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Elizabeth Gillies revealed that she and Ariana Grande re-watched Victorious after the controversial documentary Quiet on Set about Nickelodeon’s TV exhibits got here out. Elizabeth, 30, revealed that when the documentary got here out, she hopped on the cellphone with the everlasting sunshine popstar, 31, and so they talked by means of all their emotions in regards to the present. She revealed that she was very glad to be in contact with Ariana by means of all of it in a brand new interview with Selection, revealed on Tuesday, July 16.
The Quiet on Set documentary centered on the behind-the-scenes workings of a few of Nickelodeon’s hottest exhibits, primarily specializing in Dan Schneider and allegations of misconduct in opposition to him. Dan was the creator and showrunner for Victorious. After the documentary aired within the spring, the Dynasty actress revealed that she spoke to Ariana.
Elizabeth defined that she and Ariana had been very open about their emotions whereas revisiting the documentary. “I actually reevaluated my expertise with Ariana over FaceTime. We watched it collectively, after which we acquired collectively later that week or the following week, and we kind of broke the entire thing down and talked about it, and reprocessed every thing collectively,” she informed the outlet. “There was loads to undergo.”
Elizabeth admitted to wanting again on Victorious “extremely positively,” however hindsight as an grownup can “reframe the reminiscences in your thoughts a bit bit, or cloud them, or taint them — possibly rightfully so.” She additionally defined that she was blissful to look again on it with the singer. “We positively leaned on one another, talked amongst one another and checked in with one another,” she stated.
Ariana had beforehand spoken about reflecting on Victorious‘ content material in an interview on Penn Badgley‘s Podcrushed podcast. “Now, wanting again on a number of the clips, I’m like, ‘Rattling, actually? Oh, s**t’ … and the issues that weren’t authorised for the community had been snuck onto, like, our web site or no matter. I suppose I’m upset, yeah ,” she stated.
Following the documentary’s launch, Nickelodeon launched an announcement. “Although we can not corroborate or negate allegations of behaviors from productions many years in the past, Nickelodeon as a matter of coverage investigates all formal complaints as a part of our dedication to fostering a secure {and professional} office atmosphere freed from harassment or different kinds of inappropriate conduct,” the community stated. “Our highest priorities are the well-being and greatest pursuits not simply of our workers, casts and crew, however of all kids, and we now have adopted quite a few safeguards through the years to assist guarantee we live as much as our personal excessive requirements and the expectations of our viewers.”
