‘All That’ alums describe ‘extremely close’ relationship with sex offender Brian Peck: Under a ‘naive cloak’

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“We would run lines with him all the time. He signed my ‘All That’ yearbook,” said Samuels of Peck — who often appeared on camera as goofy stage-crasher “Pickle Boy,” awkwardly toting a tray of pickles. “We were invited to his house for parties and things,” Samuels continued. “We were all under this naive cloak of, ‘We’re a family, we all hang out,’” she added. “‘This is normal.

This is common that an adult would want to be friends with a child.“But Peck’s abject chumminess with the tweens was apparently anything but normal. “I was sleeping on the couch and I woke up to him sexually assaulting me,” says “Drake & Josh” star Drake Bell, 37, in ID Channel’s forthcoming exposé, “Quiet on the Set.” The four-part documentary, debuting Sunday and Monday, unveils the sexual, emotional and mental abuse Nick stars and staffers of the early aughts allegedly endured while working on productions mostly helmed by Dan Schneider, 58.

In a statement to The Post, Nickelodeon said: “Though we cannot corroborate or negate allegations of behaviors from productions decades ago, Nickelodeon as a matter of policy investigates all formal complaints as part of our commitment to fostering a safe and professional workplace environment free of harassment or other kinds of inappropriate conduct.”“Our highest priorities are the well-being and best interests not just of our employees, casts and crew, but of all children,“ added the spokesperson.