Relationship questions. Jennette McCurdy‘s past relationship with “Joe” has raised eyebrows among fans after writing about the romance in her memoirI’m Glad My Mom Died, which was released in August 2022.
Keep reading for what we know about the past relationship.
Who Was Jennette McCurdy’s Ex-Boyfriend ‘Joe’?
It’s been speculated among fans that “Joe” is written alias for Jennette’s rumored ex-boyfriend Paul Glaser, whom she met while working on Nickelodeon’s iCarly. At the time, they made headlines for their age difference, as Jennette was 18 and Paul was 13 years older.
She has never confirmed the actual identity of “Joe,” but made reference to a series of photos taken from a trip to Hawaii in 2012. In the pictures, obtained byDaily Mail, she appeared to be cozied up with Paul.
That being said, Jennette didn’t speak publicly about her relationship with Paul until years after it came to an end.
“I put my feelings of love toward someone other than my mother, who had been the receiver of all that love up until that point,” she told Vulture in November 2015, not naming Paul. “I knew she was leaving, and I was panicking, and I think there was just a part of myself that was ready to switch these feelings of love toward a new person.”
In the same interview, Jennette recalled people making comments about the nature of their relationship online, referring to Paul as “a creep” for dating someone so much younger.
“But they didn’t know the whole story,” the former Nickelodeon star added. “That’s an instance when I really resented social media because I thought, ‘These people are making it hard on me.’”
How Long Did Jennette McCurdy Date Paul Glaser?
After the pair met on the set ofiCarly, they started dating during her final season on the show. When writing about the start of their relationship with “Joe” in I’m Glad My Mom Died, Jennette revealed that they got together after her mom, Debra’s cancer returned. They split head of her mom’s 2013 death.
“I needed to go through that loss on my own,” Jennette told Vulture. “I felt that I would put too much of myself into another person, and become very attached. I thought, ‘Oh, if I share this loss with someone, and I share this part of myself with someone, and this reality with someone, then they become my reality.’ And that thought scared me.”
In the novel, the former Nickelodeon star mentions two past boyfriends during this time, one she calls “Joe,” whom fans theorized is a written alias for Jennette's rumored ex-boyfriend Paul Glaser, whom she met while working on Nickelodeon's iCarly
iCarly
The first season of iCarly aired on Nickelodeon from September 8, 2007, to July 25, 2008. The season introduces Carly Shay (Miranda Cosgrove), Sam Puckett (Jennette McCurdy), Freddie Benson (Nathan Kress), and Spencer Shay (Jerry Trainor). This is notably the only season without a 1-hour special.
What Was the Age Difference Between Jennette McCurdy and Paul Glaser? They made headlines for the age gap between them. She was 18 and he was 13 years her senior.
Jennette McCurdy recalls being yelled at repeatedly while filming her first kiss with 'iCarly' costar Nathan Kress. Jennette McCurdy recalled the nerve-racking experience of filming her first-ever kissing scene. Sam and Freddie's kiss in season two of "iCarly" marked McCurdy's first one in real life and on-screen.
Cosgrove, 29, spoke to the New York Times for a piece about the book, and said she did not know what her co-star was going through at the time. “When you're young, you're so in your own head,” Cosgrove said. “You can't imagine that people around you are having much harder struggles.”
Although probably best known for his recurring role as the mean history teacher, Mr.Stern, on Nickelodeon's "iCarly," Joseph's roles run the gamut from psychiatrists to psychopaths.
Steven. An assistant director of Jennette's TV show who becomes her boyfriend. Steven prompts Jennette to seek therapy for her bulimia. He is later diagnosed with schizophrenia and becomes a marijuana addict.
"iCarly" star Jennette received $50,000 per episode. She stated on her podcast that she would not participate in the 2021 reboot "I quit a few years ago because I initially didn't want to do it. My mom put me in it when I was 6 and by sort of age, I guess, 10 or 11, I was the main financial support for my family.
In her new memoir, I'm Glad My Mom Died McCurdy explained that she was approached by Cosgrove to return for the reboot. McCurdy turned down the opportunity as she was happy and in a good mental place, and agreeing to do the show could have compromised that.
According to the Times, the actress writes that she was 6 years old when Debra (whose own parents hadn't wanted her to pursue acting) had her start auditioning for roles. McCurdy began starring on iCarly at age 15.
Sam & Cat's Jennette McCurdy and Cloud 9 star Colton Tran are so inseparable that some people call them “Coltonette.” Tag along for a day in their life: afternoon tea, a fashion show, and bowling. I mean, there's pretty much nothing that's off limits. It's an amazing friendship, what we have, it's really hard to find.
Ultimately, Debra's cancer did return, causing her death in 2013, when Jennette was only 21 years old. Only after her mom's death was Jennette able to truly begin unpacking the harm which had occurred from her mom's abusive behavior, but healing and finding herself was not a linear path.
Jennette explained that the former costars “totally still keep in touch,” however, not as much as they used to. “We used to be attached at the hip,” she explained. “So it was very much that kind of relationship throughout, honestly, probably until our mid-20s.
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