Jennette McCurdy Former 'Sam & Cat' Star Talks Being A Role Model- "I Don't Try To Be & I Don't Want To Be'

Don't call Jennette McCurdy a role model.

The former Sam & Cat star took to Reddit today to address her status as a role model, saying she doesn't view herself that way: "I don't claim to be, I don't try to be, and I don't want to be."

The Nickelodeon actress has had her fair share of scandal in the past year, including her nude photos being leaked to the press, and her very public feud with Nickelodeon over the way that they treated her due to that incident.

While some may have slammed McCurdy for the photos leakin, since she has such a young fan base looking up to her, she says she never asked to be a role model:

"Calling a celebrity a role model is like calling a stranger a role model. In order to be thought of as a real, true role model, I believe you have to know a person and their actions, inside and out."

She gioes on to say that she actually did try to live her life as a "role model" when she first started out in the industry, but that she has now grown up:

"There was a time when I tried to live up to the aggrandizing title, that pedestal of a thing. Maybe it wasn't so much that I was trying to live up to it. Perhaps I thought I could and I thought I was supposed to, so I gave it my best shot."

Jeanette adds that with the title of role model came crazy expectations to live up to, and that she was only setting herself up for failure.

"With the growing I've done, I realize that to attempt to live up to the idea of being a role model is to set myself up for foregone failure," she explains. "Sure, I've made some mistakes, but even if I hadn't, people would have found invisible ones."

She concludes the letter by addressing her fans, saying, "for those of you who do consider me a role model, I hope you don't read this and cringe. I appreciate you. I appreciate you so much! I appreciate that you believe in me, support me, and in some way, hope to live your life like me. But please, I encourage you to find role models in the people around you, the people in your everyday life, the people that are your friends and family."

Click here to read Jennette's full Reddit letter.