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Drake Bell and Devon Werkheiser, Lindsey Shaw and Daniel Curtis Lee
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Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide Stars Devon Werkheiser, Lindsey Shaw and Daniel Curtis Lee took to their podcast to express their regret after a joke they apparently made about Drake Bell received backlash earlier this week.
On Tuesday, the Nickelodeon child stars were on a TikTok Live during which they received comments from fans asking them what they thought about the Silence on the set: The dark side of children’s television documentary series, in which Bell spoke about her childhood sexual abuse.
As someone commented, asking about the docuseries, Werkheiser made a joke directed at Lee, saying, “Daniel, we told you never to talk about it. Go back to your hole, Daniel, and give me your holes! Fans took that to mean they were mocking Bell after his claims.
Werkheiser attempted to correct himself in the video, noting, “Sorry, we shouldn’t joke about this. We really shouldn’t. Our set wasn’t like that,” referring to the toxic behavior reported on Nickelodeon shows under the supervision of producer Dan Schneider at the time.
After ringing bell the actors outside, Werkheiser shared an apology on X (formerly Twitter), writing that he was “gutted” that he hurt his fellow Nickelodeon star. “He was being an idiot today. There is no way around it,” he added. “I feel horrible that my idiot was talking about this without seeing it.”
In this week’s edition of the Werkheiser, Shaw and Lee podcast, Ned’s Declassified Podcast Survival Guide, the actors delved into their comments and the docuseries as a whole. At the beginning of the 45-minute video, Werkheiser explained that they hadn’t seen the docuseries when they made the “super shit” joke.
“Everyone was asking us for our opinion on it and I understand that. Now, having seen the documentary, it is very disturbing,” she said. “Now we have seen it and I understand it. If he had especially watched that third episode and then seen us joking around like that… he would have been like, ‘Are they sociopaths? Is something wrong with you?’”
Werkheiser also addressed Bell by retweeting their TikTok video, where the actor and musician wrote: “Ned’s Declassless… this is wild… laugh guys… laugh…” Gimme your asses?! !” Really?!” bad sister The actor said he felt like a “piece of shit” after seeing that.
“I know it sounds like I’m laughing at this, and I wasn’t, but I know what it looks like, and that Drake saw it… yeah,” she said in the podcast episode. “I felt fucking horrible knowing that Drake saw us in that context.”
Later in the podcast, Shaw noted that regardless of not having gone through what other Nickelodeon child actors went through, they should not have joked about it in any way and been insensitive to what others struggled with.
“I hate that this happened. I hate that we have compounded the trauma around this situation that means so much to each of us,” Shaw said. “I’m sorry. I know that even when there wasn’t any intent or malice behind the things that people did for me, I know that it’s just helped me when people meet me where I am and recognize, ‘Hey, that was a punch in the gut.’ stomach, whether it was intentional or not.’”
Bell wasn’t the only child star who showed up Silence on the set. Other actors, as well as the crew and writers of The Amanda Show, Zoey 101, iCarly, Victorious and Sam & Cat, opened in the four-part documentary series about abuse, sexism, racism and inappropriate behavior on the shows’ set, directed by Schneider.
In a video obtained exclusively by THRSchneider addressed the docuseries, noting that he “could see the pain in some people’s eyes.”
“It made me feel very bad, sorry and sorry,” he said. “I wish I could go back, especially to those early years of my career, and bring the growth and experience that I have now and just do a better job and never, ever feel like it was okay to be a jerk to anyone. ever.”
Silence on set is streaming on Max now.