Overview
- Speaking on the Jan. 7 Call Her Daddy episode, McCurdy said she was 17 or 18 when she became involved with a man in his mid-30s whom she met while working on iCarly.
- She recounted being pressured into sexual activity, including an incident in a hotel where he arrived drunk and requested oral sex, which she described as her entry into real sexual activity.
- McCurdy characterized the relationship as emotionally "addictive" and exhausting, noting a power imbalance and that the man was living with a girlfriend during their involvement.
- Raised Mormon and homeschooled, she said she had intended to wait until marriage but eventually had sex with him, and the relationship tapered off around her mother’s death in 2013 after a brief reconnection.
- She did not identify the man by name, and while some outlets have speculated about his identity, there has been no confirmation; she said revisiting the experience while writing Half His Age stirred unresolved anger.