Jennette McCurdy Says She Was “Exploited” While on iCarly

Miranda added that Jennette was good at keeping up appearances, saying, “You don’t expect things like that from the person in the room who’s making everyone laugh.”

Humor is Jennette’s coping mechanism though. It’s why she gave her memoir such a shocking title, which has already caused trouble among her family. As Jennette’s brother Marcus shared, “Our grandmother is very upset about that title.”

Marcus is more understanding, having witnessed his mother’s volatility firsthand. “You were always walking on eggshells—is it going to be nice mom or crazy mom today?” he told the NYT. “One day she’d be fine, the next day she’d be yelling at everybody. Every holiday was super overdramatic. She’d lose her mind on Christmas if something wasn’t perfect.”

So, if Jennette finds healing through jokes, Marcus is OK with it. “You can either be like, ‘Woe is me, my life is horrible,'” he said. “Or you find the humor in these things that are really tragic.”