Drake Bell calls Josh Peck a fan after Bell and other former Nickelodeon actors didn’t speak out following horrific abuse allegations in the documentary series Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV. defended former “Drake & Josh” co-star Josh Peck after he was accused of this week.
“I’ve noticed a lot of comments on some of Josh’s TikToks and his posts, and I just want to let you all know, it’s really emotional to process this and go through this. It’s a very, very difficult time and a lot of things are very, very difficult, so not everything will be made public,” said Bell, 37. said in a TikTok video he shared on Wednesday.
“I want everyone to know that he contacted me and it was a very sensitive matter, but he talked to me and offered me help to get through this. I mean he reached out to me. He was a really, really great guy.”
He ended the one-minute video by telling his fans, “Please make it a little easier.”
Bell posted the video after Peck, 37, was hounded online on Monday for posting a TikTok of her lip-syncing to audio. It no longer exists for me. ”
Many fans believed the video was an attempt by Peck to distance himself from the allegations made in the shocking documentary series and the former child actors who took part in it.
“Your silence speaks louder, brother. So sad. 😢,” one TikTok user commented under the video.
“Josh, you let us down…” another added.
Meanwhile, other fans Peck accused of deleting comments It blocked accounts that asked for silence, and not just about the documentary series.
In the documentary series, Bell claimed to be former Nickelodeon dialogue coach Brian Peck (no relation to Josh). sexually assaulted him The whole time I was involved in networking.
“If you think about it, the worst thing someone can do to someone is sexual assault,” he said, recalling his own abuse. “I don’t know how else to describe it.”
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Bell, who recently immigrated to Mexico and has built a successful career there under the name Draka Campana, was also identified as the unnamed child in the 2004 sexual abuse case against Brian.
Brian made no objections. He was sentenced to 16 months in prison and had to register as a sex offender. Still, he returned to Hollywood with a job on the hit Disney Channel series “The Suite Life of Zack and Cody.”
Other former child actors featured in the docuseries include outspoken “Zoey 101” star Alexa Nicholas and several members of the cast of “All That.”
They accused former Nickelodeon producer Dan Schneider, who worked on popular shows such as “The Amanda Show,” “Drake & Josh,” “Zoey 101,” “iCarly” and “Victorious,” for creating a toxic work environment. , accused him of inappropriate behavior. .
He has since issued an apology, saying, “I have faced my past actions, some of which I am ashamed of and regret. We have to do it,” he said.
He also asked that some old jokes deemed inappropriate be cut from the show.
