Nickelodeon offered Jennette McCurdy $300,000 to never speak publicly about her time there. She was her family's main financial support by the age of 10 or 11. She said no. Years later she said what ran through her head: "that could have put my nieces through college."
In her memoir, McCurdy writes that after Sam & Cat was cancelled, the network offered her a "thank you gift" of $300,000 if she agreed never to talk publicly about Nickelodeon, including the man she calls "the creator." She called it hush money. Nickelodeon told ABC News it had "no reportable response other than a no comment."
Her family had little money and her acting paid the bills. Her first audition was at six, encouraged by her mother, who died while she was still on the show.
In the video below, an ABC News interview, she says: "I think my mom saw my career as a way out of that life, of that way of living, of that constant grind."
Then the offer. "I just said, no, it's not happening." She remembers leaning against her bed and thinking: "well, shoot, that could have put my nieces through college. That was some good money."
"But I am ultimately proud of my decision there, wherever it came from. Even if it was informed by self-righteousness, I think I did something that was really hard to do." Then, on camera: "Oh my God, it makes me emotional. I'm proud of myself."
Asked why, she takes a long time to answer. "I think I've chosen a path of integrity. And it hasn't always been easy."
Most people never find out their price. Someone named hers: $300,000, for her silence.
Would you have taken the $300,000?
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