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Nickelodeon gave us some of TV’s most beloved kids’ shows, but behind the scenes, not everything was sunshine and slime. From awkward set tensions to long-simmering grudges and explosive accusations, these stars and creators had very public fallouts that fans still talk about today. Which feud shocked you the most? Let us know in the comments!
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00:00It's great to work on a show where everybody gets along.
00:03Jeanette is like the sweetest.
00:04Welcome to Miss Mojo!
00:05And today we're counting down our picks for the biggest real-life feuds between Nickelodeon stars,
00:10including actors and those behind the scenes.
00:13We'll be exploring permanent tears and brief fallouts that sparked lots of drama.
00:18So, I mean, what do you think about that, dude, seriously?
00:20I just really hope she makes better decisions in her future.
00:25Number 10. Amanda Bynes and Gabriel Iglesias
00:28Long before he was lighting up national venues with his stand-up,
00:32Iglesias was finding his comedy feet on the beloved kid sketch show All That.
00:37Joining the cast in season 6, he was the oldest cast member.
00:41For me, All That was, uh, it was my first time being exposed to Hollywood and TV and stuff like
00:46that.
00:47And it was a good time until it wasn't.
00:50Yet he was quickly humbled by one of the youngest, Bynes.
00:53As detailed in a 2014 interview with Complex,
00:56Iglesias, after mentioning multiple people who were, quote,
01:00super cool, stated that Bynes pulled him aside and uttered, quote,
01:04you don't know how to be funny.
01:06Ouch.
01:06They're always hanging out.
01:07Everyone's very social.
01:09Uh, I don't remember that when I was on, uh, on Nickelodeon many years ago.
01:13Straight away, he realized he wouldn't be chatting to her anymore.
01:17In the same interview, the fluffy comedian also praised his critic,
01:20remarking that Bynes worked really hard, was a leader, and never had time to be a normal kid.
01:26I think, uh, you know, you need to have some, some me time.
01:29And, and, you know, I mean, there's a reason why she was as good as she was,
01:32but there's also a reason why, you know, again, it's a sacrifice.
01:36Number 9. Alexa Nicholas and Victoria Justice
01:38If you wanted a Nickelodeon show that caused the most backstage drama
01:42and involved multiple people, then Zoey 101 is for you.
01:46From the start, Nicholas played Nicole Bristow.
01:49In the second season, Justice joined the cast as Lola Martinez.
01:53In recent years, Nicholas has spoken publicly about her experience on the show,
01:57and it's not fun.
01:59What was, what was that about, what was that like?
02:03The first couple times, it was great, but, um, we had some miscommunication.
02:09She stated that to begin with, she and Justice were good.
02:13Yet after the two talked about a boy, everything changed.
02:16All I wanted to do was, like, be friends with everybody,
02:18but then it would, it just grew into a whole other realm.
02:24The following day, Nicholas noticed that Justice had turned on her
02:27and had gotten close to other members of the cast who also gave her issues.
02:31Stay tuned for more.
02:32From there, Nicholas felt ostracized from the show,
02:36eventually leading to her departure.
02:38I was just so bad at that point.
02:39Like, I just wasn't invited to anything,
02:41and I was totally an outcast,
02:44and I just got, you know, as a child,
02:47that just, like, you're just so sad at that point.
02:49Number eight, Katrina Johnson and Amanda Bynes.
02:53Joining the cast of All That from the start,
02:55Johnson was the youngest amongst them.
02:57Yet by season three, Bynes signed up,
03:00replacing Johnson as the youngest.
03:01No one likes experiencing an existential crisis of someone younger
03:05taking up what you see as your spot.
03:08Yet it's particularly bad when you're still a kid.
03:10She'd brush my teeth with a fish stick!
03:17Oh, don't try that with me, kid.
03:20I'm a professional.
03:21During a 2014 interview with Complex,
03:24Johnson mentioned that she found Bynes, quote,
03:26really annoying.
03:28She then alluded that it must have been
03:30what the others felt about her.
03:31Johnson would later go into further detail
03:33during an interview with Tim Shantarangsu in 2024.
03:37I was jealous about that
03:39because I thought that was going to be me.
03:40I thought that was mine.
03:41I wrote some of those things.
03:43I wrote, and because I was under contract
03:46with Nickelodeon at the time,
03:47they owned that material.
03:49Johnson clarified that while she did have beef against Bynes,
03:53it was one way,
03:54as Johnson was jealous of her for essentially replacing her.
03:58I used to.
03:59Really?
03:59But it was a one-way beef, right?
04:02It was one way.
04:03Like, I had the beef,
04:05and she didn't even know it existed.
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04:22No, I ain't play.
04:23Nuh-uh.
04:27Waaaaa!
04:28Number 7.
04:30John Crickfalusi and Billy West.
04:32If you're like us,
04:33you may still not believe that the Ren and Stimpy show
04:36was a Nickelodeon property.
04:38Yet, despite its more adult-appealing appearance,
04:40it was.
04:41They're full of glue!
04:48I'm so glad you like them, Ren.
04:50Wait here.
04:51I'll go get the Stay Put Hat and Rain Coat.
04:53In 1992, Crickfalusi, who created the show and voiced Ren,
04:57was fired from Nickelodeon after multiple issues.
05:01And from here,
05:01the fallout between Crickfalusi and West,
05:04who voiced Stimpy and took over as Ren, began.
05:06The most entertaining incident was Billy on Conan O'Brien.
05:11Right.
05:12Describing how he created Ren and Stimpy.
05:13I thought that was pretty good.
05:14Oh!
05:15Oh!
05:16Yeah.
05:16I never did that.
05:18In 1995, West was blindsided on the Howard Stern show,
05:21where he was a regular team member.
05:24Stern had tried to bring Crickfalusi in as a surprise guest.
05:27However, the duo accidentally met in the bathroom beforehand.
05:31So you met him in the bathroom?
05:33Uh-huh.
05:34So what happened?
05:35What was Billy's reaction when he saw you?
05:36I think it was pretty cold.
05:37He just turned around and kind of went...
05:39The episode didn't go well,
05:41as they showed animosity throughout.
05:43To make it worse,
05:44West had only just returned after his brother's funeral.
05:47You know, and he goes,
05:48Good, how the hell are you?
05:49And he came in there to, like,
05:51start all kinds of ruckus with me.
05:53But I just sat there,
05:54and I was sad not that he came in.
05:57I was still sad about my brother.
05:58Number 6.
05:59Ariana Grande and Victoria Justice.
06:02Even from the early days of Victorious in 2010,
06:05the rumor mill churned that these two stars had been feuding.
06:08And even after the show ended in 2013,
06:11it hasn't stopped.
06:13No, I mean, there's no feud.
06:14I mean, I just talked about this in Seventeen magazine.
06:17Like, we're not, like, best friends,
06:19but at the end of the day, like, I wish her well,
06:21and she's doing great, and I'm happy for her.
06:23According to fans and reports,
06:25Grande and Justice have been taking veiled shots at each other
06:27on social media and in interviews.
06:30They also used Grande's 2018 music video for Thank You Next,
06:33which acted like a reunion of multiple Victorious colleagues
06:36as evidence since Justice wasn't involved.
06:39However, the duo has shut down the allegations of a feud.
06:42And a lot of it really came from, like, the media.
06:45Yeah.
06:46Like, fanning those flames,
06:48and then just people online, like, fanning those flames
06:51and making it this huge, crazy thing.
06:52Justice appeared on the Meredith Vieira show in 2015
06:55to dismiss the allegations,
06:57but did admit that she and Grande had their differences.
07:01Sure, we have had, like, our differences,
07:03but at the end of the day, like,
07:04everyone in the cast of Victorious was a family,
07:06and I love and respect all of them
07:07and wish all of them well, no matter what.
07:09Number 5.
07:10Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell
07:12Laurel and Hardy, Abbott and Costello,
07:15Morecombe and Wise.
07:16The comedy world is filled with amazing double acts,
07:19and it looked like we had another
07:20with Thompson and Mitchell starring in Kenan and Kel.
07:23The screw!
07:24The offense press!
07:25Hey!
07:27We the jury award Kenan and Kel
07:2910 million dollars!
07:31Ha ha ha!
07:32What's up, what's up?
07:33Yet, before they could reach the glittering heights as a team,
07:36they went their separate ways.
07:38Following their reunion for 2023's Good Burger 2,
07:41Thompson admitted they had a falling out.
07:43However, he claimed that neither could remember
07:46what caused the split.
07:47Instead, their focus on their individual careers
07:50was a reason for their fallout.
07:52When I talk about the isolation
07:54and when I talk about work,
07:56see, when people watch us on television,
07:58they're thinking, like,
07:59oh, this is brothers.
08:00You know what I mean?
08:01They hang out all the time,
08:01but this is a job.
08:03He also stated he regretted losing out
08:05on so much time with Mitchell.
08:07During a 2024 interview with Shannon Sharp,
08:10Mitchell mentioned that one factor
08:12was his struggles with his personal life,
08:14which contributed to the rift.
08:15Kenan was going through his own process as well
08:17and things that he was going through,
08:19but we both weren't sharing.
08:20Right.
08:20And this is what I talk about with relationship
08:23and letting people know what's on your heart.
08:25Number four, Jeanette McCurdy and Ariana Grande.
08:29Like a super show,
08:30McCurdy's Sam from iCarly
08:32and Grande's Cat from Victorious
08:33were plucked and put together
08:35for Sam and Cat in 2013.
08:37We gotta get out of here!
08:39I can't!
08:40I'm gonna faint!
08:41Yet, rather than going on a legendary run,
08:44it ended after only one season.
08:46Reports emerged that the two stars had been feuding.
08:49However, McCurdy dismissed them in 2015,
08:53saying that while they, quote,
08:54butted heads at times,
08:55it was, quote,
08:56in a very sisterly way.
08:58Well, that changed when she released her 2022 memoir,
09:01I'm Glad My Mom Died.
09:03Uh, are you expecting to hear from her?
09:05I don't know.
09:06I don't know if she'll read the book or not,
09:08but I think it's a really entertaining read,
09:10regardless of who you are.
09:12McCurdy wrote that the producers showed favoritism
09:15towards Grande by allowing her to skip shows for her music,
09:18causing McCurdy to act with the box.
09:20Yet, she wasn't allowed to explore other opportunities.
09:24This caused McCurdy to be jealous of and angry with Grande.
09:27I was jealous specifically that she played charades with Tom Hanks.
09:30That's what got me.
09:31Charades with Tom Hanks!
09:33How dare she?
09:33I know!
09:34But I was so young at the time,
09:37and I think it's really hard to not compare yourself to somebody at that age.
09:41Number three, Jamie Lynn Spears and Alexa Nicholas.
09:44In an ideal world, an actor playing the title role would be an uplifting, positive influence.
09:50Yet, according to Nicholas, Jamie was anything but.
09:53She's alleged multiple times that Jamie tormented her on set.
09:57Why isn't Jamie, why doesn't she like me, you know?
10:00Yeah.
10:00Why won't she sit with me at lunch?
10:03Or why aren't I invited to hang out with her?
10:06Or how come she never reaches out to me or says hello to me?
10:09However, Jamie claimed the opposite, even reportedly getting sister Brittany to scream
10:15at Nicholas to back off.
10:16Yet in 2022, Brittany defended Nicholas and stated her sister had lied.
10:21With all that toxicity and Jamie allegedly creating a group of mean girls,
10:25Nicholas departed the show and refused to be involved in the Zoey 102 film.
10:29Another actor who Nicholas claimed tormented her was Kristen Herrera, who played Dana.
10:34She stated Herrera was dismissed from the show after taking it too far,
10:38including pushing Nicholas into a rock.
10:40Would you like to share that with everyone today, what she told you?
10:45Uh, yeah, she, uh, she basically apologized.
10:49Like, she said she wanted to reach out to you and felt bad.
10:53Um, now that she's a mom, she would never want her kid to go through something like that.
10:57Number two, Drake Bell and Josh Peck.
11:00Despite the Drake and Josh show ending,
11:02we expected the two stars to yell,
11:04hug me, brother, at every opportunity.
11:06Instead, a rift formed.
11:09In 2017, it was dragged into the open when Bell went public,
11:13claiming he wasn't invited to Josh's wedding.
11:15You're, you're talking to your friend and you're, you're congratulating him on,
11:20oh, I'm so glad you're, you know, engaged, congratulate, blah, blah, blah.
11:22And then you see on social media that he had a wedding.
11:25And I go, what?
11:26I didn't hear about it, I didn't know about it.
11:27And so I shot from the hip.
11:28While they seemingly moved on,
11:30Josh spoke in interviews afterwards that they were never close.
11:33Then following Bell's legal and private life issues,
11:372024's Quiet on Set, The Dark Side of Kids TV dropped.
11:41There, he shared the assault he sustained from dialogue coach Brian Peck,
11:45who's not related to Josh.
11:47His entire side of the courtroom was full.
11:55Full.
11:56This admission slowly began to mend fences between the former on-screen stepbrothers.
12:02During an interview on Josh's podcast in 2025,
12:05they spoke more favorably about their past friendship.
12:08I would say there were at times when we hung out a lot and we were close.
12:13And then there were times when,
12:16not for any reason,
12:18but just like,
12:20weren't.
12:20Number one,
12:22Dan Schneider and everyone.
12:24For over two decades,
12:25Schneider was one of the most powerful producers in TV with his work at Nickelodeon.
12:30Yet behind the scenes,
12:31he was allegedly very different,
12:34contributing to his dismissal in 2018.
12:36Thinking about it now,
12:39yeah,
12:40it's like,
12:40oh boy,
12:41I just think of that poor girl and what she had to,
12:45you know,
12:46go through.
12:47Over the years,
12:48several Nickelodeon stars,
12:49including production staff,
12:51have gone public with allegations against Schneider.
12:54Yet once Quiet on Set was released,
12:56the floodgates opened.
12:58Several of those involved in the docuseries and those who didn't take part,
13:02spoke about Schneider fostering a toxic environment,
13:05making inappropriate content and misconduct allegations about,
13:08him.
13:09So my lawyer filed complaints against the production company for gender discrimination.
13:16Lori Beth Denberg detailed being harassed by him,
13:18and Nicholas stated Schneider pressured her to wear more revealing clothing.
13:23Schneider denied the abuse allegations and issued a lawsuit against the Quiet on Set for defamation.
13:28Well,
13:28a former Nickelodeon producer is speaking out after accusations of inappropriate and abusive behavior
13:34surfaced in a new docuseries.
13:36Which TV network has created the most amount of real-life drama as cast and crew have feuded?
13:41Let us know below!
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