- "iCarly" star Jennette McCurdy read a brutal email from her mother during "Red Table Talk" Tuesday.
- McCurdy was there to discuss her memoir reflecting on her abusive relationship with her late mother.
Former "iCarly" star Jennette McCurdy read a brutal email from her late mother during an episode of "Red Table Talk" on Tuesday.
The 30-year-old actress made an appearance on the Facebook Watch original series to discuss her memoir titled "I'm Glad My Mom Died," reflecting on the years of emotional abuse from her mother and dealing with an eating disorder behind the scenes of one of Nickelodeon's most popular television series.
During the episode, McCurdy mentioned her mother's response to paparazzi photos taken in August 2012 of her, then 20 years old, and her ex-partner on a trip to Hawaii, with whom she said there was a "significant age difference."
"There were some paparazzi pictures that somebody had taken of us, and then my mom found those paparazzi pictures," McCurdy said during the episode. "The relationship had been a secret from her. I understand why she was disapproving. There was a significant age difference, but I don't respect how she handled it."
McCurdy went on to read one of the "scathing" emails that her late mother, Debra, sent to her in response to the circulating paparazzi photos.
"'Dear (Jennette), I am so disappointed in you,'" McCurdy read. "'You used to be my perfect little angel, but now you are nothing more than a little — all caps — slut, a floozy, all used up. And to think you wasted it on that hideous ogre of a man. Add that to the list of things you are: liar, conniving, evil.'"
"'You look pudgier too. It's clear you're eating your guilt,'" her mother went on in the email, per McCurdy. "'Thinking of you with his ding-dong inside of you makes me sick. Sick! I raised you better than this. What happened to my good little girl? Where did she go and who is this monster that has replaced her? You're an ugly monster now. I told your brothers about you and they all said they disown you just like I do. We want nothing to do with you.'"
McCurdy said her mother signed off the brutal email with: "'Love, Mom — or should I say Deb since I am no longer your mother? PS Send money for a new fridge; ours broke,'" adding with a laugh, "The P.S. gets me."