Victoria Justice Breaks Silence About Nickelodeaon’s Dan Schneider and Quiet on Set Docu-Series
Victoria Justice breaks the silence first time about the Dan Schneider allegations and the Quiet on Set document. In an interview with Marie Claire, Justice opens up about Schneider’s controversies. She starred in Schneider’s two Nickelodeon series, Zoey 101 and Victorious.
In that interview, she admitted that sometimes she felt she was treated unfairly. Justice agreed with the docu-series that he “had a very large ego” that overpowered his judgment and treated people poorly.
She also added, “I’m not condoning any of his behavior. “At the end of the day, my relationship with Dan is a very complex one.” She remembered that she met Schneider when she was 12, and he gave her a big break.
Justice said she would always be grateful that he changed her life. She added, “After watching his apology, I think he recognizes that he did a lot of things wrong, and I think if he could step back into a time machine, he would do a lot of things differently.”
The five-part docu-series Quiet on Set featured the toxic environment in Nickelodeon’s children’s show in the late 1990s and early 2000s, which includes allegations regarding harassment, sexual misconduct, discrimination, and sexual assault.
In that documentary, many former Nickelodeon stars and crew members made allegations against Dan Schneider, the producer of Kid TV series, including The Amanda Show, Drake & Josh, iCarly, and more.
Many of them accused Schneider of mistreating his colleagues and sexual undertones in the children’s show. The series highlighted one of the significant accusations was the fetishization of children. Another major one was his treatment of female employees. The writers of All That, Christy Stratton and Jenny Kilgen, alleged that Schneider frequently made sexual jokes towards them.
They also revealed that they were asked to split one writer’s salary, and they filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against Schneider, which led them to lose their jobs.
After the allegations, Dan Schneider addressed the controversies in a new documentary. He admitted, “Facing my past behaviors, some of which are embarrassing and that I regret, and I definitely owe some people a pretty strong apology.”
He also confirmed the claim regarding writers Jenny Kilgen and Christy Stratton about sharing the salary. He said, “I have nothing to do with paying writers.”
Earlier this month, Schneider filed a lawsuit against the producers of the documentary by stating that it defamed his image as he was sexually abusive toward children.