After news that Nickelodeon canceled Sam & Cat, co-star Ariana Grande posted a statement that is lengthy her Facebook web web web page on Sunday, by which she reflects on what her character from the Dan Schneider comedy has offered as her shield and part model.

“When I became more youthful, people enjoyed Cat a great deal we accustomed pretend to be much more like her. It took me personally a few years to|time that is long be brave adequate to split myself and show people exactly just how various we are actually,” she had written. “we genuinely believe that’s genuinely her so much because I admire. Her appreciation for everybody and life she encounters. Her passion and excitement that is genuine the small items that many people dread like school tasks and work. She constantly saw obstacles that are negative possibilities to make things good.

“we will usually hold Cat near and dear to my heart and appreciate her aid in my individual development from teenager to adult. I understand she appears like a straightforward, daft character (and she actually is) but she played such a massive component in my own life,” she proceeded, detailing Cat’s optimism and fearlessness as her top individual characteristics. “One of my favorite reasons for Cat had been that she never destroyed her feeling of wonder. Up we become more and more jaded and fearful of how we come across as we grow. We restrain a bit more, protect ourselves and though Cat passes through the ridicule that is same anyone else does growing up, she never changed or lost her childlike wonder. . If you ask me she really is actually lot smarter, stronger and braver than most of the sleep of us.”