Jennette McCurdy, a former Nickelodeon star, is gearing up to release her revealing memoir, titled I’m Glad My Mom Died. In it, she will talk about her turbulent relationship with her mother and the difficult experiences she had when she was forced to become a child actress.
The actress revealed in her book how her mother took control of her life and career from a young age, resulting in her living with “constant worry, guilt and self-loathing.”
In her memoir, Jennette McCurdy, best known for her role as Sam Puckett on the teen sitcom iCarly, talks about her experiences with eating disorders, addiction, and toxic relationships. McCurdy is best known for her role on the series.
The actress also mentioned that her problems got significantly worse after her mother died, just before she was cast in the 2013 spin-off from iCarly called Sam & Cat. McCurdy, however, began therapy that ultimately helped her cope better with the circumstances.
A look at excerpts from Jennette McCurdy’s upcoming memoir
A portion of Jennette McCurdy’s memoir entitled “I’m Glad My Mom Died” made available to Entertainment Weekly is entitled “An Audition From My Childhood That Made Me Feel Extremely Uncomfortable” and contains the following passage:
Afterwards, Jennette McCurdy shared how she continued to act and perform against her own wishes just to comply with her mother’s demands:
The actress also described how she didn’t do well in auditions and how she tried to convince her mother that she didn’t like acting, only to leave her mother disappointed:
She also revealed that her mother went into a fit of hysterics almost immediately, which made her feel guilty and urged her to move on:
A second passage from the book described the time when McCurdy was cast as Sam on the iCarly television show. She revealed that the reason she was so “elated” wasn’t her personal happiness, but that her mother’s hopes were finally being fulfilled:
I’m Glad My Mom Died, the memoir written by Jennette McCurdy, is slated for release sometime this month, beginning August 9.
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Jennette McCurdy directed a dark one-woman comedy of the same name in 2020 before the release of her memoir titled I’m Glad My Mom Died. In an interview with People magazine last year, the former actress opened up about her program and revealed that her mother, Debbie McCurdy, abused her as a child:
McCurdy revealed to the magazine that she was just 10 years old when her mother bleached her hair and whitened her teeth, and that she was only 11 years old when she “counted calories” for the first time. She claimed that the technique was ultimately responsible for her developing eating disorders later in life.
The actress revealed that she was struggling with anorexia at the time she landed the role of iCarly and later transitioned to binge eating disorder and bulimia after getting the job. She continued by saying that even if her mother had been fine, she would have continued to struggle with eating disorders:
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In her podcast, titled “Empty Inside,” Jennette McCurdy expanded on the traumatic events she went through as a child performer working in the entertainment industry. She explained that she felt “ashamed” and “embarrassed” for the roles she had portrayed in the past:
Afterwards, the actress revealed that she made the decision to leave acting because she came to the conclusion that she never wanted to be an actress and that her mother pushed her to take the job because she was the primary Family source of income:
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Between 2007 and 2012, Jennette McCurdy starred in all six seasons of the Disney Channel show iCarly. She also reprized 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 take part in the Paramount+-produced iCarly remake.