Drake Bell criticizes Ned’s Decla*sified cast’s jokes about Nickelodeon doc after s****l a*sault allegations
Several “Ned’s Decla*sified School Survival Guide” alumni joked about Nickelodeon’s “Quiet on Set” documentary — prompting Drake Bell to respond to their “wild” comments.
Actor Devon Werkheiser, Lindsay Shaw and Danielle Curtis called Lee ‘Decla*sless’ in a letter Shared via X Tuesday.
“This is wild,” the 37-year-old “Drake & Josh” star continued, retweeting a clip from the trio’s TikTok Live. “Laugh, guys… laugh.”
Bell, who detailed the s****l a*sault he allegedly endured in the new documentary, went on to point out a specific comment in the footage. “Give me your shoes?!” he wrote. “truly?!”
Werkheiser made the joke in question before backtracking.
“Sorry, we shouldn’t be joking about this,” the 33-year-old said in a fan recording, and Shaw agreed and admitted their behavior was “horrible.”
However, Werkheiser continued: “This is about us. Listen, our group wasn’t like that. And no, it’s terrible. Drake Bell S-T. That’s crazy to hear. This is ridiculous and it never came out, which is really wild.
When one fan commented that the trio was “involved in it,” Werkheiser laughed and insisted he “won’t talk about this anymore” — but noted that “sometimes humor helps us move through things.”
The controversial social media upload came on the heels of Bell detailing the “extensive” and “brutal” s****l a*sault he allegedly endured by dialogue coach Brian Beck in Quiet on Set, which began airing over the weekend.
The singer claimed he was a*saulted while sleeping at Beck’s house, and went on to say that although Beck apologized, the abuse got “worse and worse.”
He has since criticized Boy Meets World alumni Will Friedle and Rider Strong for supporting Beck in court with letters in 2004.
Peck was later convicted of s****lly a*saulting an unknown – at the time – child actor and was sentenced to 16 months in prison.
Producer Dan Schneider was also accused of “s****lizing” the child stars in the doc.
Although writer Amy Berg was unable to verify the claims of “physically inappropriate” behavior, she described him as a “psychological tormentor” and a “f**king f**king tormentor”.
Schneider, 58, broke his silence on Monday with a statement through his rep, claiming that “everything that occurred on Dan’s shows was carefully vetted by the dozens of adults involved, and approved by the network.”