Josh Peck has finally spoken out about Investigation Discovery's 'Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV' docuseries, after backlash on his silence. The actor faced backlash over his silence about the doc which put his 'Drake & Josh' co-star Drake Bell in the spotlight. Peck is now sharing his thoughts in an Instagram post which read, "I finished the 'Quiet on Set' documentary and took a few days to process it. I reached out to Drake privately, but wanted 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."
00:00Josh Peck has finally spoken out about Investigation Discovery's Quiet On Set, The Dark Side of Kids TV, after backlash on his silence.
00:08The actor faced backlash over his silence about the doc, which put his Drake and Josh co-star Drake Bell in the spotlight.
00:15Bell revealed that he had been sexually abused as a child by his dialogue coach while working at Nickelodeon.
00:21Peck is now sharing his thoughts in an Instagram post, which read,
00:24I finished the Quiet On Set documentary and took a few days to process it.
00:28I reached out to Drake privately, but wanted 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.
00:38Peck's statement comes the day after Bell asked his fans, who were slamming the Oppenheimer actor for not speaking up on behalf of his co-star, to take it a little easy on him.
00:46It's been very sensitive, but he has reached out to talk with me and help me work through this.
00:58And has been really, really great.
01:01On Drake and Josh, the actors played stepbrothers, whose separate families become one.
01:05They also starred alongside fellow Nickelodeon child star Miranda Cosgrove.
01:09Nancy Sullivan, who starred as mom Audrey, shared a sweet message in support for Bell.
01:13It broke my heart into a million pieces to hear just how much Drake was holding inside while we were working together.
01:19I was both devastated and proud seeing the man he's grown into sit down on camera and bravely tell his truth.
01:25Peck previously opened up about how he and Bell sort of drifted apart following the end of Drake and Josh.
01:31During a previous podcast appearance, the actor noted,
01:34We were kids, right? Drake and Josh is something I'll be synonymous with forever, and I'm proud of it.
01:39And I want to like the guy that my name is attached to forever, but unfortunately, it just sort of worked out the way that it did.
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