCurdy had with The Creator while the Sam and Cat spin-off was being worked out, and ...

In a 2021 interview with The New York Times, Schneider denied acting inappropriately with people he worked with. She also recalls the fallout on set after The Creator got in trouble “for accusations of his emotional abuse,” adding, “I feel like it’s been a long time coming, and should have happened a lot sooner.” The excerpt ends with a relieved McCurdy learning that Sam and Cat had been canceled after just one season.

'iCarly' and 'Sam & Cat' star Jennette McCurdy says in her new memoir that Nickelodeon offered her $300000 not to talk about her experiences there.

McCurdy said she quit acting a few years ago, because it was her mother’s dream for her to become an actor and not her own. In an anecdote about having another “frequent” dinner with “the Creator” while her contract for the spinoff was being worked out, McCurdy says he pushed her — at 18 — to have a sip of his spiked coffee. It’s to the point where he’s no longer allowed to be on set with any actors, which makes communication in between takes complicated,” she explained of the grueling working environment that his alleged behavior led to. Shouldn’t they at least try to report to some sort of ethical standard?” I wouldn’t be on this s— show saying these s— lines on this s— set with this s— hairstyle,” she writes. I resent being a good sport. “I’m done being a good sport. If I wasn’t such a good sport to begin with, I wouldn’t be in this predicament in the first place. Shouldn’t they have some sort of moral compass? I like being his favorite for now. It wasn’t just a slap-on-the-wrist sort of thing. My personal experience of The Creator’s abuse?” she writes.

In an excerpt from her memoir, 'I'm Glad My Mom Died,' the former 'iCarly' and 'Sam & Cat' star alleges that she was offered hush money to stay silent about ...

I chose you.” I ate everything. I feel so full. I couldn’t stop myself. I take a sip of water while I try and figure out what to say next. “The Victorious kids get drunk together all the time. But I didn’t choose anyone. I like being his favorite for now. “Okay.” “I dunno.” (Vanity Fair has reached out to the network for comment.) One of Nickelodeon’s brightest stars in the 2010s was Jennette McCurdy, who played the petulant prankster Sam Puckett for six seasons on iCarly before coleading Sam & Cat, a spin-off costarring Ariana Grande that lasted just a single season.

Former Nickelodeon star Jennette McCurdy has opened up about her tumultuous acting career, revealing the experience left her traumatised.

McCurdy believed she owed her loyalty to her mother, who controlled every aspect of her life. She refused the offer. “ … There were cases where people had the best intentions and maybe didn’t know what they were doing. In McCurdy’s memoir, which will be published on August 9, she recounted auditioning for acting roles at the age of 6 and being “shepherded” into the work by her controlling mother. McCurdy pointed out that when her mother was present, she never interjected or instructed her daughter that this “was the price of showbiz success.” She says her overbearing mother and the television industry were both to blame, as they “failed to protect her,” according to the New York Times.

In her new memoir, "I'm Glad My Mom Died," the star said that "The Creator" told her: "The 'Victorious' kids get drunk together all the time."

We need to give you guys a little edge." The show ran for six seasons between 2007 and 2012. I like being his favorite for now. Couldn't I get in trouble?" The 'iCarly' kids are so wholesome. "I've never had alcohol before.