User blog comment:IEmbargo/Defending Jennette Against Trolls - Part One/@comment-3180503-20140811170805/@comment-3180503-20140813155245

@Embargo We don't know that he was always around ever since she was 14. That doesn't exactly correlate with how happy and carefree she was in those early iCarly days. However, it's always possible that he was watching and breathing heavily from a distance and decided to pounce when she came of age as you suggested. This is what we know: as soon as Season 4 came about and Jennette turned 18, we noticed an abrupt and massive change in her personality and portrayal of Sam. Suddenly, she was a lot more uptight and unhappy-looking. This obviously correlates with her mother falling ill again but maybe Paul had more to do with it than we thought. We all know that she was put in an extremely vulnerable position thereafter and Paul probably jumped at the chance. Nevertheless, despite all this, the first time we truly saw them together was after iCarly already ended so it's possible that maybe they somehow bonded afterwards? His being fired doesn't look good and neither does the fact that she began posting sexy pics and lying to her fans as soon as he showed up (she left McCurdicon early to go hang out with him but she told everyone she was gonna be at Nathan's party). xP