The co-directors of “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” are adamant that they told the participants what was going on.
Mary Robertson and Emma Schwartz release a statement to Fox News Digital on Friday after former “Double Dare” host Mark Summers claims he was “ambushed” by documentary directors did.
“We are clear with each participant about the nature of the project,” Robertson and Schwartz said.
Drake Bell alleges sexual abuse at Nickelodeon by convicted sex offender
Mark Summers was the host of Nickelodeon’s “Double Dare” from 1986 to 1993. (Getty Images)
The co-directors’ statement came after Summers made a guest appearance on “The Elvis Duran Show” and claimed he was not informed of the nature of the documentary before signing on.
“They called me and said they wanted to do a documentary for Nickelodeon,” he said. Summers explained that he had made positive comments about his time at the network before the co-director set up a “bait and switch” on him.
Mark Summers has accused Quiet on Set directors of “ambushing” him while filming a bombshell documentary. (Mike Coppola/Getty Images for Nickelodeon)
“They ambushed me,” Summers said. “They never told me what this documentary was actually about. So they showed me this video that I can’t believe is on Nickelodeon and I said, “Oh, let’s stop the tape here. what are we doing? ” “”
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Summers said that’s when the nature of the documentary became clear. These included allegations against Dan Schneider, who ran the network, and Drake Bell’s account of sexual abuse by Brian Peck.
Peck was convicted of indecency with a child and oral copulation of a person under 16 in 2003 and spent 16 months in prison.
Summers insisted she had “never met” showrunner Dan Schneider, who faced allegations in the documentary “Quiet on Set.” (Lawrence K. Ho/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
The documentary “Quiet on Set” The Dark Side of Kids TV” was released in March. (Warner Brothers Discovery)
Summers decided to step away from documentaries.
“About six weeks ago I got a call and they said, ‘You’re off the show for good,’ and I thought that was really cool,” he said. “Then, about four weeks ago, they called me and said, ‘Well, you’re in, but you’ve told a positive story about Nickelodeon, so we’re still in the first part. It’s not too much.”
Summers said she was “cheated” and said the documentary captures the moment she was “ambushed” on camera.
Drake & Josh star Drake Bell has detailed the sexual assault he was a victim of during his time at the network. (Christopher Polk/Getty Images)
Brian Peck was convicted in 2003 of lewd acts against a child and oral copulation of a person under the age of 16 and spent 16 months in prison. (Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images)
“What they didn’t tell me and lied to me about was the fact that when they ambushed me, they put another object in the area that was pointing the camera at me. So now… We’re in a whole situation of who’s being unethical,” he continued.
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Summers said Schneider “took over” Nickelodeon after he finished hosting “Double Dare” and “never met him.”
He explained that the only person Schneider knew on the network at the time was comedian and actor Kenan Thompson.
Summers said the only person he knew at Nickelodeon during Dan Schneider’s reign was Kenan Thompson. (Robin Beck/AFP via Getty Images)
“I’ve never met any of them,” Summers said of the people mentioned in the documentary.
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The fifth bonus episode of “Quiet on Set” will be released on ID on Sunday, April 7th.
