Ariana Grande Breaks Silence on ‘Devastating’ Nickelodeon Allegations

Three months after the explosive ID docuseries Quiet on Set exposed the once toxic environment at Nickelodeon, Ariana Grande has admitted she’s “reprocessing” her time at the kids TV network.

Grande addressed “the survivors who’ve come forward,” in a new interview on Penn Badgley’s podcast, Podcrushed. “There’s not a word for how devastating that is to hear about. I think the environment just needs to be made a lot safer all around,” she said in the episode, released Wednesday.

Grande began her TV career starring as Cat Valentine on Nickelodeon’s Victorious and its spinoff, Sam & Cat. Both shows were helmed by creator Dan Schneider, whose allegedly abusive and inappropriate behavior was a main focal point of Quiet on Set.

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