Can you really blame Jennette McCurdy for being jealous of Ariana Grande at one point?

[smahala1991]

In McCurdy's new book, she talks about being jealous at one point of Ariana Grande because she got to play charades at Ton Hanks' house, got to travel and have a popstar career while Jennette was more or less stuck to do Sam and Cat. Producers always thought Jennette was way too homely and wholesome. Ariana however came from a wealthy family while Jennette came from a abusive mother household where she was micromanaged on everything and slept in dirty conditions in her house on Costco kindergarten mats.

[kylee2437]

Yes I can understand the jealousy because her childhood mentally made her set up to have image issues. She took on adult situations at a young age and I have so researched that the producer of many of those shows , Dan Schneider would give the girls he thought were beautiful special treatments and such. I’m glad she’s in a place now where she equally understands that Ariana definitely has gone through harassment and potentially has been a victim of a predator just like Jeanette has and shouldn’t be jealous of her. I just purchased this book myself and I can’t wait to give it a read

[smahala1991]

There are actually videos of Ariana made by Dan Where she was out in uncomfortable situations

[smahala1991]

I just wonder what Miranda Cosgrove, Victoria Justice, Amanda Bynes, and Jamie Lynn Spears went through with him

[kylee2437]

@smahala1991 one night I researched on YouTube all night and it goes quite into detail of what he put them all through. There’s even rumors of Jamie’s first child potentially being his.

[smahala1991]

There's also rumors he ruined Amanda Bynes chances of having kids

[kylee2437]

@smahala1991 he’s actually the reason Amanda Bynes went ape shit for a while. There was a point where he was excluding her and such, but also touchy with her. The videos also go into detail about how those young actresses and other auditioners were dropped off to him without parental supervision and he would have them do whatever including going into hot tubs with him in bathing suits unsupervised

[smahala1991]

Rumor is she got pregnant by him too but had a forced abortion

[kylee2437]

@smahala1991 yes! I remember hearing about that too. In my opinion , all those actresses and such have abusive parents that wanted to live through their kids to the point where they dropped off their daughters and didn’t care that they were left around some random man for hours

[smahala1991]

I also just wonder what's happened at Disney with their live action shows? I know Alyson Stoner is one who has had similar issues to Jennette

[kylee2437]

@smahala1991 haven’t done much research on Disney, but I know Dan Schneider has tried to pay numerous girls hush money to not bring up what he has done to them

[smahala1991]

I'm glad Jennette didn't take her offer

[smahala1991]

But a lot of his allegations go all the way back to like 92 to 94 when all that first came out

[kylee2437]

@smahala1991 yep! I think his agenda all along was to take advantage of young girls and get away with it because he knows there’s neglectful parents out there that want their kids to succeed for them. Easy to get away with it when you have abusive parents that will cover for you.

[smahala1991]

Kel. Mitchell's wife at the time was actually harassed by him and they were married when he was still on all that and kenan and Kel

[kylee2437]

It just completely sucks that a lot of our childhood favorites have darkness behind them because of corruption and people not speaking up against it

[smahala1991]

The girl who Played Matilda had said some things about her experiences too, although hers was a lot lighter

[kylee2437]

@smahala1991 I also heard that a lot of Icarlys foot scenes were based off of him providing content for foot fetishes

[smahala1991]

That I can believe

[kylee2437]

@smahala1991 very sad what they all went through because their parents pushed fame onto them

[smahala1991]

Jennette never wanted to act in the first place. And she was actually a country singer for a brief time, very brief in fact

[kylee2437]

@smahala1991 I think that’s where the jealousy for Jeanette hits with Ari because I’m not sure if Ari’s intent was to ever be a singer but she was discovered through her releasing YouTube videos and then her singing career started and that’s essentially what Jeanette wanted but was an outcast because she was always interrupted as more of a tomboy which made her an outcast

[kylee2437]

And it’s always because of how Dan interrupted as. She wasn’t a favorite

[kylee2437]

But he used her because she has talent.

[smahala1991]

I did hear the Victorious cast wasn't really find of Ariana either

[kylee2437]

@smahala1991 they were definitely all jealous of her because she was a favorite and received higher treatment than the rest.

[kylee2437]

Just found this video : https://youtu.be/fxesmJTGI1U

[kylee2437]

Jeanette produced it

[smahala1991]

There were others on there who had talent too. Another underrated one was Daniella Monet (who they should have given a spin off series), Liz Gillies did make a name for herself on Dynasty

[kylee2437]

I always thought it was weird that Victoria justice was the star of the show and Ariana ended up bigger than her. I’m pretty sure there was drama between them two because of Dan.

[smahala1991]

And Sam and Cat was originally supposed to be Jennette's show

[kylee2437]

Yep and Ariana was receiving special connections to get her to where she wanted to be. I’m sure Ariana has been harassed and manipulated by multiple men in that industry

[smahala1991]

Then right after Sam and Cat is when the Bikini photos got keaked

[smahala1991]

Leaked

[kylee2437]

@smahala1991 which bikini photos?

[smahala1991]

There was a scandal at one time some provocative photos of Jennette were leaked

[smahala1991]

Around the time of Sam and Cat although Jennette was of adult age at the time

[kylee2437]

@smala1991 sad part is those were probably taken at his house

[smahala1991]

I do remember Jennette, Ariana, Zendaya, and Bella Thorne were all advertised for a concert in Myrtle Beach one time right when their shows were getting popular. I never went but it would have been cool to have seen people who would have been big names years later

[20thGreatRomances]

I have not read her book yet but, I plan to very soon.

What I can say right now is that, this is dark stuff. I know every single one of the actresses mentioned here. (Miranda Cosgrove, Victoria Justice, Amanda Bynes, Jennette McCurdy, Ariana Grande and Jamie Lynn Spears) I grew up watching literally EVERYTHING on Nickelodeon during the 90s. I would specifically watch shows with these actresses because of my sisters. I was too young to notice these "foot fetishes" but, I do recall still questioning some scenes in these shows.

I LOVE Kennan and Kel. Those were my boys when I was a kid. They really cracked me up with their shows and comedy. And the worst part is that, I love Good Burger, which is written by Dan Pedo Schneider. It is so saddening to find out all of this was happening in the background. I had NO idea what these actresses were going through, let alone Amanda Bynes who really lost it at one point. (All That was a favorite show of mine as well.)

[smahala1991]

I do hope he is brought to justice sooner or later. That would be a very captivating trial to watch just like with Harvey Weinstein, R. Kelly, and Johnny Depp and Amber Heard.

[20thGreatRomances]

I hope so, too! All of those actresses deserve justice! I will definitely be keeping out an eye for the possibility of a trial.

[smahala1991]

But that's the thing. He's never been caught or arrested yet. At this time it's accusations but I believe it' to be true

[20thGreatRomances]

I hear you. But, there is a higher chance when accusations are being made. And, to my understanding, it's being brought up more than before by multiple sources. Mine came from Philip DeFranco.

Regardless, I am hoping something happens. We can't let this monster continue to be free. Who knows what other things he has done since all of this.

By any chance, has Jennette mentioned anything about his accusations? I'm still just catching up with this news. Might just read her book this weekend as I am very curious what she wrote about.

[smahala1991]

She has touched on his temper. She also said that he gave her alcohol once or twice and gave her a massage but nothing really beyond that. I don't know if there really is more with her but I know there is with others. A lot of the abuse she talked about was from her mom.

[20thGreatRomances]

Ewww what the hell...

Thank you for confirming this and for creating this post. I will definitely be reading her book this weekend.

[Kaneki05]

I hated that to. Even watching it as a kid I could tell kat was favoured granted she was more attractive but for sure wrong to favour one based on than for a kids show. Including they were young themselves.
Only good thing is Ariana is ugly now and her personality seems fake along with a lot of songs about sex and there is nothing worse than boring pop songs just all about sex so while she has wealth shrugs I say she lost were it matters.

[smahala1991]

Hopefully Jennette has found a medium in writing and something she's good at. Plus her podcast does well

[Kaneki05]

I should check it out for sure.

[Kori1236]

I’ve yet to read the book and I never really kept up with the drama that unfolded with Nickelodeon and Disney stars. I think the last ‘scandal’ I heard of was Jamie Lynn spears getting pregnant and zoey 101 being cancelled as a result. And that was years ago. So I don’t know what happened with Janette. But based on that little explanation jealousy is a normal emotion to have, everyone gets jealous at one point and those that come from abusive or poor backgrounds do tend to feel jealous when their peers have it better especially when they come to the hard realization that her mom and life isn’t like others. It isn’t normal. And that sends her through a loop and allows resentment and jealousy to build up.

[melanieeeB]

No, feeling jealous is a normal emotion and it's okay, as long as you don't hurt someone else in a jealous rage or whatever
It's actually really great of her that she did noticed that and well stands behind it now, I'm sure she also worked on it.

[BlueScorpio]

I can understand, she had a rough past and seeing people get certain treatments you never experienced before can make you feel pretty crummy. Plus its sounds like Ari got more special treatments on the show than she did.. so it happens.

[boredgal]

No I can’t blame her. The industry she’s in is just terrible. All about favoritism and people finding ways how to get to the top no matter what the consequences are. I admire her truthfulness about it. That’s just life.

[LostGirl9]

No, I’ve yet to read the book but from the excerpts I read on twitter it was justified, also she was still really young and it’s normal in an environment like that and with a mother as bad as hers to be jealous, if anything it was really mature of her to admit it

[Sugar100]

I’ve had the same issue my whole life had girls jelaous of me to point I can’t have a true friend that’s a girl due to envy.

[RedStiletto88]

We all have been envious of others for one reason or another

[NathanDavis]

I guess that the range and control that Ariana has over her privileged voice is something that many girls could envy... if they wanted to be singers and famous ones that is

[smahala1991]

Jennette actually never wanted to be and actor, but it's sad her own mother was trying to push her hard which is the case of most child actors

[NathanDavis]

well, she's an adult now... she can quit acting any time she wants, right?

[smahala1991]

Well she technically already did, she was revealing how abusive her mother was which is more or less what the book is about

[NathanDavis]

well, at least she can profit with it now

and that might be an indication that she feels much better about things nowadays, or it helps with her healing process somehow

[TroyDT]

She had a difficult upbringing and was victimized by a disgusting predator of children, so I have a lot of empathy for her.

[AsaKyo]

I can't blame her considering how shitty her life went

[Juan4574]

I've already seen three questions about that book. The title of that book is grotesque and disgusting. The only thing that stands out to me is that Jennette McCurdy got pretty ugly, she was a pretty blonde girl.

[kylee2437]

It’s always the people that don’t research that judge a book by it’s cover. Her mother was her abuser and she has a right to feel liberated by her mothers death because her mothers death saved her in the long run.

[jennifer_bloom]

I don’t blame her for being jealous but jealousy is never a good thing and needs to be wiped out as much as we can manage.

[MrJMM]

I cannot blame her. I have her book to read on my “to-read list.”

[Snsl153]

Who are these people? Why should anyone even care?

[kylee2437]

Why shouldn’t people care? These people are victims of Nickelodeon’s producer that is a predator and I think everyone should be enlightened on how there’s darkness to the production of childhood actors

[Snsl153]

@kylee2437 Oh, okay.

[Fireguy17]

I have no clue who she is.

Is this an ad for her book?

[smahala1991]

No, I have been listening to the audio book and reading the things online so I thought I'd just ask a question

[Fireguy17]

I still have no clue who she is, but in all fairness she probably has no clue who I am.
I also do not know who that Grande chick is either.
I must live a sheltered life.

[Blueeyes81]

I don't feel sorry for celebs nor do I really care if she was jealous or not. For whatever jealousy she felt there were thousands of girls in much worse situations jealous of what she had.

[EnglishEuropean]

So firstly I don't know who Jennette McCurdy is. Secondly did Jennette McCurdy have a bunch of fans blown to pieces at her concert? I highly doubt it.

[BigAFRO]

There's always somebody richer and better than you its America that's whole point

[Jltakk]

I don't even know what sam and cat is, or who these people are, but it really made me wish for a new sam and max game.

[ElementoP]

I don't see how anyone could possibly give a shit

[monkeynutts]

You mean hide the sausage.