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Jennette McCurdy Details “Exhausting” Relationship With an Older Man During Her Teenage Years
Jennette McCurdy reveals a coercive relationship with a man in his 30s during her teens, inspiring her novel Half His Age addressing power and desire dynamics.
- On Wednesday, Jennette McCurdy spoke to Alex Cooper on the Call Her Daddy podcast, revealing new details as she linked her experience to Half His Age, due January 20.
- Jennette McCurdy, 33, said she was most likely 18 when the relationship began after meeting the man on the iCarly set and writers' room, and it tapered off shortly after her mother Debra McCurdy died in 2013.
- The unnamed man in his 30s, living with a long-term girlfriend, pressured McCurdy into oral sex, with her recalling, `He explains to me what it is, and I'm like, 'Well, that sounds kinda weird, I'm nervous to do this.' He's like, 'I'll guide you through it, I'll guide you through it,' McCurdy added.`
- Writing helped Jennette McCurdy process unresolved anger, she said, and she hopes Half His Age sparks conversations about desire and power.
- The revelations sit alongside earlier reporting on Nickelodeon and Dan Schneider, who was cut ties in 2018 after allegations, despite a $300,000 offer to avoid discussion, McCurdy said.
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