Miranda Cosgrove leads iCarly cast in condemning racism due to new star Laci Mosley being harassed

Miranda Cosgrove has led the iCarly cast in condemning racism due to new castmember Laci Mosley being on the receiving harassment on social media since joining the show.

Paramount put out a statement on Sunday backing up the cast and crew of the revived series after Mosley took to social media to post about the racism she has encountered in recent weeks.

The Black actress plays Miranda’s new BFF Harper on the show as many believed she was a replacement to Carly’s old friend from the original version of the program, named Sam Puckett, who was played by Jennette McCurdy.

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As a result Mosley was at the receiving end of disgraceful racist messages including several calling her the N-word and other racial epithets. 

Over the weekend she shared a video addressing the messages as she said: ‘Hey I’m playing Harper on iCarly, I’m not replacing Sam. Jennette McCurdy is a wonderful person, I’ve never met her but it’s no shade. 

‘Get the f*** out of my comments with this f***ing racist a** bulls**. You will be blocked and you will never see me again honey.’

Mosley went on to share several off the racist messages on her Instagram Story.

She captioned one of the screenshots: ‘I’ve been deleting and blocking people but I can’t be bothered anymore, stay mad. 

‘I felt silly being upset by racism because it’s just how this terrible planet is but sometimes it still catches me off guard.’ 

Paramount+ and iCarly went on to release a joint statement over the matter which star Cosgrove, 28, also reposted.

It read: ‘iCarly are proud to be racially diverse, not only in our crew but in our cast. We have recently seen reports of racism towards a member of our iCarly cast, and it is not acceptable!

‘Please think about your words and take time to understand what you say can impact other people. Thank you.’ 

Mosley later reposted the statement with the added message: ‘I really feel taken care of at my job they are the best people [multiple hearts emoji].’ 

One aspect that these passionate fans are seemingly overlooking is that McCurdy, who played Sam on the show,  has since quit acting.

‘My experience with acting is, I’m so ashamed of the parts I’ve done in the past,’ the 28-year-old former child star confessed on a March episode of her podcast Empty Inside with guest Anna Faris.

‘I resent my career in a lot of ways. I feel so unfulfilled by the roles that I played and felt like it was the most cheesy, embarrassing. I did the shows that I was on from like 13 to 21, and by 15, I was already embarrassed. 

‘My friends at 15, they’re not like, “Oh, cool, you’re on this Nickelodeon show.” It was embarrassing. And I imagine there’s a very different experience to be had with acting if you’re proud of your roles, and if you feel fulfilled by them.’

Though McCurdy is not set to return, other original stars joining Cosgrove are Jerry Trainor (Spencer Shay) and Nathan Kress (Freddie Benson) who are both confirmed to return.  Newcomer Jaidyn Triplett will be portraying Millicent on the show.

 The original series centered on Carly, who created a web series with her friends that becomes a huge internet sensation.

Carly must balance her normal life as a kid with the demands that come with this hit new show.

Dan Schnieder (Drake & Josh, Sam & Cat, Victorious, Henry Danger) created the series, which ran for six seasons from 2007 to 2012 spanning 95 episodes.

It doesn’t appear that Schneider will be involved with the reboot though, with Jay Kogen (School of Rock) and Ali Schouten (Diary of a Future President) coming aboard to develop the series.

The revival of iCarly will begin streaming on Paramount+ on June 17.