Drake Bell opens to the old co-star Josh Peck according to the documents of “Quiet on Set”

Actor Drake Bell told his former Nickelodeon co-star Josh Peck that he was worried about the fate of their friendship after reporting allegations of children’s abuse during their stay on “Drake & Josh”.

The former child stars, who gathered for the first time in almost 20 years for an episode of the Peck Podcast, “Guys», Think about the Revelations made In the docuseries of last year “Quiet on set: The Dark Side of Kids TV”.

The Discovery Investigation Series, broadcast in March 2024, presented interviews with several stars and former stars who claimed abuses, inappropriate behavior and a toxic working environment when they appeared in nickelodeon programs.

It was the first time that Bell has publicly addressed his accusations of sexual abuse on children against the coach of Nick Dialog Brian Peck (unrelated to Josh Peck), who was arrested in 2003 and accused of “obscene laws with a child”, according to a press release from the Los Angeles Police Service. The press release said Brian Peck had attacked an unidentified minor with which he had worked over a six -month period.

After pleading any competition, Brian Peck was found guilty of Lascious or Lascious with a child 14 or 15 years old and an oral copulation with a minor under the age of 16, according to a summary of the Superior Court of the County of Los Angeles. He was sentenced to 16 months in prison.

Brian Peck “was walking” during the shooting of the program’s pilot while the investigation took place, said Bell in the episode of the Podcast.

“Where I felt the most comfortable, where I was the happiest, it was when I was on the set with you,” Bell told Josh Peck. “And the worst was, every day I got there, the monster was there.”

Attempts to reach Brian Peck to comment failed on Monday.

As the pilot “Drake & Josh” has been shot, said Bell, he agonized if the situation would negatively affect the future of the show. He was afraid that the investigation will become public.

“When it falls, will Josh look at me and say to me,” Brother, did you take our dream? ” … Like, will we lose our show? Said Bell, telling his stress. “Dude, I lost my hair. Like, I had these giant crusts on my head. ”

“Drake & Josh,” in which the two played half-brothers and polar opposites, ended in 2007. Bell’s identity in the case of Brian Peck was only revealed when the docuseries made their debut last year.

Josh Peck previously said he had stretched his hand to Bell in private In the days following the release of “Quiet on Set”.

When they caught up with the episode of the podcast, Josh Peck told the moment when he noticed that Brian Peck had suddenly disappeared from the set.

He said that he “had a feeling that something had happened” and remembered a day having asked Bell if he was still talking about Brian Peck, to whom Bell had replied: “No, Brian is really a bad guy.”

But it was only when the docuseries were released, said Josh Peck, that he learned of all the extent of what his co-star has crossed.

“Looking at the documentary at 38, as a father, as an adult, it was revealed to me what you had to go through,” said Josh Peck. “I can’t even imagine that.”

He said later that working as a child actor during this period, “there was so much that you would see on the set in a day and I will just:” I don’t know if it would be cool elsewhere but here. “”

“And so when you have had tyrannical patterns or simply people acting inappropriately,” he continued. “I think the hypothesis was, in Hollywood, as, it was just a kind of game.” »»

A nickelodeon spokesperson previously published a declaration on docuseries.

“Although we cannot corroborate or cancel the allegations of behavior of productions in decades ago, Nickelodeon in question of Policy Survey on all official complaints as part of our commitment to promote a safe and professional work environment without harassment or other types of well-being and well-being” children, and we have adopted many guarantees over the years to ensure our own standards of our audience. »»

Before “calm on the set”, Bell had faced his own controversy. He was sentenced to Two years of probation for the endangerment of children After being accused of “grooming” a victim at the age of 12. He guilty to a crime trying to endanger children and an accusation of the crime of dissemination of the harmful material for minors.

After the release of the Docuseries, Bell experienced a wave of support. But some of his fans were unleashed to his own accusers, who Faced with online harassment.

The second part of Bell and Josh Peck’s conversation is expected to drop on Thursday.