Jennette McCurdy revealed that she had a toxic relationship with an older man when she around 18.
On a Jan. 7 episode of the "Call Her Daddy" podcast, the "iCarly" actor recounted her problematic experience dating a man in his 30s when she just became an adult.
"I was most likely 18," McCurdy told host Alex Cooper. "He would show me movies that he thought I would like. Like, 'Dazed and Confused,' which I did not like but I pretended to like. He would play me music that I did not like, but I pretended to like."
Not only did the age gap impact the power dynamic, but McCurdy also said the man was in another long-term relationship while living with a different woman. She said her boyfriend also pressured her to engage in sexual activity.
The 'I'm Glad My Mom Died' author said the relationship occurred around the time her mother, Debra McCurdy, was hospitalized ahead of her death in 2013. Looking back, she said it was "creepy" for him to be with a teenager while calling her "mature."
