In a new book, ‘iCarly’ star Jennette McCurdy reveals how being pushed into acting by her mother at six led to anxiety and self-loathing
Childhood stardom and the spectre of the “stage mom” are the focus of a US summer publishing sensation that – in short, punchy sentences delivered with a high level of self-perception – could transform the trauma memoir business.has sold around 200,000 copies since its release less than two weeks ago, according to publisher Simon & Schuster.
“No child is psychologically, emotionally, mentally equipped for the obstacles of child stardom,” McCurdy told Canada’s CBC last week. “Even if they have the greatest support system around them.” “Nickelodeon is offering me $300,000 in hush money to not talk publicly about my experience on the show?” McCurdy writes in her book. “This is a network with shows made for children. Shouldn’t they have some sort of moral compass?”
“If this blows up any more than it already has, Nickelodeon and the entire industry of child acting may finally land itself a #MeToo reckoning,”McCurdy, who left acting in 2014, may turn out to be among the luckier child stars who have attempted to bridge their careers into adulthood and found the transition, or the public’s expectations of them, insupportable.
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