Drake Bell is asking Drake & Josh followers to take it simple on his co-star Josh Peck after Bell alleged on Quiet on Set he was abused by former Nickelodeon dialogue coach Brian Peck.
After Bell revealed his expertise with Brian throughout his youth, many Nickelodeon followers took to social media to assault Josh. Though Josh and Brian have the identical final title, they’re unrelated.
Bell has now taken to TikTok to say Josh has reached out to him and requested followers to not be so harsh on his former co-star.
“I simply wish to clear one thing up. I’ve observed plenty of feedback on on a few of Josh’s TikToks and a few of his posts,” Bell stated within the video. “I simply wish to allow you to guys know that that is actually, you recognize, processing this and going by means of it is a actually, emotional time and plenty of it’s very, very troublesome. So not every thing is put out to the general public.”
He continued, “However I simply need you guys to know that he has reached out to me and it’s been very delicate. However he has reached out to to speak with me and assist me work by means of this. And has been actually, actually nice. So simply needed to allow you to guys know that and to take it a little bit simple on it.”
Brian was arrested in 2003 on eleven expenses, together with sodomy, lewd act upon a toddler 14 or 15 by an individual 10 years older, and oral copulation by anesthesia or managed substance, however the minor was by no means named.
Bell revealed he was the minor within the docuseries Quiet on Set: The Darkish Facet of Children TV, sharing particulars of the abuse he suffered by the previous dialogue coach on the kids’s community.
After the doc aired, Nickelodeon shared an announcement saying, “Now that Drake Bell has disclosed his identification because the plaintiff within the 2004 case, we’re dismayed and saddened to study of the trauma he has endured, and we commend and help the power required to come back ahead.”