Daniella Monet insists Nickelodeon allowed sexualised Victorious scenes despite complaints-Rebecca Sayce-Entertainment – Metro

The former Nickelodeon star has spoken out against the company (Picture: Rex / Getty)

Former Nickelodeon stars have spoken out against producer Dan Schneider for allegedly forcing the young actors into ‘sexualised’ scenes.

Victorious actress Daniella Monet claimed that a scene that she was uncomfortable with was left in the final cut of an episode despite her objections to the network.

Monet, 33, who played Trina Vega on the show, placed blame on both Schneider, who was the creator, executive producer, and a writer on the show, as well as Nickelodeon for allowing sexualised scenes to appear across shows and for inappropriate behaviour to take place while on set, a report from Insider revealed.

The children’s programme, which ran from 2010 to 2013, starred the likes of Ariana Grande and Victoria Justice.

Monet said that concerns about a scene she featured in in the show, which saw her character eat a pickle while applying lip gloss, was too sexualised.

‘Do I wish certain things, like, didn’t have to be so sexualised?’ she said. ‘Yeah. A hundred percent.’

Daniela Monet has joined fellow Nickelodeon stars in speaking out against their alleged treatment while filming with the network (Picture: Paul Archuleta / Getty Images)

Many allegations have been levied against former Nickelodeon writer and producer Dan Schneider (Picture: Eric Vitale / Getty Images)

She added that most of the show was ‘very PC, funny, silly, friendly, chill,’ however, the ‘male-dominated writers’ room’ could result in some ‘hypersexualised scenes.’

Monet also claimed she was forced to wear clothes that were ‘not age appropriate’.

Insider’s report also references a scene where Jamie Lynn Spears appeared in Zoey 101 which Schneider allegedly created, executive produced, co-wrote, and had a guest appearance on.

The scene saw the actress have goo ‘roughly the consistency of an egg white’ shot onto her face repeatedly.

Spears starred as Zoey Brooks in Nickelodeon hit show Zoey 101 (Picture: Image Group LA / Disney Channel via Getty Images)

Her costar Alexa Nikolas recalled one of her male costars referring to the scene as ‘like a c** shot’.

‘We’re talking about a minor,’ she said.

‘I think Jamie was 13, and they’re squirting stuff on her face.’

Russel Hicks, the former president of content and production at Nickelodeon, denied anything inappropriate was allowed on air.

Nikolas starred alongside Spears in Zoey 101 (Picture: Getty Images)

‘Every single thing that Dan ever did on any of his shows was carefully scrutinized and approved,’ he said.

He also added that the Standards and Practices division read all of the scripts for Schneider’s shows and watched every episode and that young actors’ parents or guardians were on set while filming took place.

Last week, Nikolas protested outside of Nickelodeon’s Burbank offices with her organisation, Eat Predators.

The group aims to expose abuse in Hollywood and the music industry.

The allegations follow the release of Jennette McCurdy’s new best-selling memoir (Picture: Philip Cheung for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

‘It shouldn’t be a woman having to trail blaze, it should be on the industry itself. … Because a predator’s gonna come and go — there’s always going to be a predator.’ she told Variety.

‘But if they don’t have a safe haven, then they can’t really perpetuate that abuse.’

These allegations have come to light following the release of iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy’s best-selling memoir I’m Glad My Mom Died.

In it, the actress refers to a figure named The Creator.

McCurdy, 30, claims The Creator pressured her into drinking alcohol while she was underage and subjected her to an unwanted massage.

She further claims he was ‘mean-spirited, controlling and terrifying’ and would make ‘grown men and women cry with his insults and degradation.’

Metro.co.uk has contacted representatives for Dan Schneider and Nickelodeon for comment.

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