While Drake Bell was living a nightmare at Nickelodeon — another child star from a competing network says the Mouse House protected him during his own season.
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Hutch Dano — an actor who appeared in “The Suite Life on Deck” and “Zeke and Luther” in his youth — sat down for an interview with TMZ verified this week… and he told us he never experienced any abuse while working for Disney, unlike Drake at Nick.
Dano says his heart goes out to victims of abuse — including Drake — but he himself was never one of them… something he says he would absolutely admit if there was any truth to it.
HD described what his experience was like on set as a child – telling us that he only worked with some of the best professionals in the business on each project, adding that he felt Disney did a good job keeping their actors safe. It’s not a dig… Dano is just recounting his own experience.
HD says he considers himself lucky – as others in his position have obviously been subjected to terrible things… and overall, he says he’s happy this issue is being brought to light.
How we inform Drake is configured to tell what happened between him and his former dialogue coach Brian Peck …who was convicted of molesting Drake in the early 2000s. The full interview sharing Drake’s story will air later this weekend…and it’s apparently brutal.
As you may know, Peck pleaded no contest to committing a lewd act with a 14- or 15-year-old boy and oral copulation with a 16-year-old boy in 2004 — and Drake reveals the guy still had plenty of stars. come forward to defend him and his character, both in person and in letters.
Our full conversation with Hutch can be heard at TMZ verified, available on all podcast platforms. Nickelodeon’s doc ‘Quiet On Set’ premieres on ID from 9pm-11pm ET/PT on March 17th and 18th.