A few of Ariana’s Nickelodeon scenes have been reexamined in recent times amid the discharge of the 2024 docuseries Quiet on Set, which explored the darkish aspect of kids’s TV.
“I believe that the setting must be made safer if youngsters are going to be performing,” she mentioned on the Podcrushed podcast final June. “I believe there must be therapists. I believe there must be dad and mom allowed to be wherever they wanna be. Not solely on youngsters’ units — I believe if anybody needs to do that or music or something on the degree of publicity that it means to be on TV or to do music with a significant label or no matter, there must be within the contract one thing about ‘remedy is obligatory twice per week.'”
Ariana has continued to advocate for the significance of providing younger stars remedy — most lately this week, throughout a wide-ranging chat with The Hollywood Reporter.
At one level throughout the dialog, Ariana was requested if she ever felt “unsafe” on Nickelodeon units. The journalist famous that Ariana appeared “uncomfortable” with the query, and prevented answering it instantly.
“I’ve form of talked concerning the protecting measures that I believe must be put in place,” Ariana replied, with the journalist noting that she was “sidestepping” the query.
Ariana later continued, “I’ve desires of a world the place you’re not allowed to enter the leisure trade with out having [therapy] written in your contract, whether or not it’s with the document label or the manufacturing firm, that there shall be remedy a number of occasions per week and a help system. Being on a present that modifications your life or releasing a music that modifications your life exposes you to many forces, each love and hate, and there’s no guide.”
Given how open Ariana has been about “reprocessing” her time on Nickelodeon, a number of web customers have known as THR out for asking her about her time on the community so abruptly.
One individual branded the query “inappropriate,” writing on X, “It is Ariana’s alternative to inform her aspect of the story and he or she clearly is not prepared, so individuals want to present her area about this. Truthfully a fairly inappropriate query, appears they had been simply making an attempt to get a narrative out of her.”
“Folks do not owe you their trauma. Guys, celebrities are human. It is disrespectful to ask her a couple of doubtlessly (probably) traumatic expertise and anticipate her to present a solution. Wow,” one other person wrote.
“the continual stress on her to reveal the main points about all of that is very weird. you don’t see any of the opposite victorious costars being requested consistently,” somebody mentioned.
Yet another person added, “I really feel like… no one ought to ask her about it. Let her come out and discuss it on her personal when she’s prepared.”
You’ll be able to learn Ariana’s full interview with The Hollywood Reporter right here.