Jenna Ortega, 21, says her mother kept her safe on set as a child actor

“I think it was more of a pain for her, because she saw how other kids maybe weren’t protected or weren’t as cared for,” Ortega said of her mother’s reaction. “She was watching me like a hawk, so I think for her it was more empathetic and she wished she could have done something to help.”

Ortega added that her mother called her to say that she was thankful that things were okay for her and that she was there to witness everything on set.

“Quiet on Set” is a documentary series about the toxic work environment of Nickelodeon shows under the direction of Dan Schneider. It is based on a investigepublic ationspilled by Business Insider’s Kate Taylor in August 2022.

In the docuseries, “Drake and Josh” star Drake Bell revealed that he was the previously unnamed minor he was a dialogue coach for. Brian Peck it was accused of sexual abuse in 2004.

Ortega began acting at age 9 and rose to prominence after her role as Harley Diaz on the Disney Channel series “Stuck in the Middle,” according to her IMDB page.

While Ortega says she was lucky to be shielded from any misbehavior or bullying when she was younger, she admitted that “child acting is weird.”

“I can see why my parents felt so hesitant about it, because you’re putting a kid in an adult job,” Ortega said. “Kids shouldn’t be working like that. They should be climbing trees and drawing and going to school.”

The actor said she was really “lucky” to have parents who made sure she had a pretty normal childhood and “wouldn’t let me work a job unless I got A right and prioritized my sleep and homework”.

During a recent conversation on The Times’ “The Interview” podcast, Ortega also talked about how she deleted her X account (then known as Twitter) after receiving explicit AI-generated images of herself when she was child.

“Did I like being 14 and making a Twitter account because I had to and seeing dirty edited content about me as a kid? Not. It’s terrifying. It is corrupt. It’s wrong,” she said.

A representative for Ortega did not immediately respond to a request for comment sent outside regular business hours.