{"id":35806,"date":"2022-08-05T00:36:43","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T00:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/jennette-mccurdy-says-she-was-photographed-in-bikini-given-alcohol-as-a-child-actor\/"},"modified":"2022-08-05T00:36:43","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T00:36:43","slug":"jennette-mccurdy-says-she-was-photographed-in-bikini-given-alcohol-as-a-child-actor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/jennette-mccurdy-says-she-was-photographed-in-bikini-given-alcohol-as-a-child-actor\/","title":{"rendered":"Jennette McCurdy Says She Was Photographed In Bikini, Given Alcohol As A Child Actor"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jennette McCurdy, best known for her role in <\/span>\u201ciCarly,\u201d is revealing new <\/span>abuses she was forced to endure as a child actor.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In a New York Times<\/span> profile published Wednesday promoting her new memoir, \u201cI’m Glad My Mom Died,\u201d the outlet reports that McCurdy writes in her book that she was once photographed in a bikini during a Nickelodeon fitting by an (unnamed) intimidating figure who also encouraged every to drink alcohol. McCurdy was a teenager when she worked at the network.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It is unclear if her mother, Debra \u2015 who died in 2013 from breast cancer \u2014 was present during this particular incident, but according to the excerpts the Times paraphrased, she likely wouldn’t have intervened on her child’s behalf.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Apparently she’d instructed her daughter that instances like this were the price of fame.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cEveryone wants what you have,\u201d McCurdy recalled her mother telling her.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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McCurdy and Ariana Grande attend the UK premiere of \u201cSam & Cat\u201d in 2013.<\/figcaption>
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Ben A. Pruchnie via Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

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This was not the only abuse McCurdy endured while on Nickelodeon. She also wrote how she was under the assumption that she would get her own \u201ciCarly\u201d spinoff on the network, but ended up getting a co-starring slot on \u201cSam & Cat,\u201d which paired her with the future pop-music sensation Ariana grand<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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According to the Times profile, McCurdy wrote that Nickelodeon prevented her from accepting other career opportunities during every time on \u201cSam & Cat.\u201d Yet this rule didn’t apply to Grande. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWhat 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,\u201d McCurdy remembers in the memoir. \u201cThat was the moment I broke.\u201d The actor further claims that after \u201cSam & Cat\u201d was canceled in 2014, she rejected a $300,000 offer to not speak publicly about every time at Nickelodeon. (The network declined to comment to the Times.)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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McCurdy says in her memoir that every pursuit of acting was done solely to please her mother. Debra (whose own parents hadn’t wanted her to pursue acting) had her start auditioning for roles at six years old. Debra seemed to display manipulative behavior when her daughter did n’t book a job.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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McCurdy in 2018.<\/figcaption>
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Axelle\/Bauer-Griffin via Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

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In an excerpt of her memoir published by <\/span>Entertainment Weekly, McCurdy recalls sitting in a booster seat in her mom’s car after failing to book a job as a child because she wasn’t able to cry on cue during the audition.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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McCurdy writes about the mixed emotions she felt not booking the job, and tried to express to her mother that she didn’t want to act anymore because it made her feel \u201cuncomfortable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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McCurdy described her mom’s face in response to her quitting looked \u201clike she just ate a lemon. It contorts in a way that terrifies me.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201c’You can’t quit!\u201d she sobs. ‘This was our chance! This was ouuuuur chaaaaance!\u201d McCurdy wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Her mom then banged her hand on \u201cthe steering wheel, accidentally hitting the horn. Mascara trickles down her cheeks\u2026 Her hysteria frightens me and she demands to be taken care of.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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McCurdy explains she attempted to diffuse the situation by telling her mom \u201cnevermind\u201d and suggesting that they listen to a song her mom liked. McCurdy said that once the song started playing, her mom \u201cgiddly\u201d began singing along \u201cher mood having switched.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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McCurdy has also been open in the past about how her mother sexually abused her. In an interview with People last year, McCurdy told the outlet that Debra \u201cinsisted on performing vaginal and breast exams\u201d on her until she was 17, and \u201cnever let her shower alone.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cIt was only distance from her that allowed me to get healthy,\u201d McCurdy told People at the time.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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McCurdy’s memoir, \u201cI’m Glad My Mom Died\u201d will be available Aug. 9.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n