Jeanette McCurdy’s book not only sparked many discussions about child abuse in the television industry but also preventing these things from happening to future child stars.
One of the most talked about books this year is “I’m Glad My Mom Died” written by Jennette McCurdy. The title itself is very attention-grabbing and something you wouldn’t normally expect from a daughter, or even a celebrity. The former Nickelodeon star speaks about her experience as a child actor and her experience with her mother during that time. In her memoir, Mccurdy speaks about her experience with mental and physical abuse from her mother and her abuse with the Nickelodeon producer of her hit show iCarly.
Jennette McCurdy started acting at the age of 6 and from there she began working as an extra in some productions. She ended up casting for Sam in iCarly as a supporting role at the age of 15 in 2007. After the show ended in 2012, she got her spin-off show called Sam and Cat as well. Behind the closed doors, Jennette Mccurdy was struggling and dealing with eating disorders, mental and physical abuse as well as dealing with substance abuse.
The book “I’m Glad My Mom Died”, goes in depth about her time acting and shows how during iCarly and Sam and Cat, she was struggling and in pain with all the abuse she had to encounter. The book is very shocking and something that almost no one expected these things to occur to her. Jennette McCurdy after releasing her book sparked a lot of controversies and many child actors have spoken out about their abuse, such as Alexa Nikolas who exposed her abuse from the producer of Zoey101, Dan Schneider.
Jeanette McCurdy’s book not only sparked many discussions about child abuse in television and trying to prevent these things from happening to future child stars.
“You caused my cancer to come back. I hope you’re happy knowing this. You have to live with this fact. You gave me cancer”. This was the quote that McCurdy’s mom sent her and was something that stood out to me when reading the book. You don’t imagine your own mother telling you these types of things and it hurts even just reading this part of the book. This is extremely abusive to anyone hearing this and being able to endure such things from someone who is supposed to love you is something that is unimageable and extremely hurtful.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in this type of content. It is a bit dark since it touches a lot on some sensitive topics, but it is a very interesting read. We got to see these raw moments in Jennette McCurdy’s life and how she handled certain types of situations around her life behind closed doors.