Ariana Grande played the popular role of Cat in Nickelodeon shows such as Victorious and Sam and Cat opened up about her experience as a child actor, amid the numerous allegations of a toxic environment made against former Nickelodeon producer Dan Schneider l in the recent documentary Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV Grande reflected on her time at the network. She started working on the show Victorious in 2010 alongside her best friend Elizabeth Gillies. On the June 12 episode of Podcrushed Grande unveiled a lot of facts. Let’s check out what she has said.
Ariana Grande is reprocessing her experience as a child actor a little bit now
The 30-year-old said on the show, “I think we had some very special memories and we feel so privileged to have been able to create those roles and be a part of something that was so special for a lot of young kids. I think we’re reprocessing our relationship to it a little bit now if that makes sense. My relationship to it has and is currently and has been changing.”
“I think the environment needs to be made safer,” she continued. “I think there should be therapists, I think parents should be allowed to be wherever they want to be. A lot of people don’t have the support that they need to get through performing at that level at such a young age, but also dealing with some of the things that the survivors who have come forward. And there’s not a word for how devastating that is to hear about.”
The Wicked star was cast on popular role of Cat on Victorious between 2010 and 2013, later on in spinoff Sam & Cat which aired between 2013 and 2014. Grande also shared how she sees the conversations surrounding acting in childhood.
“I’m glad that this conversation is happening here and also in the world because it’s also just kind of a cultural shift that’s happening where it’s not just actors and singers and whatever,” Grande said. “If you ask anyone who’s ever worked if they’ve dealt with a boss that had a really bad ego and temper and whatever, or if they’ve been sexually harassed or even assaulted—it’s everywhere.”
“Speaking specifically about our show, I think that was something that we were convinced was the cool thing about us, is that we pushed the envelope with our humor and the innuendos,” Ariana noted. “We were told, and convinced, that it was the cool differentiation. Now looking back on some of the clips, I’m like, ‘Damn, like really?’ I just think about it, like if I had a daughter.”
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