Jennette McCurdy On Mormonism, Beauty Standards, And The Finances Of Child Stardom

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In this episode, filmed in Los Angeles in summer 2021, Chelsea sits down with Jennette McCurdy to candidly discuss her experiences with child stardom, why she didn't join the iCarly reboot, the cost of living up to external expectations, and more.

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I feel like this would be an interesting conversation to have again in a few years with the kids of family vloggers when they are grown up. There are some protections in place for child actors but it is truly the wild west for children of family vloggers on youtube and I think a lot of them are going to have severe issues from being exposed to millions of people before they even know what's happening and before they can truly consent.

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I am a male ex child performer and ex-mormon. This means everything to me Chelsey. Mental health is crucial to great financial success and plain happiness.

abrampena
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Ugh... even outside of religious reasons, it's gross to force a teenage girl to wear a bikini on tv if they don't want to. It's so heartbroken hearing everything Jenette went through, but I'm glad she's getting to speak up about it.

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I’m estranged from my abusive parents (mainly my mom), and while cutting ties with them was the best thing I ever did for myself, the berating from other family members and comments like “don’t you realize the pain you put them through?” was incredibly painful and draining in the beginning. Hearing Chelsea and Jeanette validating the choice to break off abusive family meant a lot to me, truly.

kayla
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"Boundaries were a sign of betrayal"

I felt this and I feel her pain 💜

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As someone who watched icarly growing up, it’s so hard to know that she was going through so much off camera, but she seems to be incredibly mature and clearly has gone through therapy to the point where she ca accept who she is and what happened to her. ❤️

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TFD & Jennette aced this interview. It's a goldmine of mental health issues and relationship dynamic. But the part where she declared her mother dieing was the best thing that happened to her...it gave me goosebumps. In trying to live vicariously through her daughter & chasing success, she failed so miserably as a human being that her own flesh & blood felt blessed at her demise. What an end to a life!

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This is a crossover I never expected 🤯

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Jennette comes across as someone with incredible emotional intelligence and depth. I love seeing how she lit up when you asked her certain questions— she seemed so genuinely grateful to have an engaged, understanding interviewer. I think she truly has a gift for sharing her voice and story. Thank you for the wonderful conversation!

arrydoll
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The financial aspects of child acting is so fascinating and disturbing to me. I love that more former child actors are speaking up about this.

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I just finished reading "I'm Glad My Mom Died" and it is haunting. Knowing what Jennette went through is a modern tragedy. Anyone being judgmental about the title of her book had not read it and is clearly struggling with NPD themselves. Boundaries are necessary, not a betrayal. Excellent interview and I hope Jennette is in a better place now.

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Probably TFD's best interview yet--thoughtful engagement on both sides.

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"I felt that my entire idendity was to make my mom happy" hits like a ton of bricks. Now, as a mother to young daughters, I am so aware of never, ever putting that kind of burden on their shoulders. Thank you for this insightful, fascinating conversation. I've never been happier of my nobody status and the gifts that go with it - although being both anonymous and wealthy definitely sounds like the way to go 😆

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I love how open she has been with her experiences. I know she can't share EVERYTHING but she's still very open and specific.

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i know it’s been basically turned into a meme but Kim Cattrall turned down the role in the Sex & the City reboot because “i don’t want to be in a situation where i’m not enjoying myself even for thirty minutes” (i might have gotten the wording wrong) but anyways mad respect for kim and of course jennette

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48:28 Yes! I am having serious issues with my mom and I am sick of hearing that she is nice and doing her best. News flash that that is such a LOW BAR. Plenty of people are “nice” and “trying” in this world, but when her words and actions hurt me….fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me, and nowadays I am making sure I do not get fooled a third time. We need to get over preserving the family when someone in the family does bad and harmful things.

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This interview felt extremely balanced - both professionally structured but also personal without trying to get too much under the guest's skin.
It was a pleasure to listen to.

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Jennette really feels like such a genuine, kind soul. And so well spoken. I'm glad she's been able to work on healing herself and is sharing her experience to help those in similar situations.

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As someone who moved out from home at 19 because of my abusive and overly religious mother, this podcast meant so much to me. I'm nearly 23 now and I'm so much happier, working full time in my first post-grad job. I have a mostly no-contact relationship with my mother and my father and, thankfully, a very close relationship with my siblings. If you're someone who is still living at home with an abusive parent, this message is just a reminder that you will make it out of there and things will only get better from there on out :)

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Super insightful convo y’all! Didn’t realize so many child actors had to support their families that’s a lot of responsibility to put on kid.

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