Nearly three months after the release of ID’s Quiet on Set, former Nickelodeon star Ariana Grande is speaking out about the allegations made in the controversial docuseries.
During an appearance on Penn Badgley’s Podcrush podcast on Wednesday, June 12, Grande opened up about the docuseries. She admitted being upset about the “innuendos” made during her Nickelodeon days.
“I think we had some very special memories,” Ariana Grande explained. “And we feel so privileged to be able to create those roles and become a part of something that was so special for a lot of young kids.”
Grande starred in Nickeleodeon’s Victorious from 2010 to 2013. The show was created by now-infamous producer, Dan Schneider. He was accused of acting inappropriate and abusive on some of the sets at Nickelodeon.
Quiet on Set was mainly about Schneider and his behavior towards child actors. Former Nickelodeon stars appeared in the series and opened up about the abuse they endured from Schneider over the years.
Ariana Grande told Badgley that after watching Quiet on Set she is “reprocessing” her relationship with Victorious. “Specifically about our show, I think that was something that we were convinced was the cool thing about us,” she explained. “Is that we pushed the envelope with our humor,” she explained.
Grande continued by speaking about the innuendos made on the set. “And the innuendos were … it was, like, the cool differentiation. I think it just all happened so quickly, and now looking back on some of the clips, I’m like, ‘Damn, really? Oh, s–t’ … and the things that weren’t approved for the network were snuck onto, like, our website or whatever.”
She then pointed out, “I guess I’m upset, yeah.”
Although not mentioned by name, Grande was seen in the docuseries using the innuendos.
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Ariana Grande said it’s been “devastating” to hear stories from former child actors. She refers to them as “survivors.”
She also said it was important for child actors to have support both mentally and physically while on sets.
“I think the environment needs to be made safer if kids are going to be acting, and I think there should be therapists,” Grande said. “I think parents should allowed to be wherever they want to be, and I think not only on kids’ sets. If anyone wants to do this, or music, or anything at this level of exposure, there should be in the contract something about therapy is mandatory twice a week or thrice a week or something like that.”