Allie DiMeco Says Nickelodeon ‘Made Her Kiss 30-Yr-Outdated Man’ At 14

Former baby star Allie DiMeco, who labored for Nickelodeon from 2007-2009, is talking out amid the allegations made in ‘Quiet On Set: The Darkish Aspect Of Children TV’.

If you happen to’ve seen the docuseries, you recognize many actors and actresses got here ahead, accusing the community, Dan Schneider, and Brian Peck of assault, making a poisonous office, abuse, favoritism, amongst different issues.

Following the discharge and the recognition of the documentary, which is at the moment streaming on MAX, many different baby stars are coming ahead to share what their expertise working with Nickelodeon was like — together with Allie DiMeco.

For individuals who are unaware, Allie Dimeco starred in ‘The Bare Brothers Band’, which aired on Nickelodeon from 2007-2009.

Throughout the third season, DiMeco’s character, who’s a young person within the present, has a romance with Michel, performed by Jake Hertzog. Within the episode ‘N-ked Idol’, Hertzog kisses DiMeco in entrance of the principle character, which stirs up some drama.

After seeing the newly launched docuseries, DiMeco took to TikTok as she recalled this scene. “There was an episode the place Rosalina ‘cheated’ on Nat and form of kissed a French man,” she mentioned in her just lately uploaded video, including that she “didn’t” wish to kiss him.

“He’s a 30-year-old man. I’m sorry, I couldn’t even watch [the clip]. It provides me f-cking the ick and it actually provides me PTSD,” DiMeco continued as she shared an edited model of the ‘Bare Brothers Band’ episode.

Including, “And I’m like, ‘Yeah, perhaps they do specific that although, it’s additionally extra necessary to create an atmosphere that listens to the youngsters and truly doesn’t make them do issues once they don’t wish to do them’.”

DiMeco continued, “They made me kiss this 30-plus-year-old man after I was like, what, 14, 15? I informed them many occasions that I didn’t wish to do it. My mother was very towards it and so they just about made me really feel like I used to be going to lose my job, that I may be fired if I didn’t do it.”

The previous baby actress went on to accuse Nickelodeon of making an atmosphere that was one among “extremely nepotism-nepo children” the place “all people knew one another on the solid, roughly, apart from me.”

Within the feedback part, DiMeco added that “he wasn’t even an actor” and he “was the backup guitarist for reside reveals and practiced with [the cast] in band follow and all the time wished to be written in.”

In a video posted just a few months in the past, DiMeco recalled that as a result of her schedule was busy as a baby actor, she by no means had a correct first kiss.

“They threatened me that I might get fired, that I might by no means work once more on this trade, that my profession was over,” DiMeco recalled. “There was a feminine producer who was very upset and checked out me and mentioned, ‘You haven’t had your first kiss but?’ and grabbed me and kissed me.”

“After which she mentioned, ‘There, your first kiss is over. You had your first kiss, now go movie.’”

Following the video, DiMeco’s followers rallied behind the star in assist of her and to thank her for sharing her story.

“Wait WHAT he was HOW OLD?! That’s repulsive! I’m so sorry! Somebody must be held accountable for this,” one among her followers commented.

“I all the time felt SO uncomfy watching the episodes with him as a result of I may inform he was a lot older and couldn’t perceive why they wouldn’t rent somebody youthful,” one other commented, including, “I am so sorry that occurred to you.”

A 3rd, who claims they had been an additional on season three of the present, mentioned she remembers “figuring out his age and feeling icky about it.”

The Blast has reached out to reps for ‘The Bare Brothers Band’ government producer Albie Hecht however has not but heard again.