Devon Werkheiser, Lindsey Shaw and Daniel Curtis Lee, the previous stars of Ned’s Declassified Faculty Survivor Information, have apologized for making a sexual joke when requested in regards to the Quiet on Set: The Darkish Aspect of Youngsters TV docuseries throughout a TikTok reside.
The previous stars have been known as out by Drake Bell and slammed on-line for making gentle of the abuse.
Werkheiser stated on the trio’s podcast Thursday that he was joking with Lee, and never speaking in regards to the documentary, which he claims he has not but seen.
“Should you haven’t seen the clip, in the event you haven’t seen what’s occurring, we have been on a TikTok Reside being requested to touch upon the ‘Quiet on Set’ documentary, which we hadn’t seen, and a brilliant s—t joke got here out that was referenced at Daniel [Curtis Lee] and regarded like I used to be speaking about Drake [Bell],” Werkheiser stated.
“We f—ked up. I get it. We hadn’t seen the doc and everybody was asking us for his or her for our opinions on it.”
He went on to say that the group had “no clue” in regards to the “magnitude” of abuse Bell suffered by the actions of former dialect coach Brian Peck.
“Now we now have watched it … I get it,” Werkheiser added. “If I had simply watched — particularly that third episode — after which watched us joking like that, I’d be like, ‘Are they sociopaths? Is one thing improper with them?’”
Werkheiser added, “I do know it seems to be like I’m laughing at this and I f—king wasn’t, however I do know what it seems to be like, and that Drake noticed it … yeah,” Werkheiser clarified. “I simply felt so f—king terrible, understanding that Drake noticed us in that context.”
Within the sequence, Bell stated that Peck began molesting him within the early 2000s when he was 15 and dealing at Nickelodeon.
Earlier within the week, one other Nickelodeon star who participated in Quiet on Set: The Darkish Aspect of Youngsters, stated he wasn’t impressed with former producer Dan Schneider’s video addressing the doc’s claims. .
Alexa Nikolas, who performed Nicole Bristow on Zoey 101 and appeared in Quiet on Set, stated the video “was not an apology.”
“When somebody doesn’t personally come to you and apologize, it’s not an apology,” she stated. “Should you hear about it via different individuals, it’s not likely an apology proper? An apology is to the individual that you harm. That’s what an apology is for.”