Jennette McCurdy claims late mother bathed her with brother, 16, to 'control' her in Red Table Talk tell-all interview

ICARLY star Jennette McCurdy has revealed the horrifying details of her mother's physical and emotional abuse when she was a child.

The actress, 30, said her late mom Debra would force her to shower with her 16-year-old brother Scotty when she was 11 as a control tactic.

Jennette discussed the abuse in her memoir, I'm Glad My Mom Died, revealing she suffered at the hands of Debra until she died of cancer in 2013.

The Zoey 101 star read excerpts from the book on Jada Pinkett Smith's Facebook Watch series, Red Table Talk.

Jenette focused on a section on how she felt when her mother made them bathe together.

She read: "My whole body freezes. Oh no, not shower time. I've dreaded showers for a while, five years or so.

"She says she has to shower me because I wouldn't know how to shampoo and condition my own hair.

"Mom showers me with Scotty sometimes. I get really embarrassed and I can tell he does too."

Jennette went on: "We usually look away from each other and Scotty distracts himself by drawing Pokemon in the fogged glass.

"When she showers us together, Mom says it's because she has too much she has to do."

Jenette said the showers included genital and breast exams, which her mother said were to check for cancer.

"Whether or not Scott is with me, Mom gives me a breast and 'front butt' examination which is what she calls my private parts," she read.

"She says she wants to make sure I don't have any mysterious lumps or bumps, because those could be cancer."

Looking horrified, Jada asked Jennette how the ordeal has affected her relationship with her brothers.

FAMILY BOND

The Malcolm In The Middle actress replied: "I'm so close with all three of my brothers. Isn't it amazing we have such a beautiful bond?

"There's such an understanding there because of the things we went through together, the things that we saw together."

Jada tearfully agreed, adding: "I love that you guys are close because this kind of abuse can be... divisive."

Although Debra was never diagnosed with a mental illness, Jennette said her therapist believes her mom had bipolar disorder, narcissistic personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, or a combination of them.

EATING DISORDER

She said Debra encouraged her to eat tiny portions, whiten her hair and bleach her teeth - behavior that led to her having an eating disorder.

The actress - who would weigh herself five times a day as a child - said she battled anorexia, binge eating and bulimia for years.

Debra also hoarded, forcing Jennette and her three older brothers to sleep on mats on the floor.

She said her mom would often chase their dad Mark around the house with a kitchen knife and refused to go to therapy.

Jennette later appalled the Red Table Talk hosts by reading out an abusive letter Debra wrote her after seeing photos of her and an ex-boyfriend online.

It read: "I am so disappointed in you. You used to be my perfect little angel, but now you are nothing more than a little S**T, A FLOOZY, ALL USED UP.

NASTY RANT

"And to think you wasted it on that hideous ogre of a man. I saw the pictures. I saw you rubbing his disgusting hairy stomach ... add that to a list of things you are: liar, conniving, evil."

She added: "You look pudgier too. It's clear you're eating your guilt. What happened to my good little girl?

"Where did she go and who is this monster that has replaced her? You're an ugly monster now. I told your brothers about you and they all said they disown you just like I do. 

"We want nothing to do with you. Love, Mom — or should I say Deb since I am no longer your mother? P.S. Send money for a new fridge; ours broke."

Jennette said she is in therapy in a bid to heal from her traumatic childhood, but has plans to forgive her late mother.

She was able to curb her eating disorders and make peace with her mother's death by going through two years of intensive Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT.

If you or someone you know is battling an eating disorder, please contact the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) at 1-800-931-2237 or go to NationalEatingDisorders.org.