McCurdy

Jennette McCurdy revealed this week that her late mother “showered” her and gave her “breast and vaginal exams” until she was 18.While discussing her memoir, “I’m Glad My Mom Died,” on Monday’s episode of “The Louis Theroux Podcast,” the former “iCarly” actor opened up about how she wasn’t allowed to shower by herself for much of her life.“She would be in the shower with me, shampooing and conditioning my hair, washing my body,” McCurdy explained.“She would give me breast and vaginal exams in the shower and said that…

Jennette McCurdy was six years old when she began her career as an actor. She was talked into going to auditions by her mother, Debra, whose own acting aspirations were thwarted by her disapproving parents. “I want to give you the life I never had, Net,” Debra would tell her. “I want to give you the life I deserved.” McCurdy went on to land roles in the Nickelodeon sitcom iCarly and later in Sam and Cat, alongside Ariana Grande. But her comic turns on screen masked a malaise that manifested in disordered eating and…