Ariana Grande Opens Up About Her Traumatic Time at Nickelodeon Under Dan Schneider (This Is Sad)

Let's get into Ariana Grande, Dan Schneider, and Nickelodeon! Years after playing Cat on Sam & Cat and Victorious, Ariana has spoken about how uncomfortable parts of that child-star experience really were, and it hits differently after everything that's come out about the network. Following the Quiet on Set revelations, fans revisited old clips of Ariana in bizarre, arguably inappropriate bits and asked how any adult let them happen to a teenager. She's described feeling that the environment normalized things it never should have, and that the industry asks kids to hand over far too much before they can understand the cost. This gets into what she's shared, the wider Nickelodeon reckoning, and why so many of those child stars came out hurt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices