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Ariana Grande Has Ideas for How Sets Can 'Be Made Safer' for Child Stars

Ariana Grande subtly addressed the 'Quiet on Set' docuseries while chatting about her Nickelodeon experience on Penn Badgley's 'Podcrushed' podcast

Grande said that many people “don’t have the support that they need to get through performing at that level at such a young age,” adding that it’s been “devastating” to hear the stories of former Nickelodeon stars who have come forward about their negative experiences at the network “There are all types of on-screen set-ups that reference porn in [ Zoey 101 and Victorious creator Dan Schneider ’s] shows, like squirting something on to a 14-year-old’s face, or Ariana pouring water over herself in a sexual manner,” culture writer and interview subject Scaachi Koul argued in Quiet on Set. Schneider went on to sue Quiet on Set directors Mary Robertson and Emma Schwartz for defamation in May, alleging that the series falsely implied that he “sexually abused the children who worked on his television shows.”

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