In her new memoir, I'm Glad My Mom died, she describes predatory treatment she experienced as a teenager from an unnamed figure involved with i Carly and Victorious. i Carly featured McCurdy as Sam from 2007 to 2012
When she was filming her short-lived spinoff show Sam & Cat, she was referencing the period in the book. She claims to have felt pressured to drink alcohol when she was younger. The Creator told McCurdy that the Victorious kids get drunk together all the time. The kids from icarly are wholesome. We need to give you something to think about.
i Carly kids are compared to the kids on Victorious by the creator. He thinks it will make us try harder.
McCurdy says she was touched by The Creator in ways that made her feel uncomfortable when she met in professional settings. There were two seasons of the series in the last two years.
My shoulders have a lot of knots, but I don't want the creator to rub them out. I want to say something, to tell him to stop, but I'm so scared of offending him that I don't. If you had an opportunity like that, every kid would want it. You're very fortunate.
At the time she accused The Creator of emotional abuse, McCurdy said she felt completely unmoored in her life and career, drinking heavily and fearing a heart attack.
McCurdy says that he doesn't like acting. While I was able to push through the season for the promise of directing, now that opportunity has been taken away from me, I feel like I will never be an actor. Who is going to hire me when I have been on the show for almost a decade? I don't know how to get a real acting job out of this weird sphere.
After the cancellation of Sam & Cat spinoff, she was told she would be paid $300 thousand dollars if she didn't talk about it.
I don't know what to think. I was offered three hundred thousand dollars to not speak about my experience on the show. I have a personal experience of The Creator abusing me. After ending the phone call, McCurdy thought. There are shows for kids on this network. I think they should have a moral compass. Shouldn't they report to a standard of ethics?