Nickelodeon Alum Melissa Joan Hart Speaks on ‘Quiet on Set’ Abuse Allegations
Hart mentioned she believes those that made allegations ‘100 hundred p.c.’
Melissa Joan Hart has said that she believes those that got here ahead with allegations towards Nickelodeon within the documentary Quiet on Set regardless of not having the identical expertise with the community. “I completely belief them, consider them, 100 hundred p.c,” Hart, 47, who performed the title character in Nick’s Clarissa Explains It All within the Nineteen Nineties, mentioned in the course of the Meghan McCain Has Entered the Chat podcast on Thursday, March 28.
As a part of her time with the child’s community, Hart portrayed Clarissa from 1991 to 1994. She mentioned she wasn’t disregarding anybody else’s expertise with the channel regardless that she has but to see the documentary, however confessed that her expertise with the community was optimistic. Nonetheless, she does consider that her location on the time could have been an element.
“My expertise is that I used to be in Orlando from 1989 to 1994, and I believe possibly there was a distinction between Orlando Nickelodeon and Hollywood Nickelodeon, though I am not one hundred pc certain on that,” she defined. “There weren’t plenty of executives [where I was], they had been in New York … In Orlando, I had nothing however an exquisite expertise.”
Having lived in Florida meant Hart was a “proper to work state,” which resulted within the community “[working] the children rather a lot more durable than they in all probability legally ought to,” regardless of saying that the present was “a ton of enjoyable” to be on. Because the actress described it, she was supported by “an incredible crew” and an “unbelievable forged” on Clarissa, all of whom took “such excellent care of her.”
“I imply, these individuals had been protecting of me,” she mentioned, elaborating on the truth that she felt “very protected” beneath their care. “So I do not know if it was the distinction in Orlando, or the time interval, or whoever these guys had been they weren’t round however I’ve to say not each egg within the Nickelodeon basket is rotten. There are good eggs.”
This month, the tv docuseries Quiet on Set: The Darkish Facet of Children TV, which aired on Max, allowed former little one stars and crew members to precise their adverse experiences engaged on Dan Schneider’s exhibits, together with All That, The Amanda Present, Drake and Josh, iCarly, and extra.
Former forged members interviewed on digital camera embrace Drake Bell, Katrina Johnson, Giovonnie Samuels, Kyle Sullivan, and Bryan Hearne, amongst others. Bell revealed he had been the minor concerned within the sexual abuse case towards dialogue coach Brian Peck, which resulted in Peck’s 16-month jail sentence in 2004.
Nickelodeon responded to the allegations made in Quiet on Set after its premiere. “Although we can’t 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 protected {and professional} office setting freed from harassment or other forms of inappropriate conduct,” an announcement to Us Weekly learn.
Within the assertion, the corporate continued: “Our highest priorities are the well-being and finest pursuits not simply of our staff, casts and crew, however of all youngsters, and we have now 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.”
Within the aftermath of the documentary’s launch, different Nickelodeon alums have spoken out concerning the allegations, together with Kenan Thompson, who appeared on All That earlier than starring in Kenan & Kel alongside Kel Mitchell within the mid-’90s.