OAN’s Avril Elfie
6:19pm – Tuesday, March 19, 2024
A new documentary series called Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV shed light on on-set allegations against Nickelodeon TV executives and producers, including “abuse, sexism, racism, and inappropriate relationships with underage stars and staff.”
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The documentary series premiered on the network Investigation Discovery on Sunday and concluded on Monday.
According to its website, “Investigation Discovery is an American multinational pay television network owned by Warner Bros. Discovery specializing in true crime documentaries.”
In one of the plots of the series, the lead actor of a television show drake and joshDrake Bell has come forward for the first time, claiming that acting and speaking coach Brian Peck, who was convicted in 2004 of lewd acts on a minor and abusing a minor, has removed his child actor from acting. He admitted that he had been sexually abused during his time. Illegal in California if you are over 16 years old.
“I was sleeping on the couch where I usually sleep and I woke up to him…I opened my eyes and I woke up and he was…he was sexually assaulting me,” Bell said. said in the documentary. “Then I froze up, in complete shock and had no idea what to do or how to react.”
Bell also claims that she was repeatedly abused but was too intimidated to speak out.
“Then things got worse and worse and worse and worse and worse and I was trapped,” Bell explains. “I had no way out. The abuse became widespread and quite brutal.”
According to Bell, producer Dan Schneider did not know that Bell was a victim of Peck until Bell confided in Peck. Schneider offered all the support he could, Bell claims in the documentary.
As revealed in the documentary series, Peck boasted to another child actor that he owned a self-portrait autographed by notorious gay serial killer John Wayne Gacy.
Kyle Sullivan, former cast member of the TV show all things Peck, who was only 14 years old at the time, said he saw paintings in Peck’s house, including one depicting a serial killer clown (Gacy) holding balloons and a painting depicting the Temple of the Planet of the Apes. I’m reminiscing.
Ms. Sullivan claims that she was visibly excited when the dialogue coach asked her questions about the painting.
“When Brian turned it over, there was a note on the back that said, ‘Dear Brian, I hope you enjoy this painting.'” Best wishes, my friend. [signed] John Wayne Gacy,” Sullivan recalled in the documentary.
Additionally, the same former child star claims that Gacy sent Peck numerous letters that he received from the notorious serial killer himself. In the 1970s, Gacy sexually assaulted and murdered 33 boys between the ages of 14 and 21.
“Brian actually developed a pen pal relationship with John,” Sullivan says. “He kept a stack of letters and photos from John Wayne Gacy on the nightstand next to his bed.”
Additionally, in the documentary series, female writers accused Schneider, whom Bell confided in, of allegedly exploiting female writers. amanda shawforced him to massage her in front of other writers and staff.
The documentary series stars former Nickelodeon employees Christy Stratton and Jenny Kilgen, who were hired to write the script. amanda shaw The documentary reveals that they were the only female writers on the show, and that their “bachelor salaries were split 50-50 between them.”
Kilgen claims Schneider “didn’t think women were funny,” constantly displayed explicit images from his computer, and forced Stratton to talk about how he “got sodomized.” They claimed that he forced people to engage in inappropriate and awkward public acts as a joke, including asking people to do so. ”
“Working for Dan was like being in an abusive relationship,” Stratton claims in the documentary.
Kilgen also discussed the origin of the name “Penelope Taint,” one of the show’s sketch character names, expressing that Schneider was motivated solely by the word “taint,” a term referring to the perineum. doing. This twisted producer thought the name would be funny since it was a children’s show, and that the inappropriate nature of the name would not be conveyed to minors.
“Dan told us in the writers’ room, ‘Don’t tell us what this word really means.’ He wanted us to keep it a secret,” Kilgen claims.
The documentary claims that Kilgen and her lawyer filed complaints against the production company about harassment, a hostile work environment, and gender discrimination. Kilgen said that even though an internal investigation was conducted and a settlement was reached, her career still suffered as a result.
in a statement to people magazineA spokesperson for Schneider said, “Nothing has been alleged about Dunn other than that he was a tough boss who had disagreements with other adult executives at Nickelodeon. An investigation was conducted, but again, that’s it.” they found. “
All 4 episodes Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV It is currently available on ID and is streaming on Max (formerly HBO Max).
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