Since showing in “Quiet on Set” and sharing his story for the very first time, Drake Bell has been vocal in regards to the horrible ordeal he suffered because of Peck — and he is additionally spoken out about individuals who supported Peck throughout his trial. Actors like Taran Killam, Will Friedle, Rider Robust, the late Alan Thicke, and James Marsden wrote letters praising Peck’s character and championing him as an individual. Understandably, Bell has some fairly robust emotions about the truth that a few of his contemporaries went to bat for Peck, and he stated he hasn’t heard from them since “Quiet on Set” dropped.
“I have never gotten an apology, or a sorry, from anyone that had written letters or was concerned in supporting him in any respect,” Bell advised host Sarah Fraser on her eponymous podcast, earlier than revealing that a few of the individuals who defended Peck really labored on “Drake & Josh.” (Friedle and Robust addressed the scenario on their podcast and apologized, but it surely’s not clear in the event that they personally spoke to Bell.)
“And I labored with these individuals on daily basis, and I assumed they had been my mates,” Bell continued. “They had been individuals in positions of energy, that they had been my bosses. They had been administrators, they had been producers. It was a scenario the place I assumed I used to be surrounded by, I assumed I used to be protected. I assumed, OK, I assumed I removed, the most cancers has been carved out, we’re higher now. And I had no concept that for 4 years, I used to be working alongside individuals who had supported him, and doubtless behind their thoughts had been pondering of me in a sure means, and I assumed they had been my mates.”