Jennette McCurdy‘s troubled relationship along with her now-late mom serves because the inspiration for an upcoming present — however what's there to know apart from Jennifer Aniston's casting?
Jennette acquired her begin as a toddler star in Nickelodeon's iCarly, Sam & Cat, Zoey 101, True Jackson, VP and Victorious. She briefly transitioned to music and extra grownup roles earlier than quitting appearing altogether to pursue a profession in writing and directing.
In 2022, Jennette launched a memoir titled I'm Glad My Mother Died, which rapidly turned a bestseller for its candid depiction of Jennette's childhood, which concerned abusive conduct from her since-deceased mom.
“It's one thing I imply sincerely,” Jennette instructed BuzzFeed Information in August 2022 in regards to the title of her e book. “I'm genuinely glad. If she have been alive, I'd nonetheless be trapped. Each essential resolution in my life wouldn't have been attainable.”
I'm Glad My Mother Died can even be tailored right into a TV present of the identical title. Maintain scrolling for all the things to know in regards to the upcoming Apple TV+ collection:
When Will ‘I'm Glad My Mother Died' Be Launched?
Jennette McCurdy and her mom Debra McCurdy attend the sixteenth annual EIF Revlon Run/Stroll for Ladies on Might 9, 2009. Frederick M. Brown/Getty Pictures
Apple TV+ greenlit a collection order for I'm Glad My Mother Died in July 2025. The primary season will encompass 10 episodes and is written, government produced, and showrun by Jennette and Ari Katcher. Aniston, Sharon Horgan and Merman, LuckyChap, Jerrod Carmichael and Erica Kay can even function government producers.
What Is the Present About?
Based mostly on the synopsis, I'm Glad My Mother Died is “a heartbreaking and hilarious recounting of McCurdy's struggles as a former little one actor whereas coping with her overbearing, domineering mom.” The dramedy will “heart on the codependent relationship between an 18-year-old actress in successful child's present, and her narcissistic mom who relishes in her identification as ‘a starlet's mom.'”
After starting a journey of self-healing, Jennette McCurdy began to open up about her tough childhood — and her difficult relationship with varied relations. In her memoir, I'm Glad My Mother Died, Jennette broke down the years of alleged abuse she confronted by the hands of mom Debra McCurdy. After the e book's launch in […]
Who Stars in ‘I'm Glad My Mother Died'?
Jennifer Aniston, Jennette McCurdy. Getty Pictures (2)
Aniston is the one confirmed forged member, with I'm Glad My Mother Died marking her second lead function in a TV present since Associates got here to an finish in 2004. (Aniston additionally stars on Apple TV+'s hit collection The Morning Present.) She's going to play Jennette's mom onscreen.
What Has Jennette Mentioned About Her Difficult Relationship With Her Late Mom?
“I've been so touched by how a lot the emotional thrust of the story has related with folks, which I see as being my relationship with my mother,” Jennette stated in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter after the e book was launched in 2022. “That's an essential and sophisticated relational dynamic to discover, and to see that persons are responding to it has been superb. And to see folks responding to the humor of it and the facet of exploring consuming problems and sophisticated grief, it's actually been unbelievable.”
