Josh Peck Releases New Statement on Drake Bell’s ‘Quiet on Set’ Revelations

In gentle of Drake Bell‘s revelations concerning the sexual abuse he confronted at 15 years outdated, his former Drake & Josh co-star, Josh Peck, has confronted backlash on social media about his obvious silence on the state of affairs. Nonetheless, Peck, 37, “reached out” to Bell, 37, the “I Discovered a Method” musician revealed in a brand new TikTok video posted on Wednesday, March 20.

“I simply wish to clear one thing up. I’ve seen numerous feedback on a few of Josh’s TikToks and a few of his posts,” Bell started in his video. “I simply wish to allow you to guys know that that is actually — processing this and going via this can be a actually emotional time, and numerous it is rather, very troublesome. So, not all the pieces is put out to the general public.”

Bell then clarified that Peck “has reached out to [him], and it’s been very delicate.”

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“However he has reached out to speak with me and assist me work via this,” Bell continued earlier than including that Peck “has been actually, actually nice. So, simply needed to allow you to guys know that and to take it a little bit simple on him.”

Sooner or later later, Peck launched his personal assertion by way of Instagram.

“I completed the Quiet on Set documentary and took just a few days to course of it,” Peck started, earlier than including, “I reached out to Drake privately however wish to give my help for the survivors who had been courageous sufficient to share their tales of emotional and bodily abuse on Nickelodeon units with the world. Youngsters needs to be protected. Reliving this publicly is extremely troublesome, however I hope it will possibly convey therapeutic for the victims and their households in addition to crucial change to our trade.”

Bell and Peck’s posts got here after Peck began to obtain numerous feedback on social media about Bell. Many identified that he hasn’t publicly addressed his former co-star’s violating expertise by the hands of former Nickelodeon dialogue coach Brian Peck (no relation to Josh Peck), which Bell unpacked through the second episode of ID’s Quiet on Set: The Darkish Facet of Children TV.

“I used to be sleeping on the sofa the place I often sleep and I woke as much as him — I opened my eyes and I awoke and he was … he was sexually assaulting me,” Bell recalled. “And I froze, and was in full shock and had no concept what to do or the best way to react.”

In 2004, Brian pleaded no contest to a cost of oral copulation with a minor beneath 16 and a cost of performing a lewd act with a 14 or 15-year-old. Brian spent 16 months in jail and was ordered to register as a intercourse offender. Bell’s identification within the case remained a secret till now. In response to the musician’s revelations in Quiet on Set, Nickelodeon offered an announcement to Hollywood Life.

“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,” the community stated.

In a separate assertion, Nickelodeon reacted to the opposite allegations that former employees members made towards separate crew members.

“Although we can not corroborate or negate allegations of behaviors from productions many years in the past, Nickelodeon as a matter of coverage investigates all formal complaints as a part of our dedication to fostering a secure {and professional} office setting freed from harassment or other forms of inappropriate conduct,” the community famous. “Our highest priorities are the well-being and finest pursuits not simply of our workers, casts and crew, however of all youngsters, and we now have adopted quite a few safeguards through the years to assist guarantee we live as much as our personal excessive requirements and the expectations of our viewers.”

Peck and Bell had a falling out of their friendship years in the past. Peck launched his ebook, Glad Individuals Are Annoying, in 2022, which claimed that he hadn’t talked to Bell shortly amid his authorized woes. In response, Bell’s now-estranged spouse, Janet, referred to as Peck a “liar” on social media.