How has Josh Peck reacted to Drake Bell’s allegations?
Fans slammed Josh Peck for staying silent on Drake Bell, who revealed in detail how he was assaulted by Brian Peck in Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kid’s TV. Josh Peck’s most recent Instagram post, shared four days before the documentary premiered on Investigation Discovery on March 17, was flooded with comments from fans calling for him to say something.
On March 21, Peck broke his silence and issued a statement to Instagram. “I reached out to Drake privately, but want to give my support for the survivors who were brave enough to share their stories of emotional and physical abuse on Nickelodeon sets with the world. Children should be protected. Reliving this publicly is incredibly difficult, but I hope it can bring healing for the victims and their families as well as necessary change to our industry.”
Bell acknowledged the support of his former castmate. “Josh worked on The Amanda Show, so he saw and knew what was going on,” said Bell on the April 2 episode of the podcast Not Skinny But Not Fat. “I appreciate that he reached out to me privately and he didn’t go straight to the media, because he was there with me and saw what I was going through.”
For more on the alleged abuse within Nickelodeon, read Jennette McCurdy’s 2022 memoir, I’m Glad My Mom Died . In #1 The New York Times bestseller, McCurdy, who starred as Sam Puckett on Nickelodeon’s iCarly from 2007 to 2012, opens up about growing up as a child star, her time on Nickelodeon, and the alleged abuse she suffered from her late mother, who died while Puckett was starring on the iCarly spinoff, Sam & Cat. “Told with refreshing candor and dark humor, I’m Glad My Mom Died is an inspiring story of resilience, independence, and the joy of shampooing your own hair,” the publisher’s description reads.
