Following his bombshell revelation in regards to the abuse he endured at Nickelodeon, Drake Bell is shedding extra mild on their “evil, corrupt” practices.
The Drake & Josh alum just lately opened up in regards to the “flawed” system used to guard baby actors’ earnings, dispelling misconceptions that his time on the youngsters’ community was as worthwhile because it appeared.
“That’s the notion of the world, it’s at all times been this manner,” he defined on The Unplanned Podcast. “It’s like, you already know, ‘Oh, you made a Folgers Espresso business. You have to stay in a mansion in Hollywood. Like, I noticed you on TV. You’re wealthy.’”
Bell added, “That’s removed from the case. And particularly, which is the bummer for many of us on Nickelodeon, we don’t get residuals for our reveals.”
After starring alongside Josh Peck within the sitcom for its four-season run from 2004 to ’07, Bell famous that the objective for many TV actors is attending to 100 episodes to allow them to get to syndication, which pays residuals. “That’s the place you make your cash,” he mentioned.
Jonathan Goldstein, Miranda Cosgrove, Drake Bell, Josh Peck and Nancy Sullivan in ‘Drake & Josh’ (2004-07) (Nickelodeon/Courtesy Everett Assortment)
“It’s numerous evil, corrupt folks,” mentioned Bell of the studio execs who reap the benefits of baby actors. “That’s the one factor, that’s the reply. There’s no different reply.”
Regardless of Drake & Josh now streaming on Netflix and working marathons on a number of networks with main sponsors, Bell mentioned he doesn’t obtain any residuals.
“Do every thing that they do to us mentally and emotionally, after which throw us to the wolves. And we’re like, okay, cool. I obtained hire this month,” he mused. “There are three channels doing Drake & Josh marathons. Netflix simply purchased it, it’s high 10 on Netflix, and I gotta work out how one can pay my hire this month.”
Bell added, “And a few fats cat with a cigar is simply sitting up on the high of Viacom simply … getting excessive on baby labor.”
In ID’s docuseries Quiet on Set, which debuted final March, Bell spoke for the primary time in regards to the abuse he suffered from his Nickelodeon dialogue coach/supervisor Brian Peck, which started throughout his time on The Amanda Present and continued into Drake & Josh‘s run.
Brian Peck was arrested in 2003 on 11 fees, together with sodomy, lewd act upon a toddler 14 or 15 by an individual 10 years older and oral copulation by anesthesia or managed substance, receiving 16 months and jail and being required to register as a intercourse offender. Bell was by no means publicly recognized because the minor till the docuseries.
