Drake Bell Speaks Out About How ‘Quiet On Set’ Shocked Viewers: “This Is The Response That Should Have Happened Years Ago”

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If there was an upside to doing Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, Drake Bell said it would be the strangers who have approached him with gratitude before sharing their own sad tales of abuse.

But Bell, who participated in an FYC event Tuesday for the Investigation Discovery series, also talked about the sense of conflict he’s been feeling ever since he agreed to expose some of the darkest parts of his childhood in the four-part docuseries.

In Quiet on Set, the former Drake & Josh star revealed he was abused by Brian Peck who worked as a dialogue coach on Nickelodeon’s All That and The Amanda Show.  “I’m in the fire right now,” Bell told the audience at the Saban Media Center in North Hollywood. “Having to tell this sensitive of a story, something I held inside for so many years … I’m still reeling from the idea of bearing my soul to the world.” “Hollywood is a beautiful place, full of fantasy and imagination and fun.

But it’s also a completely dark cesspool of disgusting waste,” said Bell, who was joined on the panel by filmmakers Mary Robertson and Emma Schwartz, as well as former child stars Giovonnie Samuels and Bryan Hearne, to help garner support and Qvotes come Emmy time. “I’m hoping that we see shifts and changes inside the industry that are needed.” Bell told the audience that long before Quiet on Set was made, he had been approached about sharing his story on camera for another documentary.