Ariana Grande says all child actors should have one thing in their contract after ‘devastating’ claims

Ariana Grande has spoken out about the ongoing controversy surrounding Quiet on Set: The Dark Side Of Kids TV.

Grande originally rose to fame as a teenager on Nickelodeon’s Victorious, where she played the lovable Cat Valentine.

She later reprised her role in the spin-off series Sam & Cat, making her a fixture of the now infamous channel for several years.

Recently, Grande reflected on her Nickelodeon days following allegations of emotional and physical abuse on the sets of children’s TV shows in the early 2000s, allegations explored in Quiet On Set: The Dark Side Of Kids TV.

She expressed sadness about the ‘devastating’ allegations that have come to light, though she described her personal experiences as ‘beautiful.’

Speaking on the Podcrushed podcast, hosted by US actor Penn Badgley, Grande suggested that therapy should be a mandatory part of child stars’ contracts to help prevent mistreatment of future generations of young performers.

Grande opened up about the allegations on Podcrushed with Penn Badgley (Picture: Podcrushed)

Ariana Grande appeared on Nickelodeon from the age of 14 (Picture: Kevin Mazur/KCA2014/WireImage)

‘There should be an element that is mandatory of therapy, a professional person to unpack what this experience of your life-changing so drastically does to you at a young age, at any age,’ she said.

Grande also opened up about ‘reprocessing’ her own experiences on Nickelodeon sets, which she noted are still evolving.

She highlighted the lack of necessary support for many young performers, saying, ‘A lot of people don’t have the support that they need to get through performing at that level at such a young age.’

Grande said she’s reprocessing a lot of her time on the network (Picture: DAMEBK/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)

In addition to mandatory therapy, she advocated for greater parental presence on set, recalling that during her time, parents only ‘occasionally’ visited their kids during filming.

These comments come in the wake of a defamation lawsuit filed by former Nickelodeon producer Dan Schneider, who created Victorious. Schneider claims that the Quiet On Set series has ‘irreparably harmed’ his reputation.

The biggest revelation in the docuseries was when Drake Bell spoke out about the alleged sexual abuse he suffered at the hands of since-convicted sex offender Brian Peck.

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