Jennette also said that, as her body began to develop, she was worried that she wouldn’t be able to play child roles anymore, so her mother taught her about restrictive eating. She developed an eating disorder. She also said that once while she was having dinner with him, he pressured her into drinking underage. He also made her wear his jacket and massaged her shoulders without permission. After allegations of the Creator’s emotional abuse became public, Nickelodeon banned him from set and from communicating with the actors, but he still commandeered production from a private room and communicated through his assistants. She also alleged that, in 2019, the network asked her to come to an “agreement,” which she suspected would’ve been an NDA. On her Instagram story, she said, “Somebody tagged me in something — they used my song ‘One Chance.’ My song made the cut, but not me.” She shared her experiences as a child performer and outlined her ideas to improve the safety and well-being of other children in entertainment, such as requiring studios to have a mental health professional on set, improving child labor laws, and making media and industry literacy courses mandatory for guardians and representatives. The National Eating Disorders Association helpline is 1-800-931-2237; for 24/7 crisis support, text “NEDA” to 741741. The National Alliance on Mental Illness helpline is 1-888-950-6264 (NAMI) and provides information and referral services; GoodTherapy.org is an association of mental health professionals from more than 25 countries who support efforts to reduce harm in therapy.
