Former Nickelodeon star Emma Roberts was ‘horrified and shocked’ by on-set silence attacks: ‘It kept me up at night’

Emma Roberts finally responded to the disturbing allegations of the Silence on the Set: The Dark Side of Children’s Television documentary.

For those who don’t know, the actress played the role of Addie Singer in Nickelodeon‘s Not fabulousfrom the age of 13 only. The series lasted three seasons before ending in 2007. Luckily for Emma, ​​she didn’t have to endure the same mistreatment on set and inappropriate behavior from the writer and producer Dan Schneider as his fellow child stars did during his time on the sitcom. Drake Bell He also revealed that he was the anonymous victim sexually assaulted by the former dialogue coach Brian Peck in the document. And after learning what they faced while they were on the network, the american horror story The star, like all of us, was “horrified and shocked.” She said Variety in an interview published Friday:

“I watched (Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV) and was completely horrified and shocked because that was not my experience. It really saddened me to see that this was happening to people that I saw often and had no idea about.”

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Phew. One of the main reasons Emma didn’t have the same experience as her peers? Schneider wasn’t involved in the project at all to begin with. Instead, she had an “incredible” showrunner on set. The Scream Queens an old man said:

“For my show Unfabulous, the showrunner we had was an incredible woman named Sue Rose. I didn’t realize it at the time, but a female showrunner was not very common at the time. But that’s how I got into working on a TV show.”

His mother, Kelly Cunninghamalso didn’t leave Emma alone on set, not even for a second. Blue green The star recalled:

“My mom was with me 24/7, and even I would tell her, ‘You don’t have to be here all the time,’ and she would say, ‘Actually, I do. I’m not taking my eyes off you. You’re not going to a fitting alone at 13.”

Ultimately, she believes more children “need to be protected” like she was. Emma said:

“It makes me really sad, and I feel like children need to be protected on sets just like adults, and I feel like we’re working towards a better working environment in that sense. But yeah, this documentary really kept me up at night.”

We can imagine that a lot of people — even other Nickelodeon alumni — felt the same way when the documentary came out. Your reactions, Perezcious readers? Let us know in the comments below.

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