Jennette McCurdy, a former star on Nickelodeon, is getting ready to release her revealing memoir, which will be titled I’m Glad My Mom Died. In it, she will discuss the tumultuous relationship she had with her mother, as well as the difficult experiences she had as a result of being coerced into becoming a child actor.
The actress disclosed in her book how her mother exerted control over her life and profession from a young age, which led to her living with “continuous worry, guilt, and self-loathing”
In her memoir, Jennette McCurdy, who is most known for portraying the part of Sam Puckett in the teen sitcom iCarly, discusses her experiences with eating disorders, addiction, and toxic relationships. McCurdy is best known for her role in the show.
The actress also mentioned that her problems got significantly worse after her mother passed away not long before she was cast in the 2013 spinoff of iCarly called Sam & Cat. However, McCurdy began going to therapy, which ultimately assisted her in becoming better able to deal with the circumstance.
A look into excerpts from Jennette McCurdy’s upcoming memoir
An portion of Jennette McCurdy’s memoir titled “I’m Glad My Mom Died” that was obtained by Entertainment Weekly is titled “An Audition From My Childhood That Made Me Feel Extremely Uncomfortable,” and it contains the following passage:
After that, Jennette McCurdy recounted how she continued to act and perform contrary to her own desires for the sole purpose of acquiescing to her mother’s demands:
The actress also described how she was unable to perform well at the audition and how she attempted to convince her mother that she did not like acting, only to leave her mother disappointed:
She also revealed that her mother went into a hysterical fit almost instantly, which made her feel guilty and pushed her to continue acting:
A second passage from the book described the time when McCurdy was cast as Sam in the iCarly television show. She revealed that the reason she was so “elated” was not because of her personal happiness, but rather because her mother’s hopes were finally coming true:
I’m Glad My Mom Died, the tell-all memoir written by Jennette McCurdy, is supposedly going to be released sometime this month, beginning on August 9.
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Jennette McCurdy performed a one-woman dark comedy act under the same name in the year 2020, prior to the publication of her memoir titled “I’m Glad My Mom Died.” In an interview with People magazine from the previous year, the former actress discussed her programme and disclosed that her mother, Debbie McCurdy, had molested her when she was a child:
McCurdy disclosed to the journal that she was just 10 years old when her mother bleached her hair and whitened her teeth, and that she was just 11 years old when she first started “calorie counting.” She claimed that the technique was ultimately responsible for her developing eating disorders later in life.
The actress revealed that she was battling anorexia at the time she landed the role of iCarly, and that she later progressed to binge eating disorder and bulimia after landing the job. She continued by saying that even if her mother had been well, she would have continued to struggle with eating disorders:
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On her podcast titled “Empty Inside,” Jennette McCurdy went into additional detail about the traumatic events she endured while working in the entertainment industry when she was a child actor. She stated that she felt “ashamed” and “embarrassed” of the roles that she had portrayed in the past:
After that, the actress revealed that she had made the decision to leave the acting industry because she had come to the conclusion that she had never wanted to be an actor and that her mother had pushed her to take up the job because she was the primary source of revenue for the family:
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Between the years 2007 and 2012, Jennette McCurdy was a cast member on all six seasons of the Disney Channel show iCarly. She also reprised her role as Sam Puckett for the spinoff series Sam & Cat. Despite this, she said in 2017 that she would no longer be acting, and she did not participate in the iCarly remake that was produced by Paramount+.