Ariana Grande Speaks Out: Addresses ‘Quiet On Set’ Documentary Controversy
Ariana Grande recently addressed the unsettling allegations brought to light in the docuseries “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV.” In an interview on Penn Badgley’s “Podcrushed” podcast, the 30-year-old singer expressed her dismay and discussed her process of reevaluating her time on the Nickelodeon shows “Victorious” and “Sam & Cat.” Grande reflected on how the humor and actions she was encouraged to perform on the shows, which at the time seemed progressive, now appear inappropriate in hindsight. She highlighted specific experiences, such as controversial scenes that made their way into show clips or were stealthily added to web content. Grande emphasized the need for better protective measures on sets for young actors including mandatory therapy and the presence of parents. Her revelations follow viral clips from the docuseries that showcased questionable scenes from her Nickelodeon days.
Ariana Grande finally broke her silence about the allegations revealed on the “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” docuseries and admitted she’s “upset.”
Speaking on Penn Badgley’s “Podcrushed” podcast, the 30-year-old singer said she’s still “reprocessing” her experience from that time when she was on Nickelodeon TV on “Victorious” from 2010-2013 and “Sam & Cat,” Page Six reported.
Grande spoke about looking back at the things she was told to say and do on the show — things that now seem different watching the clips.
“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,” the singer said.
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“And the innuendos were … it was, like, the cool differentiation,” she added. “And I don’t know, I think it just all happened so quickly, and now looking back on some of the clips, I’m like, ‘Damn, like really? Oh, sh*t.’ Like, if I had a daughter… and then the things that weren’t approved for the network were snuck onto, like, our website or whatever.”
“I guess I’m upset, yeah,” Grande continued, noting how “devastating” it’s been to learn about what some of her colleagues went through.
At one point, the “thank u, next” hitmaker said environments where kids are going to be acting need to be “made safer” and that “there should be therapists.”
“I think there should be parents allowed to be wherever they want to be, and I think not only on kids’ sets,” she added. “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.”
The comments come after clips went viral during the release of the docuseries that showed Grande from her time on the Nickelodeon shows doing things like attempting to milk a potato, sucking on her toe, and laying down on a bed pouring water all over herself, as previously reported.
Following the documentary’s release, former child star Drake Bell came forward and said he was the John Doe from a sexual abuse case from 2004 involving former Nickelodeon dialogue coach, Brian Peck. Peck pleaded no contest to the charges, was sentenced to 16 months in prison, and ordered to register as a sex offender, as The Daily Wire previously reported.
Docuseries contributors also spoke frequently about former Nickelodeon producer Dan Schneider, who they said perpetrated abuse by acting in a controlling manner and making sexually suggestive jokes, some of which were used in children’s programming. They also alleged that Schneider was filmed in a hot tub with then-16-year-old actress Amanda Bynes.
“I definitely owe some people a pretty strong apology,” Schneider said in a statement following the release of the docuseries.
Schneider later filed a defamation lawsuit against producers of the series for implying he“sexually abused the children who worked on his television shows,” as previously reported.
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