Drake Bell took to social media to share with fans that his Nickelodeon co-star Josh Peck had privately contacted him about allegations of abuse that Bell made during the documentary series Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV. I told you.
Josh Peck co-starred with Bell on the sitcom “Drake & Josh,” and in the docuseries, Bell says that during the production of “All That” and “The Amanda Show,” Bell worked with Nickelodeon dialogue and acting coach Brian Peck ( She claims she was sexually assaulted by Josh (no relation to Josh). From the late 1990s to the early 2000s.
As TMZ reported, after the premiere of “Quiet on Set” on Maxx, Josh Peck posted a social media video peppered with comments asking his co-stars to speak out about the allegations.
“I just want to clear something up. I noticed a lot of comments on Josh's TikTok and some of his posts,” Bell said in a video posted to TikTok. “What I want to tell you is that this is really…a really emotional time to process this situation and go through this, and a lot of it is very, very difficult. So there's no way everything is going to be released to the public. It's not.”
Bell continued, “But what I want you all to know is that he reached out to me and it was very sensitive. He helped me get through it and was really, really great. So I just wanted to let you all know that and make it a little bit easier for him.”
Bell and Josh Peck played teenage stepbrothers Drake and Josh in four seasons and two movies on the Nickelodeon series from 2004 to 2008. Josh Peck did not appear on “Quiet on the Set.”
In 2003, Brian Peck, then 43, was arrested on 11 charges, including sodomy, lewd acts on a 14- or 15-year-old child by a person 10 years older, and oral copulation with anesthesia or a controlled substance. , the victim's name was not released. Until Bell came forward. “Quiet on Set” also revealed allegations of emotional abuse and sexual objectification of child actors against Nickelodeon executive and “Drake & Josh” creator Dan Schneider, which were made public after the documentary premiered. revealed in the video.
“It's been very difficult to watch the last two nights,” Schneider said. “I have faced my past actions, some of which I am ashamed of and regret. I definitely owe some people a pretty strong apology.”