Josh Peck is breaking her silence and sharing her reaction to the recently released ‘Quiet On Set’ docu-series.
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Here’s what Josh Peck said
On Thursday, March 21, Peck took to Instagram to share a post with fans. The image featured a black background with text.
In the post, Peck explained that he finished watching ‘Quiet On Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV’. Additionally, he explained that he reached out to Drake Bell—his former Nickelodeon co-star on ‘Drake & Josh’—after Bell revealed that he was sexually abused when he was a child actor on Nick during the docu-series.
Peck apparently explained that he reached out to Bell privately. However, he wanted to publicly share a statement to give his support “For the survivors who were brave enough to share their stories of physical and emotional abuse on Nickelodeon sets.”
“Children must be protected” he added. “Reliving this publicly is incredibly difficult, but I hope it can bring healing to the victims and their families…”
Before concluding his reflections, Peck shared that he hopes the series brings “necessary change for our industry.”
Read his full message below.
Drake Bell Recently Defended His Former ‘Drake & Josh’ Co-Star
As The Shadow Room previously reported, Bell explained that the sexual assault occurred when he was 15 years old. Additionally, he shared that it occurred at the hands of a Nickelodeon dialogue coach named Brian Peck.
“I was sleeping on the couch where I usually sleep and… I woke up to him… I opened my eyes and I woke up and he was… he was sexually assaulting me,” Bell explained during the docuseries. “And I froze and was completely in shock and had no idea what to do or how to react. And I had no idea how to get out of the situation.”
Ultimately, Bell explained that the abuse he suffered at the hands of Peck “got pretty brutal.”
After Bell’s revelation became public, social media users took to various platforms, apparently waiting for Peck to share his reaction, for The Shadow Room. However, Peck received backlash after seemingly ignoring documentation and Bell’s revelation.
Instead, Peck posted a TikTok, which left many users outraged by his silence on the issue.
@joshpeck IB @DOMINIC
At the time, a TikTok user @thebluemermaidmama 🍉 wrote: “Your silence speaks volumes, bro. Is very sad. 😢”
While another @Kinsey hibler added: “The timing of this is… strange.”
As previously reported by The Shadow Room, Peck’s social media comments were flooded with similar reactions. So much so that Bell took to TikTok himself to ask fans to “take it easy on him.”
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