Drake Bell Says Josh Peck ‘Reached Out’ About Brian Peck Abuse Allegations to ‘Help Me Work Through This,’ Tells Fans to ‘Take It a Little Easy’ on His Co-Star

variety.com:

Ethan Shanfeld Drake Bell has taken to social media to inform fans that his Nickelodeon co-star Josh Peck has reached out to him in private about the abuse allegations Bell made in the documentary series “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV.” Josh Peck starred in the sitcom “Drake & Josh” alongside Bell, who in the docuseries alleged he was sexually assaulted by Nickelodeon dialogue and acting coach Brian Peck (no relation to Josh) while working on “All That” and “The Amanda Show” in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

After “Quiet on Set” debuted on Max, Josh Peck posted a social media video littered with comments demanding he speak out about his co-stars’ allegations, as TMZ reported. “I just want to clear something up.

I’ve noticed a lot of comments on some of Josh’s TikToks and some of his posts,” Bell said in a video posted to TikTok. “I just want to let you guys know that this is really … processing this and going through this is a really emotional time, and a lot of it is very, very difficult.

So not everything is put out to the public.” Bell continued, “But I just want you guys to know that he has reached out to me, and it’s been very sensitive.