Daniella Monet Felt Sexualized on Victorious

Daniella Monet is talking out in regards to the setting on Nickelodeon’s “Victorious.” Monet performed Trina on the sequence alongside Ariana Grande, Elizabeth Gillies, and Victoria Justice. Monet was 18 when she began filming “Victorious,” and all of her costars had been youthful.

On Aug. 30, Insider revealed an investigation into the work of “Victorious” creator Dan Schneider, who additionally produced “Nickelodeon” sequence like “Zoey 101,” “Drake and Josh,” “iCarly,” and extra. Jeanette McCurdy, who starred on “iCarly” and “Sam & Cat,” just lately spoke out about his alleged behavior on set in her memoir “I’m Glad My Mom Died,” however she selected to not name him by his identify, referring to him merely as “The Creator.”

Monet informed Insider that she beforehand reached out to Nickelodeon after filming a “Victorious” scene the place she ate a pickle while applying lip gloss. She felt it was too sexual, however the community aired it anyway. Fans on-line have additionally pointed to other “Victorious” scenes they felt were too sexual. Monet informed Insider that Schneider was not the one one responsible for these incidents for the reason that community’s division of requirements and practices had been approving of all the pieces. She additionally blamed Schneider’s male-dominated writers rooms. According to the outlet, Monet stated that the majority of “Victorious” was “very PC, humorous, foolish, pleasant, chill.” Things just like the pickle scene would come up, although, “infrequently.”

“Do I want sure issues, like, did not should be so sexualized?” Monet stated within the article. “Yeah. 100%.” Monet additionally stated that among the outfits she and her costars had been put in had been “not age applicable.” “I would not even put on a few of that as we speak as an grownup,” she defined to Insider. Costumer Kerry Mellin and an nameless author on the present each informed Insider that there have been usually fights behind the scenes in regards to the garments for the solid and that Schneider would marketing campaign for the extra revealing choices.

An individual near Schneider informed Insider that the costumes “had been seen and accredited by dozens of individuals, together with the mother and father of the actors, and the state-licensed lecturers on set.” Mellin additionally stated within the article that nobody compelled little one actors to put on outfits they stated they had been uncomfortable in and that she did not suppose Nickelodeon exhibits sexualized the actors greater than different exhibits did. However, she additionally added that individuals did not usually share their worries to Schneider as a result of they had been fearful about their jobs. “It’s an imbalance of energy,” Mellin informed Insider. “Jennette felt it, the designer felt it, I felt it, all of us really feel it.”

Nickelodeon didn’t instantly reply to POPSUGAR’s request for remark. In March 2018, Nickelodeon introduced it was ending its manufacturing take care of Schneider. The New York Times reported in 2021 that the community investigated Schneider and located proof of verbal abuse however not sexual misconduct.