I listened to this podcast interview for Jennette McCurdy which seemed primarily intended to promote and speak on her upcoming fictional release, Half His Age, but the first half hour or so was actually focused on this memoir and her early life and reflections on the two.

The main inspiration for this post was a desire to share with others her comment that she has been able to let go of a significant amount of anger towards her mom thanks not only to the writing of the memoir, but it's reception. Alex Cooper is a phenomenal interviewer and it was really moving actually how many times McCurdy said "UGH, YES EXACTLY!!!" when it was clear that she was being heard and understood. I imagine that's what her experience has been with so many of us reading and loving this book.

A couple comments about her feelings on her mom now which I think really show the acceptance and peace she feels with the situation now.

"[spoiler event] let me consider that maybe [my mom] didn't have my best interest at heart, because she couldn't. Because she wasn't capable of that" "I know she was trying her best and it also makes me sad that was her best"

Another interesting tidbit was she commented a little on the production of the TV adaptation. One thing that caught my attention was her saying that for "writing you're rewarded for being truthful and producing you're kind of rewarded for not being truthful." I thought that was interesting? By the sounds of it there's a lot more egos and legal concerns and opinions involved in the adaptation than in the memoir, so I wonder how it'll turn out. I'm not sure yet if I'll be watching since I do think the content could be quite upsetting to have not just the narrative but also the audio and visual elements, but I do hope she's happy with the result.