Drake Bell lastly began to get his deserving apologies from individuals who supported his abuser.
During Thursday’s episode of The Sarah Fraser Show, the Drake & Josh star shared that the Boy Meets World actors Will Friedle and Rider Strong checked in on him after he went public in regards to the abuse, which he survived at age 15, in Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV.
“Will reached out, that was actually candy,” Drake, now 38, mentioned. “Rider reached out, he was very apologetic and candy.”
“We have a very lengthy, like two-hour dialog, they usually verify in on me and all the pieces,” he added.
The former Nickelodeon star gave the replace on apologies 9 months after his earlier look on the identical present, throughout which he revealed that he had not “gotten an apology, or a sorry, from anyone that had written letters or was concerned in supporting him [Brian Peck] in any respect.”
For the unversed, launched earlier in March, the bombshell docuseries featured Drake detailing the abuse he endured by the hands of Brian Peck, a dialogue coach on Nickelodeon’s The Amanda Show, the place Drake was a forged member.
Drake disclosed in Quiet on Set that he was the nameless teen whose testimony towards Peck led to his 2003 arrest, subsequent conviction, and 16-month incarceration.
During Peck’s trial, 41 individuals, together with Friedle and Strong, who labored with him on Boy Meets World, wrote letters of help.
Additionally, in Thursday’s podcast episode, Drake mentioned that he hadn’t discovered about letters of help till Quiet on Set.
