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Mar 21, 2024 · About a year and a half after Debra's death, Mark, who raised all four siblings, revealed to Jennette, Scott, Dustin and Marcus that only Marcus was his biological child.
- Jessica Sager
Aug 17, 2022 · In her memoir, I'm Glad My Mom Died, Jennette broke down the years of alleged abuse she faced at the hands of mother Debra McCurdy. After the book's release in August 2022, Jennette addressed her ...
Sep 7, 2022 · What was Debra's cause of death? On September 20, 2013, Debra McCurdy lost her battle with breast cancer. She was first diagnosed in 1995 but was in remission for 15 years before it returned in 2010. Eventually, cancer spread to the rest of her body, as well as her brain. Before Debra succumbed to her breast cancer battle, Jennette shared ...
- She Was Forced Into Acting by Her Mother
- She Endured Childhood Trauma Due to Her Mother's Control
- She Developed An Eating Disorder at A Young Age
- She Wanted to Quit Acting Before Finding Fame
- She Was Allegedly 'exploited' as A Teen Actor
- She Has Maintained A Healthy Friendship with Miranda Cosgrove
- She Was 'Pissed' at Ariana Grande While Filming Sam & Cat
- She Was Bribed to Keep Quiet About Her Experience at Nickelodeon
- She Relapsed After Her Mom's Death But Is on A Journey to Recovery
Jennette said she was forced into the life Debra wished she could've had; Jennette recalls her mom asking, "You want to be Mommy's little actress?" and says she felt she had no choice. Debra secured auditions for her kids with Barbara Cameron, mother and manager of Growing Pains' Kirk Cameron and Full House's Candace Cameron Bure. Unlike Jennette's...
Forcing her into acting was just one of the many controlling situations the actress says her mother put her through. The extremity of Debra's control went as far as "wiping my butt" at eight years old, Jennette recalls in the memoir, adding that her mom said she "needs to do it until I'm at least 10." In addition, Jennette says Debra regularly perf...
Jennette points to her mom as the root of her eating disorder and believes Debra faced one herself. And as Jennette recalls, for Debra, "The only thing worse than a cancer diagnosis is a growing-up diagnosis," so she tried to appease her by looking younger. Doing everything to make her mom happy, she turned to calorie restriction (per Debra's sugge...
Prior to booking her breakout role on Nickelodeon's iCarly, Jennette recalls the anxiety-filled moment she told her mom she wanted to quit acting, immediately regretting what she had just admitted. Jennette recalls her mom's reaction in her memoir: "'Don't be silly, you love acting. It's your favorite thing in the world,' Mom says in a way that mak...
Jennette details numerous instances where she felt "exploited" as a teen actor both on and off set. The actress refers to the person behind the demands as "The Creator" throughout the memoir, never naming them. She recalls a time while filming an episode of iCarlywhen "The Creator" — whom she describes in the memoir as mean-spirited, controlling, a...
Jennette reveals she has kept a solid friendship with iCarly costar Cosgrove, even long after the series wrapped in 2012. In the book, Jennette praises Cosgrove for being a kind friend during the most difficult years of her life.
She had a different relationship with former Sam & Cat costar Grande (who played Cat Valentine on the series). In the spinoff, which only lasted one season after its 2013 premiere, Jennette says her dynamic with the singer was fraught with jealousy and resentment. As a pop star on the rise, Jennette recalls how Grande was always absent from set, wh...
When Jennette was on a conference call with several of her agents and managers following the wrap of Sam & Cat, she says she was offered $300,000 to "never talk publicly about your experience at Nickelodeon" — particularly as it related to "The Creator". "This feels to me like hush money," McCurdy recalls of her reaction, noting that she turned the...
When her mother was on her death bed with a predicted 48 hours to live, Jennette whispered in her ear news she thought would revive her. "Mommy. I am . . . so skinny right now. I'm finally down to 89 pounds," she recalls in her memoir. Following her mother's passing, Jennette says she relapsed, battling anorexia, bulimia, and binge-eating yet again...
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Aug 10, 2022 · Debra’s presence in McCurdy’s life was all-consuming: She took her to auditions (even if McCurdy was seriously under the weather); signed her up for intensive acting and dancing classes ...
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Mar 12, 2021 · Debra McCurdy children. Source: Instagram. Marcus, their first child, works as a machine learning engineer for Obsidian Security, Inc and has an athlete wife, Ellie McCurdy. Debra and Mark are grandparents to their daughter, Claire McCurdy. Their second son, Dustin, lives in Torrance, CA.
Sep 30, 2023 · Debra McCurdy had four children, including sons Marcus, Dustin McCurdy, and Scott, and daughter Jennette. Debbie and her family lived in Garden Grove in Orange County, California. She...
