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Daniella Monet, who played Trina Vega connected Victorious, reflected connected the moments from the Nickelodeon amusement she felt were sexualized. This is what she had to say.
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Daniella Monet is sharing caller details astir her acquisition moving connected the acceptable of Victorious.
Between 2010 and 2013, the actress played Trina Vega connected the hit Nickelodeon series. But portion the formed brought a full batch of laughs on-screen, Danielle reflected connected frustrations she dealt with behind-the-scenes, including wardrobe that she recalled to Business Insider arsenic being "not property appropriate," noting that she "wouldn't adjacent deterioration immoderate of that contiguous arsenic an adult."
The 33-year-old besides shared that she contacted Nickelodeon regarding a country successful which she ate a pickle portion applying articulator gloss. Daniella told Business Insider that she expressed interest to the web that she felt the country was excessively intersexual to air. However, the episode, with the country afloat intact, was yet released.
And portion Daniella noted that astir of the scenes successful Victorious were "very PC, funny, silly, friendly, chill," she wishes immoderate moments were different.
"Do I privation definite things, like, didn't person to beryllium sexualized?" she said. "Yeah. A 100 percent."
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E! News has reached retired to Nickelodeon, Daniella and Victorious creator Dan Schneider for remark and has not heard back. Russell Hicks, Nickelodeon's erstwhile president of contented improvement and production, stood by the show's creator, telling Business Insider, "Every azygous happening that Dan ever did connected immoderate of his shows was cautiously scrutinized and approved."
Despite her frustrations with definite moments from the series, Daniella inactive has affirmative memories moving with her co-stars, which included Victoria Justice and Ariana Grande.
Back successful 2020, Daniella and the formed of Victorious participated successful a video chat to observe the show's 10-year anniversary. In a erstwhile occurrence of her Adulting Like a Mother Father podcast, the histrion said the virtual reunion lasted 2 hours and could person gone connected adjacent longer.
"We could person been connected determination forever," she shared in March 2020. "I consciousness similar we each conscionable truly enjoyed everyone's company. One happening we talked astir connected the Zoom telephone was what are immoderate things we perceive astir to this time successful regards to our characters?"
Regarding her character, Daniella said that radical ever wonderment "why I'm not ace annoying successful person…they deliberation I'm precise antithetic than Trina, which is the constituent due to the fact that we're playing roles!"
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