Jennette McCurdy’s Dating History: A Complete Guide to the Nickelodeon Alum’s Love Life

Jennette McCurdy’s dating history is back in the spotlight following candid new comments about a former relationship.

The former Nickelodeon star recently released her novel Half His Age, a fictional story centered on a teenage girl involved with an older, married teacher — and the book has sparked renewed conversation about Jennette’s own experiences as a young woman navigating relationships in the public eye.

While promoting the novel, Jennette opened up about a real-life relationship she had with an older man when she was a teenager, though she never identified him by name. Speaking on “Call Her Daddy” in January 2026, she recalled, “I was most likely 18,” before describing how she felt pressured to mirror his interests. “He would show me movies that he thought I would like… which I did not like but I pretended to like. He would play me music that I did not like, but I pretended to like.”

She also shared a troubling memory from early in the relationship. “I remember he came over drunk one night to my apartment,” Jennette said, explaining that she had only recently moved out of her mother’s home and had no frame of reference for alcohol. “He was drunk off his ass, but I didn’t know… So, he comes over really drunk, and we make out, and it’s a lot of dry humping. And it’s that for months.”