Jennette McCurdy

In EW's exclusive first look at the episode, the former Nickelodeon star opens up about her complicated relationship with late mother Debra.

McCurdy will discuss her best-selling memoir [I'm Glad My Mom Died](https://ew.com/books/jennette-mccurdy-im-glad-my-mom-died-exclusive-excerpt/), which explores her complicated relationship with her late mother Debra and her career as a child actress on hit shows [iCarly](https://ew.com/creative-work/icarly/) and spin-off [Sam & Cat.](https://ew.com/creative-work/sam-cat/) In her memoir, McCurdy details becoming a child actress at her manipulative mother's behest, citing Debra's desires to make it in Hollywood herself. McCurdy quit acting in 2017, pursuing writing and directing instead. I knew that's what I needed to hear." "My therapist said to me one day, 'What if you don't have to work toward forgiveness?' and I wept. [Red Table Talk](https://ew.com/creative-work/red-table-talk/) returns on Wednesday, Sept.

iCarly” star Jennette McCurdy, 30, is sharing her truth on an upcoming episode of Jada Pinkett Smith's hit show “Red Table Talk.”

She would sob and clutch me intensely and say like, ‘I don’t want my baby to grow up.’ I knew me growing up would be us separating and I didn’t want that happening. I don’t want to grow up.’ I knew that my mom really wanted me to stay young. She said, “My mom taught me anorexia.

Jennette McCurdy went on 'Red Table Talk' to discuss her memoir, 'I'm Glad My Mom Died' as well as a shocking email her mom wrote during the midst of their ...

I thought it was an opportunity for my mom and me to be closer,” the actress confessed in her memoir. But now I'm at a place in my life that I never would have thought was possible. The incredible highlight was when she reading an email out loud that her late mother sent after seeing a photo of McCurdy on TMZ. She continues reading, “‘And to think you wasted it on that hideous ogre of a man. I told your brothers about you and they all said they disown you just like I do. I'm not going to lie, it was very hard to get here. She ends the email on a laughable moment for the Sam and Cat alum, asking McCurdy for money to replace a kitchen appliance. Send money for a new fridge; ours broke.’” ‘Add that to a list of things you are: liar, conniving, evil.’” [Jennette McCurdy](https://www.scarymommy.com/entertainment/ariana-grande-nickelodeon-jennette-mccurdy-sexualized-nickelodeon-dan-schneider)’s shocking new memoir I’m Glad My Mom Died is now a New York Times best seller, and it’s not just because of the grabbing title. She [Red Table Talk](https://people.com/movies/red-table-talk-clip-jennette-mccurdy-shares-email-from-abusive-mom-exclusive/) conversation, the iCarly star reads aloud: "‘I am so disappointed in you ...

Jennette McCurdy says she doesn't want kids "right now" during a Red Table Talk interview about her memoir, I'm Glad My Mom Died.

While McCurdy has no current plans to become a mother, she says the door is still "open" for a future with children of her own. I have two nieces that I adore, and I'm really happy to be an aunt." "But for now, you're good," Banfield Norris replies, to which McCurdy says, "Yes," before the clip cuts out. "Right now, I don't feel that I want [kids]," she says. ["Red Table Talk" interview on Facebook Watch](http://www.facebook.com/redtabletalk) at 9 a.m. "After having this experience, do you think you want to have children of your own?" [I'm Glad My Mom Died](https://www.popsugar.co.uk/entertainment/jennette-mccurdy-entertainment-industry-revelations-48914378)," in which she details the years of abuse, manipulation, and exploitation her mother inflicted on her as a child. [People shared an exclusive clip of its own](http://people.com/movies/red-table-talk-clip-jennette-mccurdy-shares-email-from-abusive-mom-exclusive/) where McCurdy reads a shocking email from her mother. I told your brothers about you and they all said they disown you just like I do. "'Thinking of you with his ding-dong inside of you makes me sick. The "RTT" host is referring to the emotional and sexual abuse McCurdy endured at the hands of her mother, which McCurdy also dives into in the upcoming "RTT" episode. "'I am so disappointed in you,'" her mother begins the letter.

In a clip from her upcoming appearance on Red Table Talk published by People on Tuesday (September 6), the 30-year-old author shared a shocking email her mom ...

[her brothers felt about the title of her book](https://www.justjared.com/2022/08/16/jennette-mccurdys-shares-her-brothers-reactions-to-book-title-im-glad-my-mother-died/). I told your brothers about you and they all said they disown you just like I do. Jennette laughed, “The P.S. Debbie passed away from cancer in 2013. I saw you rubbing his disgusting hairy stomach. I saw the pictures on a website called TMZ.