Jennette McCurdy discussed feeling 'jealous' of her Sam & Cat co-star Ariana Grande in her new memoir titled I'm Glad My Mom Died, published on Tuesday.
The former iCarly star, 30, detailed how the pop star, 29, was allowed to miss filming on the Nickelodeon show while she had to 'angrily hold down the fort.'
'I have to turn down movies while Ariana's off whistle-toning at the Billboard Music Awards? F*** this,' she wrote, adding, 'Ariana misses work in pursuit of her music career while I act with a box. I’m pissed about it. And I’m pissed at her. Jealous of her.'
Jealous: Jennette McCurdy discussed feeling 'jealous' of her former Sam & Cat co-star Ariana Grande in her new memoir titled I'm Glad My Mom Died; Pictured 2022
The former actress shared that she had to turn down two features because the team wouldn't write her out of episodes so that she could shoot them, but that Ariana received a very different treatment.
'The week where I was told Ariana would not be here at all, and that they would write around her absence this episode by having her character be locked in a box. Are you kidding me,' she shared.
'If I wasn’t such a good sport to begin with, I wouldn’t be in this predicament in the first place. I wouldn’t be on this sh**ty show saying these sh**ty lines on this sh**ty set with this sh**ty hairstyle,' she added.
Different treatment: The former iCarly star, 30, detailed how the pop star, 29, was allowed to miss filming on the Nickelodeon show while she had to 'angrily hold down the fort'; Pictured 2013
McCurdy said the moment that she 'broke' was when she found out that Ariana had spent an evening 'playing charades at Tom Hanks’s house.'
'That was the moment I broke. I couldn’t take it anymore. Music performances and magazine covers… whatever, I’ll get over it. But playing a family game at National Treasure, two-time Academy Award–winner and six-time nominee Tom Hanks’s house? I’m done.'
'From that moment on I didn’t like her. I couldn’t like her,' she added. 'So now, every time she misses work, it feels like a personal attack. Every time something exciting happens to her, I feel like she robbed me of having that experience myself.'
Upset: 'I have to turn down movies while Ariana's off whistle-toning at the Billboard Music Awards? F*** this,' she wrote, adding, 'I’m pissed at her. Jealous of her'; Pictured 2020
McCurdy went on to discuss how she'd frequently compare her career to Ariana's and feel like she was coming up short.
'Ariana is at the stage in her career where she’s popping up on every 30 Under 30 list that exists. And I’m at the stage in my career where my team is excited that I’m the new face of Rebecca Bonbon, a tween clothing line featuring a cat with her tongue sticking out. Sold exclusively at Walmart.'
'I frequently make the mistake of comparing my career to Ariana's. I can’t help it. I’m constantly in the same environment as her, and she doesn’t exactly try to hide her successes.'
Over it: 'Every time she misses work, it feels like a personal attack. Every time something exciting happens to her, I feel like she robbed me of having that experience myself,' she wrote; Pictured 2018
As they were: Grande and McCurdy became household names playing on Nickelodeon TV shows - Victorious and iCarly, respectively, then came together as co-stars of a third show - Sam & Cat in 2013. The show aired for one 35-episode season before being canceled in 2014
Grande and McCurdy became household names playing supporting characters on Nickelodeon TV shows - Victorious and iCarly, respectively, then came together as co-stars of a third show - Sam & Cat in 2013.
Sam & Cat aired for one 35-episode season before being canceled in 2014.
McCurdy's debut memoir I’m Glad My Mom Died - which details her struggles as a former child actor, her eating disorders, and her complicated relationship with her mother - is now available at bookstores.
Out now: McCurdy's debut memoir I’m Glad My Mom Died - which details her struggles as a former child actor and her relationship with her mother - is now available at bookstores
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