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Drake Bell, a former baby actor who discovered fame starring on the Nickelodeon sitcom “Drake & Josh,” accused the community of not paying its stars.
Bell, 39, claimed he and co-star Josh Peck by no means obtained residuals for his or her present, which ran for 3 years on the kid-focused community earlier than its remaining episode aired in 2007.
The actor, who beforehand revealed alleged abuse he suffered whereas working for Nickelodeon, addressed what he stated was a false impression within the leisure world.
“That’s the notion of the world – it’s all the time been this manner: It’s like, you realize, ‘Oh, you made a Folgers Espresso industrial. You will need to reside in a mansion in Hollywood. I noticed you on TV, you’re wealthy,'” Bell stated throughout an look on “The Unplanned Podcast.”
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“Drake & Josh” star, Drake Bell, claimed Nickelodeon stars aren’t paid residuals for his or her work. (Michael Bezjian)
“That is removed from the case. And particularly – which is the bummer for many of us on Nickelodeon – we do not get residuals for our reveals.”
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Bell famous that almost all networks pay actors residuals for work used after its preliminary run, however stated Nickelodeon solely presents a one-time cost to actors.
Host Matt Howard questioned if the community was making an attempt to benefit from stars because of their age, to which Bell stated, “Preserve going. Preserve attempting to determine it out.”
“It is plenty of evil, corrupt folks… that’s the reply,” Bell stated. “There is not any different reply. Do all the pieces that they do to us mentally and emotionally, after which throw us to the wolves. And we’re like, ‘Okay, cool. I obtained lease this month.'”
Drake Bell and Josh Peck starred on the favored sitcom for 3 years. (Getty Photographs)
The sitcom, which additionally obtained TV movies along with video video games and books, remains to be fashionable with audiences, Bell stated.
“There are three channels doing ‘Drake & Josh’ marathons. Netflix simply purchased it, it is high 10 on Netflix, and I gotta determine the way to pay my lease this month,” Bell stated. “And a few fats cat with a cigar is simply sitting up on the high of Viacom… It is identical to getting excessive on baby labor.”
He continued, “We’re placing in all of this work. This company is making billions with a ‘B’ off of us, and we’re being compensated for the week of labor, cool, however that is it. And perpetually, in perpetuity, it actually says within the contract, throughout universes and galaxies and planets.
“If Elon (Musk) will get us to Mars they usually present ‘Drake & Josh,’ it is unimaginable for me to receives a commission for it.”
Nickelodeon representatives didn’t instantly reply to Fox Information Digital’s request for remark.
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The documentary “Quiet on Set” premiered in March 2024, protecting the majority of Dan Schneider’s time at Nickelodeon. As a showrunner, Schneider was alleged to have run a poisonous office, discriminated towards feminine writers on employees and made requests for massages from staff on set.
Dan Schneider was the main focus of the “Quiet on Set” documentary launched in 2024. (Charley Gallay)
Probably the most alarming declare from the documentary got here from Bell, who detailed sexual abuse allegations towards Brian Peck, an actor and dialogue coach employed by Nickelodeon.
Bell recalled the day the connection went from uncomfortable to full-blown assault and abuse.
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“I used to be sleeping on the sofa the place I might often sleep, and I woke as much as him… I opened my eyes, I awakened and he was sexually assaulting me. And I froze and was in full shock and had no thought what to do or the way to react,” Bell stated. “And I had no thought the way to get out of the scenario… What do I do, name my mother, ‘Hey, are you able to come choose me up? This simply occurred, I’ll sit right here and wait.’ I had no automotive, I didn’t drive. I used to be 15 right now.”
He continued, “The abuse was intensive. And it obtained fairly brutal, fairly brutal. I don’t know, I actually don’t know the way to elaborate on that on digital camera actually.”
Bell accused voice coach Brian Peck of sexual abuse within the “Quiet on Set” documentary about baby stars within the leisure trade. (Christopher Polk)
When requested by a producer what he would really feel comfy speaking about, Bell stated, “Why don’t you do that, why don’t you consider the worst stuff that somebody can do to any person as a sexual assault and that’ll reply your query. I don’t understand how else to place it. It was not a one-time factor.”
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Nickelodeon issued a press release to Fox Information Digital relating to the alleged behaviors on previous manufacturing units.
“Although we can not corroborate or negate allegations of behaviors from productions many years in the past, Nickelodeon as a matter of coverage investigates all formal complaints as a part of our dedication to fostering a protected {and professional} office surroundings freed from harassment or other forms of inappropriate conduct,” the assertion stated. “Our highest priorities are the well-being and finest pursuits not simply of our staff, casts and crews, however of all youngsters, and we now have adopted quite a few safeguards through the years to assist guarantee we live as much as our personal excessive requirements and the expectations of our viewers.”
Tracy Wright is an leisure reporter for Fox Information Digital. Ship story tricks to Tracy.Wright@fox.com.
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