The former star child says that he was offered money to be silent on the behavior on the set
Nickelodeon's alum, Jennette McCurdy, refused to accept what she called "Mush Money".
From 2007 to 2014,Jennette McCurdy was a major star on the Nickelodeon network. She broke out on the seriesIcarly As a best friend of the main character, then went to her own spin-off,Sam & Cat, withAriana Grande. Now, the former child artist is 30 years old, left the acting career with whom she never wanted to start, and opened the dark times that she lived at the height of her fame, including abuses physical and emotional of her mother and several food disorders.
In a new interview withThe Washington PostAbout her newly published memories, McCUNDY has entered his experience in Nickelodeon, including a disturbing behavior by adults on the set and "The money of silence", she claims that she was proposed to Never talk about it publicly. Read the rest to discover what the former actor says that she has witnessed.
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McCURDY worked for Nickelodeon for seven years.
McCurdy started playing onIcarly In 2007, when she was 15 years old. She stayed on the show until 2012, then led a season ofSam & Cat From 2013 to 2014.
AccordingThe Washington Post, in his new book,I'm glad my mother is dead,,McCUNDY writes on work in Nickelodeon and observing the creator of the two shows,Dan Schneider, acting inappropriately.
"I wanted laughter around that," she saidThe Washington Post To simply call Schneider "the creator" in his book, "in particular because I know there is so much tension there."
His book includes accusations on Schneider.
In his memoirs, McCURDY says that Schneider gave him an unsolicited shoulder massage and put it pressure on drinking part of his alcohol coffee at the age of 18. She also calls it "mean, controlling and terrifying".AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
Schneider stopped working with Nickelodeon in 2018. In 2021,The New York Times reported thatSchneider had been investigated By the parent company of Nickelodeon, Viacomcbs, and the investigation revealed that "many people with whom he worked considered him abusive verbally", but proofs of sexual misconduct. Schneider said toNew York Times That he does not act in an inappropriate way with colleagues, and concerning the online affirmations according to which part of the comedy of his programs sexualized young stars or showed proofs of a fetish of the feet, he said: " The comedy was totally innocent. "
McCurdy says Schneider was exiled on the set.
In his book, McCURDY says that "the creator" was ultimately not allowed to be on the set with actors and remained in a "play in the shape of a cave on the side of the sound scene, surrounded by heaps of cold cuts , from his favorite snack, and Kids' Choice Awards attributes, his most expensive accomplishment of life. "
"My heart is starting to beat quickly. It makes me angry," said McCurdyThe Washington Postto talk about his former boss. "But it is important to talk about it. It was so common, his behavior, and it was so accepted because everyone was afraid of losing their job. I don't blame any. was really unhappy, all of this happened in a children's television environment. It really seems that there is not a lot of moral compass there. "
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She claims to be offered money to be silent.
McCUNDY writes that afterSam & Cat At the end, he was told that Nickelodeon would give her $ 300,000 as a "thank you gift" if she agreed not to talk about her experience with the network and specifically with Schneider. She said it was like "silent money" and that she refused it immediately.
"The way I see it now is that this decision came from the self-justice," she said in the interview. "I should have taken this money? I'm glad I didn't do it because I am able to talk about it, and I don't need to haunt this secret."
The best life has contacted Nickelodeon and Schneider representatives to comment but has not yet received an answer.
McCurdy is in a better place now.
McCurdy has gone through a lot, and she is candid on this subjectI'm glad my mother is dead, which bears the name of his show by a woman and refers to the death of his mother of cancer in 2013. In recent years, said McCURDYThe Washington Post, she went to therapy to heal her childhood with her violent mother and work to recover from her food disorders.
"There is no active form of dysfunction in my life," she said. "I am in a good place, which is so strange to say. I feel more fulfilled than ever, and I hope that it is not new, but it is very new for me."
