Keke Palmers mom has some not-so-fond memories of Dan Schneiders tenure at Nickelodeon.
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Sharon Palmer responded candidly.
The parents were very secretive, and I honestly thought they all took themselves way too seriously.
Keke Palmer and Dan Schneider.Stephanie Augello/Variety via Getty; Eric Vitale/Getty
The whole conversation was Oh my God, whats happening next?
Did you hear theyre gonna cancel this show?
It was always so frantic about what was being canceled.
Keke Palmer on ‘True Jackson, V.P.'.Peter ‘Hopper’ Stone/Nickelodeon/Courtesy Everett
I always looked at you at Nickelodeon as just a stopping station, Sharon Palmer said.
Cause you didnt get your start on Nickelodeon or Disney.
You were blessed and fortunate enough to work in adult situations and kid situations.
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Palmer said that she appreciated one particular element of the Investigation Discovery documentary series.
Thats also a stressful kind of thing that you dont expect to experience as a child.
I wouldve still auditioned for all that, Hearne said.
Samuels agreed, Absolutely.
Everybody grieves or has their moment of processing, and its okay, Samuels said.
Hearne expressed similar sentiments.
We are happy to be the people who are keeping it going, keeping the conversation running.
Other former Nickelodeon stars have also commented on child stardom in the wake of the docuseries.
She added, And then the things that werent approved for the connection were snuck onto like our website.
And that is another discovery.
But Im going into it…
I guess Im upset.
Its supposed to be a safe place for kids.
And to hear all about that is just like, How dare you?
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