Call Her Daddy\/Youtube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nMcCurdy said the man used her perceived maturity to justify the age-gap relationship.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was, you know, \u2018You\u2019re so mature. I can\u2019t talk to anyone this way. I can\u2019t believe how smart you are,’\u201d McCurdy recalled. \u201cLike, are you kidding me? I was such an idiot. I\u2019m so embarrassed. Also, how humiliating that he thought that was smart or even used being smart as a manipulation tactic because how stupid of him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Podcast host Alexandra Cooper and McCurdy agreed the maturity comment was a \u201cred flag.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you are in it, it may not feel like a red flag, but I think socially that concept has been spread around enough where people are like, \u2018Got it.\u2019 If a man is calling a woman f\u2014ing mature for her age, please pause for five seconds and someone protect that young woman,\u201d Cooper emphasized.<\/p>\n(R-L) Miranda Cosgrove, Nathan Kress and McCurdy on the set of \u201ciCarly.\u201d PR NEWSWIRE<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nMcCurdy explained her boyfriend at the time disguised the power imbalance by making her feel like she had control.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat it was ultimately my choice. That it was ultimately up to me. That ultimately, I was the one in charge. And I think if you feel really powerless, you\u2019ll take that bait,\u201d McCurdy explained. <\/p>\n
\u201cYou know, you\u2019ll take that, and you\u2019ll go, \u2018Okay, I really want that feeling of power even though my gut kind of knows this isn\u2019t that, I\u2019ll take what you\u2019re saying, and I\u2019ll try to run with it, and I\u2019ll try to make it into some semblance of power.\u2019 If you\u2019re that desperate for it, you will take the bait. And I think I did.\u201d<\/p>\n
McCurdy\u2019s first fiction novel comes as she adapts her 2022 memoir, \u201cI\u2019m Glad My Mom Died,\u201d into a TV show starring Jennifer Aniston as her mom. She wrote the book after unpacking her childhood trauma in the wake of her mother\u2019s death. Debra McCurdy died in 2013 after battling cancer.<\/p>\nMcCurdy is seen outside \u201cGood Morning America\u201d on Aug. 9, 2022 in New York City. GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nIn her memoir, McCurdy revealed she had been pushed into acting by her mother at a young age. <\/p>\n
The actress and author started as a child star and became well known for starring in the Nickelodeon series \u201ciCarly\u201d and \u201cSam & Cat,\u201d which also starred\u00a0Ariana Grande.\u00a0<\/p>\n
According to McCurdy, she struggled with\u00a0eating disorders and anxiety\u00a0tied to her mother\u2019s manipulation.<\/p>\n
She described her mom\u2019s reaction when McCurdy attempted to broach the subject of quitting acting during her \u201cCall Her Daddy\u201d appearance.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was one time when I had tried to bring it up to my mom and said like, \u2018I really, I don\u2019t wanna act anymore.\u2019 I was in the car, we were in our old Ford Windstar on the 101, and she really instantly went into that kind of \u2014 the mood switch that was really, really common to her. Where it was, \u2018What? No, you\u2019re gonna break mommy\u2019s heart. What? No, you\u2019re so good. This is our chance, this is our chance, this is our family\u2019s chance.’\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd it\u2019s, I mean, it\u2019s hysterics, it\u2019s that, but it\u2019s like tears pouring down the cheek screaming like really, really hysterical response,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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