Drake Bell will appear in newly added Quiet On Set: The Dark Side Of Kids On TV episode… after detailing childhood sexual abuse on docuseries
Drake Bell will appear in a fifth episode of Quiet On Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV on Investigation Discovery (ID), according to Variety.
The episode, titled “Breaking the Silence,” will air on ID on April 7 and stream on Max the next day.
Journalist Soledad O’Brien will lead “an important discussion about the industry, then and now.”
The episode builds on the revelations explored in the first four episodes, including a conversation about where the industry can go from here.
“With Breaking the Silence, we dig deeper into the crucial conversations the docuseries started and explore the lingering questions left in their wake to provide further insight from the courageous voices who have spoken out before and from those who will speak out again come forward,” said ID President Jason Sarlanis.
ID airs a fifth episode of Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, bringing back Drake Bell and other former child stars from the era
The episode, titled ‘Breaking the Silence’, will air on ID on April 7 and stream on Max the next day
In addition to Bell (The Amanda Show, Drake & Josh), the episode features additional interviews with All That stars Giovonnie Samuels and Bryan Hearne.
Also featured is Hearne’s mother Tracey Brown.
Breaking the Silence also includes a new interview with All That cast member Shane Lyons.
Bell, 37, first revealed on Quiet on Set that he was the minor who accused acting coach Brian Peck of sexual abuse.
Appearing on The Sarah Fraser Show podcast last week, Bell said he checked into rehab after giving his first Quiet on Set interview.
“I just felt really comfortable during that interview, but I’ve been going through so much in my personal life and after that interview I ended up checking myself into rehab,” he said.
“When I came out, I thought to myself, ‘Maybe this is a good time to reach out to them and say, hey, I’m not 100% yet, let’s talk some more.
“But I’m getting closer to feeling comfortable now that I can finally share my story,” Bell added.
Peck, now 63, was arrested in 2003 and served 16 months in prison, in addition to being ordered to register as a sex offender.
Bell, 37, revealed for the first time on Quiet On Set that he was the minor who accused acting coach Brian Peck of sexual abuse
Peck, now 63, was arrested in 2003 and served 16 months in prison, in addition to being ordered to register as a sex offender; seen in 2012
The docuseries also includes several accusations of sexism and creating a toxic environment against The Amanda Show and Drake & Josh creator Dan Schneider.
The docuseries also includes several accusations of sexism and creating a toxic environment against The Amanda Show and Drake & Josh creator Dan Schneider.
Schneider, 58, has since shared a response in a 19-minute video, admitting he “owes some people a pretty strong apology.”
Episode 5 of Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV airs on ID on April 7 and streams on Max the next day.