Jennette McCurdy alleges predatory treatment at iCarly from male figure she calls 'The Creator'
At the time she alleges the “emotional abuse” from The Creator, McCurdy also describes feeling completely unmoored in her life and career, drinking heavily and fearing she’d die from a bulimia-induced heart attack.
“I’ve come to terms with the fact that I don’t like acting,” McCurdy writes. “While I was able to push through the season for the promise of directing, now that that opportunity has been taken away from me, I feel that all I’ve ever been and all I ever will be is an actor.
“What the fuck? Nickelodeon is offering me three hundred thousand dollars in hush money to not talk publicly about my experience on the show? My personal experience of The Creator’s abuse?” McCurdy recalls thinking after ending the phone call with her managers, agents, and attorneys. “This is a network with shows made for children.
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