Why Jennette McCurdy Can't Stand Ariana Grande

As was the case with most teenagers and young adults in the 2010s, much of the drama between Ariana Grande and Jennette McCurdy played out unfiltered on social media. It's worth noting that in the time between Victorious wrapping and Sam & Cat beginning, Grande's career had made a considerable leap. The singer had already recorded her first full-length album and notched her first top-ten hit, "The Way," by the time Sam & Cat premiered in June 2013, a feat that was practically unheard of on the Nickelodeon side of children's entertainment.

McCurdy's image was maturing, too, albeit in a much different way than Grande's. The first sign of trouble between the co-stars came in November 2013, when the gossip column Crazy Days and Nights ran a blind item claiming that Grande's team was upset that McCurdy had been "getting drunk and hitting strip clubs." Not wanting anything to dent the momentum of Grande's career, the column noted that Grande's team reportedly "want[ed] the co-star removed from their mutual show in favor of someone more clean cut. Either that or they [were] going to walk."

Of course, gossip like that is near-impossible to verify, but McCurdy's public image was changing in ways both unfair and pretty out of her control. According to the Daily Mail, in March 2014, racy pictures of McCurdy leaked online. Per the outlet, Grande attended the Kid's Choice Awards the next month, while McCurdy was noticeably absent.

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