Investigation Discovery’s four-part docuseries outlines allegations of abuse, sexism, racism and inappropriate conduct involving underage stars and crewmembers on Nickelodeon TV present units run by Dan Schneider. A few of the packages talked about included The Amanda Present, Drake & Josh, Zoey 101, iCarly, Victorious and Sam & Cat.
Within the sequence, former creatives and crewmembers detailed their experiences behind the digital camera, claiming they endured poisonous workplaces. Amanda Bynes, who was a outstanding younger determine on Nickelodeon within the Nineteen Nineties and early 2000s, starring in The Amanda Present and All That, was additionally incessantly talked about all through, though she didn’t take part within the docuseries.
Under, The Hollywood Reporter has compiled feedback made by former Nickelodeon actors following the discharge of Quiet on Set.
Drake Bell
Within the third episode of the docuseries, Drake & Josh star Drake Bell shared his story for the primary time of alleged abuse he skilled by the hands of his former dialogue coach, Brian Peck, who was convicted of sexually assaulting a Nickelodeon baby actor in 2004. On the time, the minor was known as John Doe in court docket paperwork.
He graphically recounted the abuse within the doc, saying, “It simply obtained worse and worse and worse and … worse, and I used to be simply trapped and I had no method out.” Days later, in his first interview after the ID venture aired, Bell additionally opened up about his hesitations earlier than doing Quiet on Set in addition to Nickelodeon’s “empty” response, including that it “was a really well-tailored response saying, ‘Studying about his trauma,’ as a result of they couldn’t say that they didn’t find out about this or what had occurred, or something.”
Following the docuseries’ launch, Bell shared that his Drake & Josh co-star Josh Peck (who’s not associated to Brian Peck) “reached out to speak with me and assist me work by this and has been actually, actually nice.”
Josh Peck
On March 22, Josh Peck broke his silence about Quiet on Set, noting that it “took just a few days to course of it.” He added in an Instagram publish, “I reached out to Drake privately, however wished to provide my help for the survivors who have been courageous sufficient to share their tales of emotional and bodily abuse on Nickelodeon units with the world. Youngsters must be protected. Reliving this publicly is extremely troublesome, however I hope it may deliver therapeutic for the victims and their households in addition to obligatory change to our business.”
Nancy Sullivan
Nancy Sullivan, the actress who performed Drake’s mom Audrey on Drake & Josh, has additionally shared her help for Bell. “It broke my coronary heart into one million items to listen to simply how a lot Drake was holding inside whereas we have been working collectively,” she wrote partly on social media. “I used to be each devastated and proud seeing the person he’s grown into sit down on digital camera and bravely inform his reality.”
Devon Werkheiser, Lindsey Shaw and Daniel Curtis Lee
After receiving backlash for a joke they seemingly made about Bell, Ned’s Declassified Faculty Survivor’s Information stars Devon Werkheiser, Lindsey Shaw and Daniel Curtis Lee took to their podcast to categorical their regrets over the joke, in addition to to handle the docuseries as a complete.
Werkheiser, who beforehand apologized to Bell on X (previously Twitter), admitted that the trio hadn’t but seen Quiet on Set once they made the “tremendous shit” joke, including, “Everybody was asking us for our opinions on it, and I get it. Now, having seen the documentary, it’s so disturbing. Now, we’ve watched it, and I get it. If I had simply watched particularly that third episode after which watched us joking like that … I’d be like, ‘Are they sociopaths? Is one thing mistaken with them?’”
Shaw additionally famous that they shouldn’t have joked concerning the docuseries in any capability and been insensitive to what different individuals have struggled with. “I hate that this occurred,” she stated. “I hate that we compounded any trauma round this example meaning a lot to every of us. I’m sorry.”
Steve Burns
Former Blue’s Clues host Steve Burns additionally shared just a few phrases on the matter, making area for his (now grown-up) followers to share how they have been feeling.
“Hey, I’m checking in,” he stated in a TikTok. “Inform me what’s happening.” Burns then waited for a response, staring into the digital camera for a minute earlier than ending with, “OK. Alright, effectively, it’s good to listen to from you. You look nice, by the way in which.”
Alexa Nikolas
Zoey 101 alum Alexa Nikolas, who was among the many Nickelodeon stars to look in Quiet on Set, has remained vocal following the docuseries’ launch. She launched a YouTube video reacting to Schneider’s response to the sequence, noting that she didn’t suppose he was absolutely taking duty for his dangerous actions. “I’m going to chop to the chase right here: You don’t really feel something, Dan. You haven’t any concept what accountability is. You’re trying to find it, possibly, however you haven’t landed on it. That’s for certain. This isn’t the way in which,” she stated.
Talking with THR, Nikolas expanded on her personal alleged experiences with Schneider on the set of Zoey 101, together with a state of affairs that led to her deciding to go away the present for its third season.
Allie DiMeco
Allie DiMeco, the actress who starred in The Bare Brothers Band as Rosalina, spoke up about her personal experiences because the launch of the docuseries. She made a TikTok saying she was “careworn” whereas watching Quiet on Set, as she additionally went by her personal trauma on the Nickelodeon sequence.
“There was an episode the place Rosalina ‘cheated’ on Nat and sort of kissed a French man,” she defined, including that she “didn’t” wish to kiss him. “He’s a 30-year-old man. I’m sorry, I couldn’t even watch it. It provides me fucking the ick, and it truthfully provides me PTSD,” DiMeco stated whereas enjoying an edited model of the present’s clip in query.
She added that she informed the Bare Brothers Band crew “many occasions that I didn’t wish to do it. My mother was very towards it and so they just about made me really feel like I used to be going to lose my job, that I may be fired if I didn’t do it.”
Matt Bennett
Matt Bennett, an actor and DJ who starred in Victorious as Robbie Shapiro, shared an announcement on his Instagram Story, talking out in help of the man Nickelodeon stars. He talked about that, like most of the community’s followers, he had watched Quiet on Set. As somebody who was a part of a success sequence on the community, he stated he spent his time watching the docuseries “making an attempt to take away myself from the state of affairs, asking, ‘If I hadn’t labored for Nickelodeon and didn’t know any of the individuals concerned, would I be OK with the conduct and the remedy of others I’m seeing?’”
He realized that the reply was “No, I wouldn’t be comfortable with it and I’m not OK with it.” Bennett then famous that processing what occurred to the man Nickelodeon baby stars is “somewhat too actual for me proper now and there are some psychological pretzels” he has to work on undoing. He moreover shared that he’s devoted to “assist in any method I can to place extra safeguards in place to guard younger actors.”
Kenan Thompson
Whereas showing on The Tamron Corridor Present on March 27, Kenan Thompson, who began his profession on All That after which starred in his personal present Kenan & Kel, additionally voiced his help. He stated that although he didn’t share the identical experiences as different Nickelodeon stars, he stands by their resolution to talk out.
As a result of all these items occurred after I left, mainly, and Dan [Schneider] wasn’t actually on Kenan & Kel like that. I imply, he obtained a ‘created by’ credit score, however it was a distinct showrunner. So our worlds weren’t actually overlapping outdoors of all that, essentially. After which all that negativity sort of began occurring outdoors of our tenure there,” Thompson defined.
He added, “I feel it’s factor that the doc is out, and it’s placing issues on show that must be, you already know, tales that must be informed for this, accountability sake. But it surely’s positively powerful to look at as a result of I’ve fond recollections of that place, and I’ve fond recollections of my co-stars and stuff like that. So to listen to that they’ve gone by horrible issues like that, it’s simply, it’s actually powerful.”
Chris Massey
In the meantime, after his mom took to Instagram to defend Dan Schneider, calling him a “genius” and asking for the blame to be positioned on the dad and mom as a substitute of the showrunner, Zoey 101 star Chris Massey launched his personal assertion on the social media platform. He wrote, “My story will likely be informed from me…. not from a dad or mum, a buddy, a co-worker… ME!!! and solely ME… so please cease messaging me about what my mother stated… respectfully.”
The primary 4 episodes of Quiet on Set: The Darkish Aspect of Children TV are presently streaming on Max, with a fifth episode, Breaking the Silence, airing on April 7.
