Ariana Grande Finally Breaks Silence On ‘Quiet On Set’ Allegations

Ariana Grande, 30, started her profession in leisure as an actress on Nickelodeon, the place she starred as Cat Valentine on each “Victorious” (2010-2013) and “Sam & Cat” (2013-2014).

She has since transitioned right into a profitable music profession and landed the position of Glinda in 2024’s musical “Depraved.”

Whereas she has gone on to turn out to be one of many greatest names in Hollywood, many can not help however assume again to Ariana as a baby star and what occurred behind the scenes at Nickelodeon.

Following the accusations made on “Quiet On Set: The Darkish Facet Of Children TV,” Ariana Grande is breaking her silence on baby appearing.

As The Blast beforehand reported, many former Nickelodeon solid and crew members got here ahead, accusing the community, Dan Schneider, and Brian Peck of misconduct.

One of many conversations had amongst former actors and actresses included inappropriate scenes.

For instance, the docuseries highlights one scene starring Ariana Grande, sitting in a bed room making an attempt to squeeze a potato to get the juice out. Accusations declare that this was a reference to pleasuring a person till he ejac-lated.

Many followers have been ready to listen to from the 30-year-old on the accusations made, and Ari is lastly breaking her silence.

“Clearly, my relationship to it has, and is at the moment, altering, and I am reprocessing a whole lot of what the expertise was like,” she mentioned. “I believe that the surroundings must be made safer if youngsters are going to be appearing. I believe there ought to be therapists. I believe [parents should be] allowed to be wherever they wish to be.”

For many who do not know, Ari grew up on Nickelodeon and starred in “Victorious” and “Sam & Cat,” each of which aired within the 2000s and had been produced by Dan Schneider.

“And I believe, not solely on youngsters units, I believe if anybody needs to do that or music or something on the degree of publicity that it means to be on TV or to do music with a serious label or no matter, there ought to be within the contract one thing about ‘Remedy is necessary twice every week.'” she continued.

“Lots of people do not have the help that they should get via acting at that degree at such a younger age, but in addition coping with a few of the issues that the survivors who’ve come ahead, there’s not a phrase for the way devastating that’s to listen to about,” she continued. “So I believe the surroundings simply must be made lots safer.”

As The Blast beforehand reported, Drake Bell was a kind of who got here ahead within the docuseries, telling the world that Brian Peck, a dialogue coach at Nickelodeon who labored with Bell, sexually abused him for years.

“Watching over the previous two nights was very tough,” he advised BooG!E, who performed T-Bo on the hit collection, ‘iCarly.’ “Me going through my previous behaviors, a few of that are embarrassing and that I remorse, I positively owe some individuals a reasonably robust apology.”

The previous Nickelodeon producer has been accused of making a poisonous work surroundings, inappropriate habits towards younger actors, verbal abuse, racism, favoritism, and extra.

“I want I may return, particularly to these earlier years of my profession, and convey the expansion and the expertise that I’ve now and simply do a greater job and by no means, ever really feel prefer it was okay to be an a–gap to anybody, ever,” he added.

Dan Schneider additionally addressed the massages he allegedly obtained from the younger actors and actresses.

“It was flawed that I ever put anybody in that place,” he added. “It was a flawed factor to do. I might by no means do it immediately. I am embarrassed that I did it then.”

“Moreover, I apologize to the individuals who had been strolling round Video Village or wherever they occurred as a result of there have been tons of people that witnessed it who could have additionally felt uncomfortable,” he continued, “So I owe them an apology as effectively.”