[Warning: Potentially Triggering Content] The more we learn about what Jennette McCurdy suffered throughout her childhood, our hearts just break more and more for her… The former child star appeared on a new episode of Red Table Talk on Wednesday to speak with hosts Jada Pinkett Smith, Willow Smith, and Adrienne Banfield-Norris about the horrors she faced at the hands of her abusive mother, Debra McCurdy.
We didn’t expect to be shocked considering what the 30-year-old has revealed already, but… wow. One of the instances she touched on included the claim her late mom insisted on still bathing Jennette herself for far too long — since she didn’t think they would do a good enough job herself.
The iCarly alum recalled while reading an excerpt from her book, I’m Glad My Mom Died: It did not make sense. Not at all. Related: Jennette Reveals Brothers Support Following I’m Glad My Mom Died Book Release But what’s worse, she revealed, was that Debra also forced her to shower with her 15-year-old brother Scott McCurdy when she was 11 years old: Jennette then explained they would “look away from each other” while her older brother tried to distract himself by “drawing Pokémon on the fogged glass.” The Sam & Cat star went on to say: Oof… Whenever Debra would bathe her alone, Jennette claimed her mom gave her a “breast” and “front butt exam” in order to check for cancerous lumps: It is beyond awful what the former child star allegedly had to go through for years.
When Jada asked how that terrible experience impacted her “dynamic” with her big brother, Jennette – who also has two other brothers, Dustin and Marcus McCurdy – shared that she still has a “beautiful bond” with each of her siblings.
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