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Drake Bell is grateful for his Drake & Josh co-star Josh Peck’s assist.
After revealing on the docuseries Quiet on Set that he was the beforehand unnamed minor who was sexually abused by actor and voice coach Brian Peck (no relation to Josh Peck), Bell spoke out on podcast Not Skinny However Not Fats about how a lot Josh reaching out privately meant to him.
“Josh labored on The Amanda Present, so he noticed and knew what was happening,” mentioned Bell on the April 2 episode. “I respect that he reached out to me privately and he did not go straight to the media, as a result of he was there with me and noticed what I used to be going by way of.”
Bell then clarified that he does not know if Josh knew specifics in regards to the state of affairs, however he knew Bell had been abused by Brian and the way “delicate” it was for him on the time. “In fact, watching the documentary, he discovered a lot of what I would gone by way of that I feel he was simply so delicate and made certain to succeed in out to me privately,” mentioned Bell.
After followers questioned why Josh hadn’t brazenly supported his TV brother on social media following Quiet on Set, Bell made a TikTok explaining that Josh had reached out privately.
“I simply need to clear one thing up,” he mentioned within the TikTok. “I’ve observed lots of feedback on a few of Josh’s TikToks and a few of his posts and I simply need to allow you to guys know that processing this and going by way of it is a actually emotional time and lots of it is vitally, very tough .”
Bell continued, “So not the whole lot is put out to the general public, however I simply need you guys to know that he has reached out to me, and it has been very delicate, however he has reached out to speak with me and assist me work by way of this and has been actually, actually nice. So I simply wished to allow you to guys know that and to take it a bit of straightforward on him.”
Peck has additionally since spoken out publicly, explaining, “I reached out to Drake privately, however wished to present my assist for the survivors who have been courageous sufficient to share their tales of emotional and bodily abuse on Nickelodeon units with the world.” And that “kids ought to be protected,” after watching the sequence about poisonous working environments for little one stars.
Talking about working beneath Dan Schneider on each The Amanda Present and Drake & Josh, Bell shared that his expertise with the showrunner wasn’t the way it was described by different Nickelodeon stars on the docuseries. “I can solely communicate to my expertise and he was one of many few those who was actually there for me throughout that point,” mentioned the actor.
Investigation Discovery is including a fifth episode to the docuseries, premiering on April 7. The particular, titled Quiet on Set: Breaking the Silence, shall be moderated by Soledad O’Brien and can delve deeper into the varied claims of Nickelodeon making a poisonous office for the kid stars and crew.
Bell is slated to return, alongside different of the community’s stars who appeared within the earlier episodes, together with Giovannie Samuels and Bryan Hearne. All That alum Shane Lyons may also make his first look on the documentary.
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