jennette mccurdy. this is "the daily show" with trevor noah! (cheers and applause). >> trevor: what's going on, welcome to the daily show, i'm trevor noah. thank you so much for tuning in, thank you for coming out in person. wow. wow. this is amazing. so much energy. let's do it, let's make a show, take a seat, everybody, take a seat, let's get into it we've got a royal show four tonight. queen elizabeth is being attacked by bears. king charles is finally getting his hands dirty and here with a new memoir about being a child star on i carly jennette mccurdy is joining us on the show, so let's do this, people. let's jump straight into today's headlines. (applause) all right. before we get into the big stories let's catch up on a few other things going on in the world. first up, following last week's extreme heat, california has announced that they will become the first state to introduce a ranking system for heat waves so people can easily understand how hot it is going to get. (laughter) which isn't th

please welcome jennette mccurdy. mccurdy, welcome to the daily show. >> i feel so short, my feet aren't touching. >> trevor: as long as, you can swing them. >> i request swing them around. >> trevor: as long as you enjoy t i can lower the desk as well. >> this is good. >> trevor: okay. i kptd actually do, that i am glad you didn't ask me to do it. welcome to the show and congratulations on writing a book that, i think for many people, is seen as not just something funny, not just a story that is interesting but in many ways a cath artic exploration of how we see the relationships that we have with many of our parents, our caregiver, whoever it was in our world because you wrote a book entitled "i'm glad my mom died." >> yeah. >> trevor: and it is a massive hit. so two questions, one, did you hate your mom? and two, does everybody? >> no, i definitely don't hate my mom. i think she was a really complicated and nuanced person and i try to kind of articulate her to the best of my ability and also many shades and colors.

tonight, child star jennette mccurdy grew up playing the funny plucky role of sam on nickelodeon's hithe suffered an agonizing adolescence marked by eating disorders and abuse from her exacting and dominating mother. when i first sat down with her she was just about to release a memoir. since then the book has become a runaway best-seller. her honesty resonating with so many. here's that interview. >> on the outside i was doing a lot of the performing, the tap dancing of like the smile and the showing up and landing on my mark and i'm going to just do what i need to do and be this, you know, happy-go-lucky nickelodeon kid. >> my name is samantha puckett and i'm from seattle and i love fried chicken! >> but inside i was hurting. it was painful. i was angry. i felt unsupported. >> you pull back the curtain on child stardom. it is not a pretty picture. >> not as i see it, no. >> reporter: at just 15 jennette mccurdy was one of the most recognizable child stars on television, playing sam puckett in nickelodeon's hit show "icarly." >> where'd my straw go? >> here. >> reporter: to her millio

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