After her silence about the issue, Ariana Grande has now revealed her thoughts on working with Nickelodeon at the time.
Fans have been clamoring for Grande's side of the story after she worked with the embattled director Dan Schneider for Victorious and Sam & Cat.
Schneider was the subject of intensified backlash and scrutiny after Investigation Discovery released their documentary expose Quiet on Set last March 2024, detailing the experiences on the set of former child actors from Nickelodeon.
Grande carefully discussed the subject while speaking to the Podcrushed podcast with actor Penn Badgley.
"I think we had some very special memories, and we feel so privileged to have been able to create those roles and be a part of something that was so special for a lot of young kids," Grande said during her time on Victorious. "I think we're reprocessing our relationship to it a little bit now."
In addition to reflecting on the rather challenging time, Grande declared that the "environment needs to be made safer" for child actors like her at the time.
"I think there should be therapists, I think there should be parents allowed to be wherever they want to be," she added. "And I think, not only on kids' sets. I think if anyone wants to do this or music or anything at the level of exposure that it means to be on TV or to do music with a major label or whatever, there should be in the contract something about, 'Therapy is mandatory twice a week,' or 'thrice a week,'" Grande suggested.
According to the Grammy-winning singer, many people on set do not have the "support that they need to get through performing at that level at such a young age."
She also described the harrowing recollections of her colleagues from Nickelodeon as "devastating" after they came forward in the documentary.
"I'm glad that this conversation is happening here, and also in the world, because it's also just kind of a cultural shift that's happening where it's not just actors and singers and whatever," Grande concluded. "If you ask anyone who's ever worked ever, if they've ever dealt with a boss that had a really bad ego or temper, or if they've been sexually harassed or assaulted, it's everywhere."
Watch the first part of Grande's guesting at Podcrushed below.
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