This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 3 PASADENA, Calif. - For the entirety of her teens, Jennette McCurdy was a literal poster child for Nickelodeon stardom. Her face was beamed into millions of homes every week on episodes of "iCarly." Her smile was plastered on towering Hollywood billboards, as well as on lunchboxes, T-shirts, journals, plastic plates and party balloons. She danced onstage with Michelle Obama and sang on a float in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. She was living the epitome of a wholesome teen star dream. But it was all a lie. "There was this half of my life that was so cheesy and so polished and so glossy and so fake," she said. "And then there was this other part of my life that was so painful and real and raw and hurting, and that part was going completely unseen." The vibe is darkly comedic on this cloudless July day in Pasadena at an upscale, comfort-food restaurant near where McCurdy lives. … [Read more...] about Jennette McCurdy lived a teen star dream, but silently, she was suffering