Former Nickelodeon star Melissa Joan Hart breaks her silence on shocking Quiet On Set docuseries and details her own experiences on set: ‘Kids worked harder than they should’

Melissa Joan Hart is the latest former Nickelodeon star to break their silence in the shocking TV docuseries Quiet On Set: The Dark Side of Kids.

Appears on the Meghan McCain has entered the chat podcast, the 47-year-old, who shot to fame in 1991 with Clarissa Explores It All, said she had a “great experience” at the network.

“I don’t know other people’s experiences and I don’t deny anything anyone else says,” she emphasized.

‘I was never told the stories of these people that are in the (documentary). And I have to say, I’ve never heard a story from a Nickelodeon star personally, no one has come up to me and talked to me about these situations,” she continued.

She added: “I absolutely trust them, believe them one hundred percent.”

Hart explained that she was with Nickelodeon in Orlando from 1989 to 1994 and that she thinks there “may have been a difference between Hollywood Nickelodeon and Orlando Nickelodeon.”

“In Orlando I had nothing but a great experience,” she said, before admitting that “they worked the kids a lot harder than they probably legally should.”

She clarified, “We had a lot of fun, it was just long hours, that’s all – because I had school and the show to do.”

Despite the long hours, Hart insisted she felt fully supported by the entire cast and crew.

“I was surrounded by an amazing crew, an incredible cast who took such good care of me. I mean, these people were protecting me,” she emphasized.

Hart explained that her mother “left her alone a lot,” but emphasized that she still felt “very protected and very safe” on set without her mother around.

“I have to say that not every egg in the Nickelodeon basket is rotten. There were some good eggs, there were some people who really took care of me.”

She added, “Honestly, a few of them are still my very best friends. From the producers to the sound guys, everyone took care of me and we were a great family.”

Amanda Bynes was reportedly approached to tell her story in the documentary Quiet On Set, but turned down the offer because she didn’t have a bad experience.

The former actress, 37, and her parents were reportedly asked to do an interview about her experiences as a child star, but they all decided to opt out, according to a report from TMZ on Friday.

The insider added that Bynes – who was recently seen in disturbing footage as a bikini-clad 16-year-old in a hot tub with alleged abuser Dan Schneider – is grateful to Nickelodeon when it launched her acting career.

Because of that, a source told the network that Bynes, who rose to fame as a cast member of the hit children’s variety show All That on Nickelodeon, turned down the offer because she felt she had nothing to contribute to the cause.

The source also told the outlet that Bynes has not watched the documentary, which delves into the untold story of the toxic and abusive environment within ’90s children’s television from the perspectives of former child stars and crew members and which debuted Sunday.

As for her mother Lynn Organ and father Rick Bynes, the source told the newspaper that they had seen the documentary and were “saddened and disgusted” by the allegations.

They reportedly declined the interview request because they are private individuals who wanted to stay out of the spotlight.

Despite their refusal for an interview, Bynes is still a focal point of the series as one episode focuses on the former child actress and how she was discovered at the Laugh Factory in the ’90s.

The source claimed that Bynes and her family did not have the same experience as some of the other child actors at the network.

Bynes previously appeared on the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series All That from 1996 to 2000.

She starred in her own spin-off series The Amanda Show from 1999 to 2002 and later rose to fame starring in teen rom-coms.

Her former co-star on the show, Drake Bell, recently revealed “brutal, unspeakable abuse” he experienced at the network, claiming he was abused by dialogue coach Brian Peck.

Bells’ former co-star Josh Peck — who is not dating Brian Peck but also worked with them on The Amanda Show — recently broke his silence on the docuseries to show his support for his former castmate.

Since her child star days, Bynes has overcome a series of problems in her personal life, including a nine-year conservatorship, and quit acting for a career in cosmetology.

She suffered from psychological problems and was placed under guardianship, which her parents wanted to end in 2022.

When the conservatorship was established in 2013, her parents told the court they were concerned that their then 27-year-old daughter was at risk of hurting herself or others if they did not take control of her medical care and finances.

Bynes — who was seen earlier this week for the first time since the release of the shocking documentary during a rare outing in Los Angeles — noting the virality of the docuseries, posted a selfie with her boyfriend Liam Poulsen on Instagram on Friday. The pair were seen wearing matching black T-shirts and posing in a parked car.