Alexa Nikolas: What Really Happened On the Set Of Zoey 101

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🗓️ 26 October 2022

⏱️ 62 minutes

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This week on Real Pod, Victoria sits down with Alexa Nikolas, actress, activist, and survivor. Alexa rose to fame for her role as Nicole on Zoey 101 and is now sharing the truth behind her experience on the set of the Nickelodeon show. Alexa details the bullying she endured as a child star at the hands of both her costars (like Jamie Lynn Spears) and the show's execs (like Dan Schnieder) and how she's using the experience to build a better future for her daughter and survivors everywhere. Don't miss this powerful episode! (PS: You're going to want to hear what Britney Spears said!)

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a deer media production.
0:30.0	The cocktail is always prepared to be obsessed.
0:34.1	Check out lipstick on the rim, wherever you get your podcast.
0:40.2	Welcome to RealPod.
0:41.4	It's your host Victoria Garrick, and this is the podcast where we hold nothing back.
0:46.1	Oh, so we're getting deep, huh?
0:48.5	I've really cried for 12 days straight.
0:50.9	Why do I want to be perfect?
0:52.2	There's nothing in my life that is perfect.
0:54.5	Every week, I'll bring you honest, unfiltered, and eye-opening conversations to help uncover
0:59.5	the real in all of us. I crave the type of content that you're talking about. I actually felt insecure.
1:05.0	Oh my god am I gonna cry. Let me just unload everything. New episodes every Wednesday leave
1:11.4	those filters at the door because it's time to get real.
1:15.4	Today's episode and conversation is forever going to be one of the most special and moving experiences that I've had on real pod. Alexa Nicholas is fierce. She is brave. She is inspiring.
1:27.4	She is truly using her experiences and her trauma to pave a better path for all of us, especially women.
1:43.4	And especially children. It was an honor to have this opportunity and I'm so very grateful to Alexa for trusting me and trusting the real pod community, which is all of you. Now you may remember Alexa from her days on Zoey 101. She plays a role in the world.
2:11.4	She plays Nicole. I feel like it was yesterday. I was watching her on my TV screen growing up. And Zoey 101 is really where Alexa rose to fame.
2:23.4	However, despite what the perception we had was watching Zoey 101. Alexa's experience was quite different.
2:32.4	And today we're going to hear a detailed recap of what that was really like. I'm not gonna dive into too much of that story because you're gonna hear it from Alexa herself.
2:42.4	But what I will say is Alexa has since gone on to be an incredible activist and founder of the survivor community eat predators. I urge each and every one of you to check that out on Instagram at eat predators. And also you can follow Alexa at match the source.
2:59.4	Alexa and I had a lot we talked about today. So we're going to get right into this episode. I do want to offer a trigger warning that we will be discussing a variety of topics involving abuse, trauma and abortion in case those are sensitive topics to any of you tuning in without further ado, please help me welcome the radiant Alexa Nicholas.
3:29.4	We don't know each other but I guess our yaya and papoos the ancestors know each other do.
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