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Changes with Annie Macmanus

Jennette McCurdy

Changes with Annie Macmanus

Annie Macmanus

Society & Culture

4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Last year, America’s Nickelodeon child star Jennette McCurdy released her memoir ‘I’m Glad My Mom Died’ and it exploded, becoming a number one New York Times Best Seller. Hugely famous in the US starring in ‘iCarly’ and alongside Ariana Grande in ‘Sam and Cat’, no one would have guessed that behind the all smiles, successful glitz of child fame, Jennette was being unbearably controlled by her mother who was obsessed with Jennette becoming famous. 


In the book, which is full of dark humour, Jennette gives a detailed account of the unbelievable difficulties she went through as a child including being put on calorie restriction, her puberty being denied, being given extensive makeovers like teeth whitening to try and keep her looking as young as possible and being inspected and showered by her mum until she was 16. There were also the problems that came with being a child star, her Nickelodeon experience and being forced to go through gruelling auditions from the age of 6. 


The abuse Jennette went through as a child changed her but how she has gone about changing her life since her mom's death and having lots of therapy is incredible. Her account of her early life is absolutely not what you would expect from someone who seemingly had it all. Here, she candidly talks to Annie about her biggest changes and what she’s learnt through it all. 


Content warning: child abuse and eating disorders.



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0:00.0

Imagine sweeping through green fields, floating five feet above ground, sun on your face as you slide by on track to your destination, not a car in the world, as you simply lean back.

0:17.0

And before you know it, you're there.

0:20.0

This is how travel should feel, and on our trains, it does.

0:25.0

Avanti West Coast, feel good travel.

0:32.0

This episode of Changes is sponsored by Mindful Chef, where healthy eating is made easy.

0:38.0

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0:48.0

Mindful Chef gives you ease, convenience, and removes the faff of thinking about what ingredients you need to get in from the supermarket.

0:55.0

With 20 new recipes every week, you can have meals on the table in as little as 15 minutes.

1:00.0

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1:03.0

And they make you feel like a professional chef, which I love because I'm a terrible cook.

1:07.0

They also save you so much time.

1:09.0

They make dinner time way more varied because they take you out of your normal staples, which can, let's be honest, they can get so tired.

1:16.0

I get so bogged down, which is having to put something on the table.

1:19.0

I don't think to experiment.

1:21.0

And when I started using Mindful Chef, I was like, oh, flavor.

1:25.0

I forgot about that.

1:27.0

So it's so good for that, for just kind of taking you out of your comfort zone and cooking and eating.

1:32.0

The meals make healthy eating super easy.

1:35.0

They are high in protein. There's no stodgy carbs, refined sugars or artificial anything.

1:41.0

All the meals are high in good fiber, which your gut will thank you for.

1:44.0

Plus, 85% of their individual recipes contain four or more of your five a day.

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You're getting quality food too. Mindful chef investments short, fresh supply chains to get premium ingredients to your door every week.

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