00:00Jennifer Aniston is set to star in the TV adaptation of Jeanette McCurdy's memoir,
00:05I'm Glad My Mom Died. The star and executive producer of The Morning Show will lead another
00:11Apple TV Plus series inspired by McCurdy's best-selling memoir. Former iCarly star McCurdy's
00:17book details the relationship she had with her abusive mother and the road to recovery she took
00:22following her mother's death in 2013. I'm Glad My Mom Died became an instant bestseller after it
00:28was published in 2022. The series is described as a dramedy that will center on the codependent
00:34relationship between an 18-year-old actress in a hit kids show and her narcissistic mom who relishes
00:39in her identity as a starlet's mother. Aniston will play the mother. McCurdy will serve as a
00:45co-showrunner and Aniston is also an executive producer. McCurdy previously told The Hollywood
00:50Reporter soon after the book was released, I've been so touched by how much the emotional thrust
00:55of the story has connected with people, which I see as being my relationship with my mom.
00:59That's an important and complicated relational dynamic to explore and to see that people are
01:04responding to it has been amazing. For more on this story, head to THR.com. And for the latest
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