Ariana Grande is still “re-processing” her time as a child star.
The 30-year-old singer shot to fame as a teenager on the Nickelodeon sitcom ‘Victorious’ and in light of the ‘Quiet On Set’ docuseries – in which a number of former stars from the network and employees accused creator Dan Schneider of creating a toxic work environment – and has admitted that her “relationship” with that time in her life has changed over the years.
Speaking on the ‘Podcrushed’ podcast, she said: “I was 14 and I flew out to audition with Liz Gillies for Victorious, and we were all very excited and we got cast and it was the best news we could hear.
“We were young performers who just wanted to do this with our lives more than anything, and we got to and that was so beautiful. I think we had some very special memories, and we feel so privileged to have been able to create those roles and be a part of something that was so special for a lot of young kids.
“I’m still reprocessing what my relationship to it has and is currently and [it] has been changing and I’m reprocessing a lot of what the experience was like.”
The ‘thank u next’ hitmaker believes that therapists should be readily available to young stars and that their parents should be allowed to be with their children at all times.
She said: “I think parents should allowed to be wherever they want to be, and I think not only on kids’ sets. I think if anyone wants to do this, or music, or anything at this level of exposure, there should be in the contract something about therapy is mandatory twice a week or thrice a week, or something like that.”
