Drake Bell is opening up about his childhood abuse even more — and the impact it’s had on his mental health, even after all these years.
05.04.2024 - 20:11 / variety.com
Emily Longeretta Drake Bell is healing alongside Rider Strong. Strong, who became close friends with dialogue coach Brian Peck after meeting on “Boy Meets World,” was one of the many actors who wrote a letter in defense of Peck’s character when Bell accused him of sexual assault in 2003. At the time, the victim of the assault was listed as John Doe, but Bell came forward revealing it was him in Investigation Discovery’s “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV.” (At the time, Peck pleaded no contest to two charges of child sexual abuse, was sentenced to 16 months in prison and had to register as a sex offender.) Now, more than 20 years later, Bell and Strong have connected.
“I just had the most amazing conversation with @RiderStrong we are all healing together. I have nothing but love and forgiveness for him,” Bell posted on X on Friday. The tweet comes less than a month after the “Drake & Bell” star called out Strong via social media.
“RIDER WAS 24 years old when he wrote the letter and was told by Brian what he did,” he wrote in a since-deleted comment via Instagram. “He wrote the letter anyway.” Ahead of the “Quiet on Set” doc, Strong and Will Friedle spoke out on their “Pod Meets World” podcast about their experience with Peck; Friedle sharing that in addition to writing a letter, he also appeared in court to defend Peck. At the time, he had been groomed and manipulated by the acting coach, something he later realized.
“We’re sitting in that courtroom on the wrong side of everything … The victim’s mother turned and said, ‘Look at all the famous people you brought with you. And it doesn’t change what you did to my kid,’” Friedle said during the episode. “I just sat there wanting to die.
Drake Bell is opening up about his childhood abuse even more — and the impact it’s had on his mental health, even after all these years.
If there was an upside to doing Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, Drake Bell said it would be the strangers who have approached him with gratitude before sharing their own sad tales of abuse.
Drake Bell and Rider Strong are speaking.
Drake Bell opened up more in the fifth episode of Quiet On Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV.
Emily Longeretta Drake Bell is continuing to tell his story in the latest episode of ID’s “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” documentary. Titled “Breaking the Silence,” the fifth episode, which aired on Sunday, April 7, began with Bell speaking to host Soledad O’Brien about what has happened since he came forward for the first time about being sexually assaulted by Brian Peck.
Drake Bell revealed on Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV that Brian Peck, a former Nickelodeon dialogue coach, abused him.
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Emily Longeretta Directors Beth and Rich Correll, whose letters defending Brian Peck in his court case against Drake Bell were made public in the recent “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” documentary, are apologizing. “We extend our deepest apologies to Drake Bell and his family, and we deeply regret our decision many years ago to request leniency for someone who we later learned had committed a horrible crime and caused so much pain and trauma to Drake and others. If we had known the truth at the time the letters were written, we never would have written them,” the Corrells said in an exclusive statement to Variety.
Drake Bell is in the middle of the spotlight after the release of the bombshell documentary Quiet On Set. The Nickelodeon star detailed years of abuse at the hands of Brian Peck, opening the floodgates for conversations about the treatment of children in entertainment. The actor has been on a personal rollercoaster for years, finding himself in his own legal battles, getting probation in July 2021 for child endangerment.
Quiet On Set “pretty empty”.In the third episode of the four-part series that aired on Discovery, Bell opened up about being sexually abused by dialogue coach Brian Peck aged 15. He was reportedly abused by Peck whilst working on Nickelodeon’s The Amanda Show from 1999 to 2002.
Drake Bell opened up in his first interview after participating in the Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV docuseries.
Drake Bell revealed on the ID docu-series Quiet On Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV that he was sexually assaulted by former Nickelodeon dialogue coach Brian Peck.
Michaela Zee Drake Bell has spoken out in his first interview following the release of the ID docuseries, “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV.” In a new episode of “The Sarah Fraser Show” podcast, Bell shared his thoughts on Nickelodeon‘s response to the documentary, in which the “Drake & Josh” star details his sexual abuse by dialogue and acting coach Brian Peck. “There’s a very well-tailored response saying, ‘Learning about his trauma,’ because they couldn’t say that they didn’t know about this or what had happened, or anything,” Bell said.
Devon Werkheiser, Lindsey Shaw and Daniel Curtis Lee, the former stars of Ned’s Declassified School Survivor Guide, have apologized for making a sexual joke when asked about the Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV docuseries during a TikTok live.
The stars of Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide are full of regret about the inappropriate comments they made about one of the darkest times in Drake Bell’s life. Earlier this week, Devon Werkheiser
Well, this is a horrifying extra bit of news following everything we’ve learned about Nickelodeon this week.
Josh Peck is sharing his support for Drake Bell and all child stars who have opened up about experiencing abuse on set.
Well this is f**king disturbing as can be… We’ve been covering the sad story of In