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Jennifer Aniston is set to star in the TV adaptation of Jeannette McCurdy's memoir, 'I'm Glad My Mom Died.' Former 'iCarly' star McCurdy's book details the relationship she had with her abusive mother and the road to recovery she took following her mother's death in 2013. 'I'm Glad My Mom Died' became an instant bestseller after it was published in 2022.
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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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