Drake Bell says he determined to open up in regards to the sexual abuse he skilled as a toddler actor partially due to his dad.Though he was comfy with the present’s producers, Bell stated it took a while for him to conform to the venture as a result of he wasn’t prepared to inform the world.After their preliminary assembly, Bell shared that he checked into rehab for remedy to course of his trauma.”By way of that course of, as soon as I acquired out, I assumed to myself, ‘You already know, perhaps it is a good time to achieve out to them and say, hey, I am not 100% but. Let’s speak some extra however I am getting nearer to feeling comfy with lastly sharing my story,'” Bell informed Fraser.
Bell shared that he was “very cautious” about involving his father, Joe Bell, within the docuseries however finally determined to take action as a result of he thought it will be useful.”Regardless that I used to be battling with ‘Oh my gosh, what am I doing telling my story? Ought to I be doing this?’ But in addition with that feeling of ‘Wow, you understand, it is all on the market now. I can get it off my chest,'” Bell stated. “I felt that perhaps that might be cathartic and useful for my dad to have the ability to do.””I am positive that my dad places a number of blame on himself, you understand? And I assumed that this could be a possibility for him to understand that, you understand, that it is one particular person’s fault,” Bell added.On “Quiet on Set: The Darkish Facet of Youngsters TV,” Bell says he was the beforehand unnamed minor whom dialogue coach Brian Peck was charged with sexually abusing in 2004.Peck labored on Nickelodeon’s “All That” and “The Amanda Present.” He was sentenced to 16 months in jail and ordered to register as a intercourse offender in October 2004.However earlier than he was sentenced, 41 of his household and mates — together with distinguished Hollywood celebrities like Alan Thicke, James Marsden, and Rider Sturdy — wrote letters in assist of Peck.Bell additionally informed Fraser that he hasn’t obtained an apology from any of these individuals who had supported Peck. He additionally shared that he solely discovered afterward that he had labored with a few of them on his present “Drake and Josh.””I had no concept that for 4 years, I used to be working alongside individuals who had supported him, and doubtless at the back of their thoughts have been pondering of me in a sure manner, and I assumed they have been my mates,” Bell stated.