Drake Bell Is Exposing the Evil Side of Child Acting
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- Опубликовано: 7 мар 2024
- A new documentary, "Quiet On Set," is soon to be released about the exploitation of child stars in the early 2000s. One of the biggest child stars of that era, Drake Bell, has been revealed as one of the actors featured in the documentary. Let’s talk about it.
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Someone once asked Elijah Wood if he had any experiences and he said no. They asked why he thought that was and he said he knew. His mom was on set all day every day and never let him out of her sight.
Good mum.
Oh really... yet she didn't notice that he was starring in that dumpster fire North (1994). But hey, I guess she may have took the blame for that one and sought to see that her child's reputation not be remembered for starring in flops.
Sounds like a bad mom. Why put your kid in that situation?
@@KA-op3ofcause he wanted to be an actor..
@@KA-op3ofbad mom? She supported his wants all while making sure to keep her eye on him due to most likely knowing what happens to child actors in the industry. Sounds like a good mother.
Watching Drake Bell walk to that chair in the shadows, I legit choked up. I truly hope long overdue vindication comes to Amanda Bynes, Drake Bell, and all of the others.
Remember when the MSM said that Amanda Bynes went "crazy"?
@@kabluey_louie1718 They never stopped with this narrative.
Amanda Bynes has legitimate mental health problems, including bipolar disorder.
Shit even when it was a promo for Quiet on Set and it’s Drake Bell going up and sitting in the chair, I legit said “No fucking way!”
That's why Elijah Wood mom never let him outta her site she saw the evil in Hollywood he always got angry but as he got older he understood why she was protective I hate that Drake and other child actors didn't have that protection.
I was coming to see if anyone commented about this. Sean Astin seems to have escaped it as well.
It's so sad that so few get that protection.
I don't think she watched him quite closely enough... 😐
@TheEarthRealm Oh no...was Elijah abused too? 😢
@@suzybearheart530no, they're saying he was protected by his mother
That's like Hillary Duff's mom.
What's funny is the fact that I remember kids at school saying that their parents wouldn't let them watch nickelodeon because of the inappropriate themes. Those kids were picked on for being sheltered and having uptight parents. Fast forward to today... yep, momma was right.
Yeah my mom took. We just watched it anyways. My aunt though that whole channel was demonic. Yup she was right
Not really. You’re literally conflating. What bad people did behind-the-scenes to actors or children with the actual content of the show, which is really stupid. That’s not evidence to show had bad themes and was inappropriate for children. Parents can say their kids can watch or not watch whatever they want though. I don’t have a problem with that. I’m just saying, nobody proved anything about the show itself being inappropriate. that’s like saying you can’t listen to Michael Jackson music if you believe him molested children. His child molestation accusations have nothing to do with the morality or quality of his music. And I’m not asking someone to make the argument that shows were inappropriate for kids. I’m not arguing against that I’m arguing against, but someone said the evidence was that the Mom’s were right
in the 90s and onward my school banded Disney movies and I never knew why until later on when I was older.
@@Montorpedoyooooo! We watched anyway behind their backs and even a cousin of mine who I thought was chill with crazy stuff that was shown on Nick used to tell us to turn it off. My eyes are open now!
@@jessejive117 I was just being funny. But in retrospect, there were quite a few inappropriate themes in nickelodeon shows. Not saying parents were bad for letting their kids watch it, but it is completely understandable that parents wouldn't let their kids watch it. And the fact that the men writing the shows were creeps does reinforce the possibility that they were intentionally putting under-the-radar sexual themes in the shows.
I remember seeing behind the scenes videos of the cast of Victorious, and as soon as Dan Schneider walked in many of them became incredibly uncomfortable. In one, Ariana Grande and the Actress who played Jade were sitting on the floor laughing amd whatever around other cast members, Dan walked up and they were both visibly uncomfortable, the people around them scattered, Jade turned and BARKED and people kids in the background scattered. How much of problem is it if teenagers are getting together and agreeing on ways to communicate when to scatter that the creepy guy was there.
Remember when he did the iCarly fb post for feet pics and 1,000,000 kids unwittingly fulfilled his fetish. Remember the rumors that he’s the real father of Jamie Lynn Spear’s teenage pregnancy.
Jades actress was Elizabeth Gillies and this sounds horrific.
@@derrickdaniels3955What’s crazy is that a lot of the actors on victorious are still cool with Dan. He’s gone to Ariana’s shows and he was even part of their 10 year reunion. Maybe he’s got dirt on them cause it doesn’t make sense why they’d still be friends with him after all this has come out
@@danny9732 Oh god
@@danny9732 elizabeth is married to her groomer (some guy that worked with her on nickelodeon when she was a child, he was like 30-40 or something), so can’t really be surprised she’s kinda cool with dan still
It's sad to re-watch those shows and think about what was happening in the backstage. You laugh, you have fun, you think the actors are too... But in the end there is a nightmarish dark side.
Yeah. I'm glad I stuck to Cartoon Network. The voice actors are relatively sane and some still are at it to this day.
I can’t watch the live action Nickelodeon shows because of Dan. And it sucks because I grew up on all that Keenan and Kel.
They showed reruns of *Saved by the fucking Bell* so they are part of the problem.
Dan Schneider should be made into a good burger.
16 months? Brian Peck only spent 16 months behind bars?! It should’ve been longer than that! It should’ve been 25 to LIFE!
And he got hired by Disney to work on Suite Life of Zack and Cody immediately after getting out
@@isaiahmarker407😨 That's horrifying. I thought pedophiles weren't allowed to be near kid centered places after being convicted. Like no going within a mile of a school or playground. Doesn't a set for a kid show count???
@@booklover5238 It should but Hollywood plays by their own rules
@@booklover5238There are websites that you can look up where predators live and one day I found out one of them lived right across the street of an elementary school in my town. When I called the sheriff's office, they claimed that they can't tell people where they can and can't live. So no, apparently there is no "can't be within 100 feet of a school" law.
agreed.
I used to love the show iCarly, until I found out what a monster Dan Schneider is.
He a foot creep
As a single fulltime Dad, Icarly was my boys favorite show. Sam was their favorite. With their tough time this show as well as certain movies( uncle Buck,Major Paine, ect) made them laugh for a while. When it came out this, they felt it somehow tainted that time looking back at it.
I felt the same way about Victorious.
@@Based_4_LifeWhat’s crazy is that some of the actors in those shows are still cool with Dan
dan "hold her tighter shes a fighter" schneider
It's quite remarkable how Miranda Cosgrove survived such hell-hole and come out unscathed.
Almost all of the nick stars came out fine. It's mainly the former Disney stars that came out messed up.
I see her at church in my hometown sometimes and I always just feel sad knowing what she went through.
Probably why she goes to church
@thecensoredmuscle563 the Disney stars spiral really publicly, yes, but if you think the Nick Stars were okay, you need to do research on Dan Scheinder.
...Unscathed?
We've known the industry is evil for decades. Nothing will be done about it. They have too much power.
Well they're powerless against God!
@ChuckStegall777 they are? So your god condones grooming and child molestation?
Hollywood is dying TV and movies just aren't that important nobody except old people watch
@christopheryoung2874 I don't think that's accurate. It's not old people streaming the latest Netflix show repeatedly and tweeting about it; that's not old people behavior. For one thing, old people don't use the internet that much.
@@ChuckStegall777and God is doing what exactly to stop these things from happening time and time again?
To see Drake’s face almost made me cry. He nodded his head & I can just see his hurt.
Makes it even worse when you think about how Drake believed he had a friend all this time in the form of Josh Peck only to have the rug ripped from under him.
Josh didn’t do anything to him criminally, but he did basically abandon him by stating he never considered Drake a friend in the first place.
@@spectralight8412 I never knew that! That’s crazy. I’ve been seeing interviewers w. Josh but never really looked into them
Imagine how the underage girls Drake Bell scarred for life feel.
@@ConernicusRex I was wondering about that, and why Brett didn’t bring that up in the video. Although I don’t remember if it was confirmed that he molested them or if he was just driving a car with them inside. The charge was “child endangerment” if I remember correctly.
@@spectralight8412his case involved accidentally serving a minor alcohol because she used a fake ID. Then he began a relationship with her through messaging, but cut off communication once he found out her age. And that's it. Any other accusations have no evidence and weren't even part of the case Drake was involved in. It should also be noted that the girl that accused Drake had a history of lying, her family admitted to this. Even the judge in the case called her out on her lies because she made all sorts of accusations that had nothing to do with the case.
As tragic as this still is, child exploitation in Hollywood has been around since it began, so if there's any chance of stopping it, I haven't seen enough effort in it.
When the predators are at the very top and can erase something. It’s difficult to have anything even confirmed because said whistleblower can be wiped out. A child’s career erased completely. Footage having cease to exist and the abusers being able to get off Scott free and continue to work. That’s how it is unfortunately
Ricky Schroder should’ve won an Emmy for playing Dolly Parton‘s father. The fact that he didn’t has nothing to do with his acting ability. It’s because he doesn’t want to be a whore for Pfizer and because he is now starting to come forward with what he knows about this. He dropped the video, talking about some bizarre occult ritual video Somebody showed him in the 80s and told him never to show to anybody else. It was so bizarre the only thing he could actually describe in the video was to women kissing.
It’s sad how much Dan Schneider has gotten away with everything. The focus is always on Disney, but rarely on Nik and especially all he’s done. There are so many things that come out from side actors and extras, even those that never made it to tv but revealed just how creepy and uncomfortable this man made the casting process.
For instance one girl auditioned to just be a side character in an episode or 2. Yet for unspecified reasons she had to show up in a bikini despite there being zero pool/water scenes. She showed up in the bikini and they gave her a towel and told her “she’ll need it later in case the producer wants to see more.” It was at that point her mom had the presence of mind to say no way and they left.
Dan is going to find himself surrounded by fire after he croaks.
Why would they even need to see a CHILD in a bikini even if there were pool scenes???? Why would they need to asses a kid's body for any part???? It's completely unlike when an adult actor or model is asked about their form.
@@Cationnahe made every kid show their feet to him during casting
@girlsdrinkfeck for some weird reason is it me or was jade's feet from victorious not shown 🤔
@@jzm2293the feet thing was an icarly thing. It was rare on victorious
I can tell you that as someone who was molested by a “trusted” adult as a very young child- you still feel tainted and dirty, even knowing it was not your fault years and years later. I fell into a deep depression and was in and out of psych wards as a young adult from the trauma. I don’t use the word “trauma” lightly I assure you, no other way to describe my childhood. But these child stars literally don’t have a chance unless they have an adult in their lives to look up to and to mold them. My grandma was that for me… and my heart goes out to these children who were sold a lie..
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The thing about Drake is that he (possibly) is a victim of media trashing. There’s conflicting reports about what happened between him and that minor, but my understanding is that there are witnesses who say nothing happened other than text messages, which he plead guilty to because he didn’t know how old she was. He’s also dealt with other legal trouble (which I don’t know too much about without looking into those situations). The bottom line? This guy has been through it in the last several years. He’s made social media comments and dealt with scandals that turned people’s heads and I don’t blame them for their mixed feelings.
What many people don’t know is that he did tweet something (which is now deleted) in which he basically claimed to have dirt on Nickelodeon. There were also many people online who speculated that he was the minor in the Brian Peck case. But does the media talk about child abuse on these tv networks? Probably not until the last couple years I’d say and now more so recently than ever. Frankly, I’m shocked that the mystery guest for Quiet On Set is Drake Bell. I did not think it would be anyone that I would know and my jaw was on the floor when I found out.
Now more than ever, we can’t trust the media to tell the truth. We have to do our own research and be careful of the entertainment we consume. I’m probably one of the last millennials before gen z and even I’m sickened looking back at the stuff I watched and realizing just how inappropriate they were. I hope Drake and many other child stars have their day and I’m looking forward to seeing what this docuseries will bring to light. It’s long overdue.
Honestly, since the girl took 4 years to say anything, I think her credibility is about 0.000001% of what it could be.
I will always firmly stand behind innocent until proven guilty. Way too many whistleblowers get buried from false accusations and attempted credibility smears/character assassination attempts. Also, Drake could be 100% guilty of the crimes he is accused of, but that still does not erase or excuse any abuse he endured as a kid. It would be tragic if it's all true, but the adults who abused him are still 100% guilty regardless of Drake's own innocence or guilt. NO CHILD is ever responsible for being traumatized or abused by adults!!!
Don't forget that Josh backstabbed him a few times, someone whom Drake saw as a friend.
@@PureMaddnessOneLet’s also say that many said Drake is crazy for how he acted. Knowing that he was sexually abused, it makes sense. Josh either knew or didn’t know, but was Jealous of Drake so even then he wouldn’t give a fuck. He was jealous of Drake. Drake however, I believe he either wanted to be a teen heartthrob BECAUSE he was abused by a man OR Nick MADE his character like that in order to appease a teenage good looking kid to not say ANYTHING. It baffles me people ARENT using this information to get that POV. They keep focusing on his case with a kid, okay I get it, not excusable. However, I heard she was proven false on the stand, he finally speaks out and it’s still more focused on and taken as “Okay he a victim but he abused a kid” 🙄🙄 like Drake is a huge star and if he speaks MAYBE MORE WILL. Demi isn’t talking about what happened to her on Camp Rock, Alyson Stoner as well. There’s probably so much people are refusing to acknowledge
You state that we "have to do our own research" yet admit two paragraphs above that you do not know "too much about [the other legal trouble] without looking into those situations."
Is that not contradictory?
I did happen to do a cursory search online and found that he had physical/emotional abuse allegations, grooming/child abuse/child guilty sentences (and after which his juvenile victim called him the "epitome of evil"), suicide threats, and I stopped there, as that was quite enough for me to determine that this was not a good person by any means. Whilst it is unfortunate that he were abused on set on in childhood, it does not excuse his going on to abuse others. That is ALWAYS a choice and it was a choice that I, a victim, NEVER made. And I get tired of people trying to justify and excuse horrific behaviour on childhood abuse/trauma like you are doing here in addition to claiming ignorance of his other actions and then throwing in a conspiracy theory regarding choices that he willingly made to harm others without abandon and apology.
Child acting was always just a terrible thing with Disney shows to the nickelodeon, its hard for child actors to find acting gigs after they do child acting because everyone is so used to seeing them as a child.
Everyone turned on Drake for no reason. No one bothered to look at the facts and instead went with headlines. I'm glad Drake is speaking out.
I don't think it's necessarily "child acting" that is the problem. It's probably something more akin to "child getting rich" which screws up the dynamics of the family and their own rearing.
Also, just because you are a child actor, doesn't mean you are necessarily guaranteed to be an adult actor. Children, in general, are pretty bad actors. They're probably 80% picked for jobs based on their looks or "personality" and that changes as you get older.
Jeannette McCurdy has a really interesting perspective on this. She said when she used to go to auditions, there were two types of kids: kids who wanted to be actors and kids whose parents wanted them to make them rich. She unfortunately had the latter and talks a lot about how damaging it was for her to grow up not only with the responsibility of being the primary breadwinner for her family but with pressure from even her mom to look good in a sexualized way.
As the case of Sky jackson
@@fibanocci314 true, apparently zack and cody had the complete opposite. one brews beer now and the other does photography.
Watching this reminded me of earlier earlier signs that there was something going on. There was an episode of “To Catch a Predator” where they caught an editor for Nickelodeon, nick claimed that the editor never had any contact with any of the children, but makes you think
They also fun fact about catching a predator is that most of those people got away with it because of the mishandling of things. There's a lot of situations where the people who were involved mishandled the situation so badly that they couldn't convict them
I always found it suspicious that Disney and Nickelodeon kids grow up, and start to branch out and do other things, and then all of a sudden somebody gets their hands on these kids's computers and there's sex tapes and naked photos andnother private things, and those things are used to derail their careers. Really suspicious.
I walked 14 thousands steps today, dare me to drive?
Yes like Vanessa Hudgens nudes is a good example
Part of that is kids being dumb kids, stardom not required. A bigger part though is being raised in the spotlight they desperately have a need to retain it and please the audience which is how you get Miley Cyrus swinging naked on a wrecking ball.
BRO you got me thinking now. How Vanessa Hudgens pictures were leaked and she'd intended them for Drake Bell at the time. As far as I've seen she's never said anything bad about him publicly. If she knew what he knew I now see it in the form of blackmail, she knowingly took a bullet for him. I could be mistaken and connecting dots where there is none.
@@toebeans96 Actually I think it was Zac Efron, not Drake Bell. But, yeah; it happened with her, it happened with one of the Sprouse twins, it happened with Justin Bieber; both Miranda Cosgrove and Jeanette McCurdy recorded sex tapes. Jeanette has a book out, but I haven't of anything else since iCarly. And I've heard zilch about Miranda Cosgrove.
Any job working with anybody underage should be a mandated reporter!!! That way if law finds out they knew or had some information that may have prevented/brought justice sooner, they can be held liable as well!!!
Oooh, excellent idea.
Honestly it's kind of shocking that's not already the case. Just goes to show how powerful the entertainment industry is. If they don't want a law, they know who to "talk to" to get loopholes to dodge it 😢
Mandatory reporters are actually unconstitutional and likely to be entirely overturned pretty soon.
That qualifies as compelled speech.
I don't have to report anything I don't want to, that's my First Amendment right, and no federal law can override it.
@@rievaulxlucienne1176how does mandatory reporting violate free speech? I was under the impression that the first ammendment protects your right to say what you want, not your right to keep information to yourself. The fifth ammendment gives you the right to not incriminate yourself, but if you're a mandatory reporter and aren't reporting yourself, there's no constitutional conflict...
@@aisherwasher6959 You may want to look up compelled speech. It's generally against the First Amendment. For example, they decided that it was illegal to force recipients of Federal funding to have a policy prohibiting prostitution.
To catch a predator caught a Nickelodeon employee. He even had his hair dyed the signature orange.
That show is why the Supreme Court was wrong to rule that entrapment is not a permissible legal defense. TCAP is literally a glorification of that.
It’s been happening for years before. We still have no clue who was responsible for abusing Corey Haim and Feldman. Growing up with Drake & Josh hurts me knowing Drake was abused and was given the show to keep him quiet. I pray for all victims of sexual abuse that they get the healing and justice they deserve.
The Neds declassified cast has a podcast, they definitely dodged a bullet
No they did not they all had terrible sh!t happen
Honestly, after hearing Lindsey Shaw openly admit to giving Devon Werkheiser multiple blowjobs at 15 years old behind the scenes of Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide, I’m not surprised this documentary is ready to premiere. I can’t believe Devon grew up to be so lazy, bitter, and creepy.
@@trentrockwell6598 bad shot can happen to anyone. It doesn’t mean they didn’t haave one bad one dodge them.
Wait what’s it called
@@ashleysigurdson6982 it’s a shame something like a search engine doesn’t exist, if it did you could easily look it up and find your answer
“An Open Secret” goes even deeper down the rabbit hole with regard to what really happens behind-the-scenes with child performers. Why anyone would willingly allow their children to work in such a destructive industry is beyond me.
My son was interested in acting, we went to an open casting call and he was called back. I had just such a creepy feeling about it that I turned it down. He was a little disappointed but he also did not want to move to California so not too disappointed. I feel really good about that decision.
People just wanna live comfortably or better. I can understand that part but yk it doesn’t mean it’s right
Offering your own children to Hollywood is the disgusting result of an absolute obedience to the evil of the Mammon. Hollywood has sold its soul to the devil himself. Hollywood itself is a place of absolute evil and hell upon earth. That's why every one in the Hollywood filmindustry hates Donald Trump and his millions of rightheous followers so deeply. The current cultural civil war in the United States has Biblical proportions. I am just saying this - as a lifelong atheist.
Money (a la greedy parents seeing their children as easy "cash cows"). Few-to-no normal mentally stable parents would allow their children to work in any type of "destructive industry" as children or beyond.
Yes this has been going on since the beginning of movies, tv, music etc. Even Shirley Temple had stories. Every single child in those industries is surrounded by predators & more than likely were victims.
I watched the Trailer for the documentary of the dark side on Child Stars in Nickelodeon, and it made me sad, uncomfortable and hopeful that future child stars would never grow up in this sort of environment. It is honestly scary how dark the world truly is when you unveil the blankets thats being shielding these horrible people in power and it makes you to want to do something about this yourself.
It's most likely still happening to this day. The predators in Hollywood (not just Disney and Nikelodeon) are probably just more careful about it.
Thank you for recognizing drake and Josh as a top tier show. It along with SpongeBob and avatar were the backbone of a generation
Avatar 🤣🤣 good joke
AVATAR EEEEE
Avatar the animated series is brilliant. Many great memories watching it with my girls. It touches on important lessons.
That was the end of Nickelodeon
@SotaBoy4232 I don't think I've ever met somebody who didn't like Avatar. What do you have against it?
Rest in peace Akira Toriyama.
He didn’t sell his soul and sacrifice his ideals to please Hollywood for success of his anime, he just did it the only respectable way: hard work, sacrifice, dedication and pure passion.
Winning over the hearts of the fans. He was one of the only safeguards to keep a massive show like Dragon Ball pure hearted and ways from the woke virus.
100x this. I can rewatch DBZ and Ed, Edd 'n; Eddy, knowing that there wasn't drama in making those shows. Heck, some of the VOs still work to this day!
I'm a huge Akira Toriyama fan as well but that doesn't negate the fact he was also a huge pervert. I tried rewatching Dragon Ball (grew up on dub but watched sub) and so many scenes were changed and made me uncomfortable. Golden rule: Don't put anybody up on a pedestal!
@@hsmarties granted some scenes didn’t age well, especially master roshi stuff. But I never got “uncomfortable” even as a kid watching Afrikaans dub and now watching it in English
Maybe it’s just different strokes for different folks ey
@hsmarties Well, the 80s were quite an interesting time. Luckily, things changed so he's not as much of a pervert as he seemed.
@@hsmartiesWatched Dragon ball and you can see Bulma's nipples (Yamcha fight in Moten Roshi's sister arena arc ), porn on magazines with nipples too etc , and Moten roshi paffu paffu stuff lol. But yes other than that I still love Akira and all the manga guys if you overlook the down bad stuff.
I was horrified when what happened to Drew Barrymore came out into the light, the fact that these adults were slipping her cocaine and alcohol and taking her into bars when she was nine is just dumbfounding, why did her parents not stop this treatment, how could they let this happen? Surely they knew she was coming home drunk at nine, I mean it would be pretty hard to miss right. Hollywood as a lot to answer for in how they treated child actors throughout the many decades not just recently, but so do the parents for allowing this to happen all because they don't want to lose out on the money their child star is bringing in for them.
No wonder she was the way she was.
She forfeited my sympathy when she had Dylan Mulvaney on her talk show.
And she’s still doing better than the actors who played her brothers in *E.T.*
@@matthewa11 Is it her fault or the ones that brainwashed and enabled her delinquency.
I always say , as someone who lived in an abusive home , I hope that they all know that even though they went through hell to give it to us , the art they were apart of gave me hope , made me believe that a better future was possible and in some strange way seeing that they went through these things now makes me appreciate all those shows and songs even more 😢❤
I find it so dystopian to have an ad in the middle of a childhood abuse summary video. Crazy times.
Agree. I like this program, but i would have respected Bret more for not shilling some bullshit in the middle of talking about child abuse...
@@mhuntprofessional I know they need to make money but come on, leave the sponsorship for after the topic. Just distasteful tbh
it's honestly crazy that people still put their children in that industry. the "child star becoming a messed up adult" phenomenon goes way back, so much so that it's the ones who turn out normal that are the exceptions.
It’s sad, as adults it’s like you don’t wanna believe it, we spent all this time in our childhood watching these shows, just to find out what happened to the actors, and actresses is deplorable
Never clicked on one of your videos so fast. I was hoping you’d talk about this!
Don't forget what happened to Shia LaBeouf
Shia is healing thankfully. It was sad to know how resigned he was as a teenager and an adult because he had simply given up. He didn't think he was a good person, and with how his parents treated him, he didn't think he deserved kindness. Christy Carlson Ramano said she tried to look out for him, but by that point, it was kinda too late, and he was becoming increasingly distant.
Shia admitted that he lied about his father’s abuse.
He is also a homophobic bigot. I will never forget the slurs. He shouted out because I got called them my whole childhood because of the likes of him. All that Zoog shit started once ABC became part of Disney. That was when Disney stopped being Disney as far as I am concerned.
Sarah Polley, the one-time star of *Road to Avonlea,* is now a director. They don’t all crash and burn as adults.
Typical hollywood industry.. it only comes out AFTER the damage has been done and all the money has been made.
So true.
Omg seeing him sit there makes me want to cry so bad. Drake and josh was such an amazing show and to know how much pain was behind it is so sad
I always felt that Allison Stoner was one of the few who appeared mentally stronger than the rest from an early age. Watching her on Nickelodeon and Disney channel growing up, she never set off any red flags. She seemed to have independence unlike the major stars.
Hollywood is dying! TV and movies just aren't that important these days
Thank you for talking about this. When we shine the light on evil evil runs. Praying for the end of this evil. And praying for the healing and restoration of every victim. 😭🙏
When I was younger, I would have killed to be on one of these shows and be a child star. Now; thank God I didn't.
I wonder if more people will start to believe Corey Feldman now instead of just calling him a liar?
It is more of he refuses to name names
I was really hoping you’d talk about this Brett! Love how you don’t just talk politics, you talk about serious problems with anything! Keep up the great work
Yeah, it’s been a known thing for decades. Macaulay Culkin, the Olsen Twins, Lindsay Lohan, Amanda Bynes; the list goes on.
Used to be, you were curious about the child actors that *didn’t* fly off the rails as adults.
I wouldn’t think child acting is a good thing anyways. A minor’s parent probably will get the money, and not even do any real work, but use their child instead. Glad he’s speaking up!
That might apply to kids on youtube. Even if things go 'well' with child actors, they might have weird upbringings and have gotten a taste of fame that might torture them if they hit adulthood and are typecast. Sure Leonardo DiCaprio and Elizabeth Taylor transitioned from being child actors, but Shirley Temple's career was pretty much over by the time she turned 20. It acting was a working-class profession and you didn't have wild parties and huge money and adulation, you'd be better positioned if you needed (or just wanted) to pivot or had to tell a producer no. There's a sense of humiliation with people who no longer get work. They're 'washed up' actors, presumably wandering the streets looking haunted, shivering and jonesing for fame. The standard threat in films about Hollywood is "you'll never work in this down again" and there are any number of subplots about adults willing to debase themselves for the money. It changes if you can meet "You'll never work in this town again" with a shrug and "okay".
@@victorcates9330 yeah i agree.
@@victorcates9330 its a form of child labor in a way🤦
Please talk about the teacher from Anchorage Alaska!! I’m from Alaska and the anchorage school district has had SO many problems with staff.
Alyson Stoner is a name I haven't heard since like 2007, holy cow
I have no clue who that that even is.
I know her mostly as a voice actress.
She voices xion from a game series called Kingdom Hearts, and a character named opal from Legend of Korra.
@@ydad8946she voiced isabella on phineas and ferb, she was in the "cheaper by the dozen" movies and "step up" movies
She was Max on Suite Life.
She played Demi’s best friend in the movie Camp Rock.
I knew of her from an old Disney short show that appeared on commercials called, “Mike’s super short show.” Where she played the younger sister of Mike. They “reviewed” movies and interviewed other actors.
@@spectralight8412she also played one of Megan's friends on an episode of Drake & Josh
My twin sister and I were almost cast in a Kellogg Frosted Flakes commercial when we were 2 or 3 years old. However, my sister wouldn’t stop crying so they offered to cast me but not my sister. My mom didn’t want only one of us to do it. I can’t imagine what our lives would’ve been like if we were cast and then maybe would’ve been cast in more and more things, especially as red-headed twin girls. I think about the fact that we could’ve been in this era of tv and how different we could’ve turned out. Crazy to think about.
Standing with and supporting all who have been through this and can relate. We care and want justice, healing, and amazing futures for you
macaulay culkin is another prime example of the toddler to trainwreck pipeline.
I followed Dan almost religiously back in my early teens. He would constantly act like he was so kind and giving to the fans. He even flew one fan out to the set and he said that he was so kind to him. It’s crazy that it was all an act. The feet stuff all went over my head. I never sent feet pictures, but I remember him posting about it.
Does anyone remember the documentary “An Open Secret” about child sexual abuse in Hollywood? It was released in 2014, but it got barely any attention and was buried! The documentary opened with Todd Bridges talking about he couldn’t watch the “Diff’rent Strokes” episode “The Bicycle Man” because of the abuse he had suffered.
I’m surprised that this new documentary on Nickelodeon is getting an official release by HBO! Perhaps we’ll get lucky and the rights to “An Open Secret” will be purchased by HBO and they will put that out as well!
The 'Diff'rent Strokes' kids ended up messed up as well.
Your read- off ad transitions are legendary. Love it!
Oh my God it must’ve been so hard for him to come out about that.
You can see the pain in his face😔 I’m literally in tears
It’s unfortunate how any child actor I’ve seen became completey different in so many bad ways I’m sad for all involved ;(
That ad was NOT IT
READ THE ROOM
Yeah that was weird
@@_baller 💯
So disrespectful
im generally weary of the entertainment industry in all regions: hollywood, bollywood, korean entertainment to name a few. behind the glitz and glamour and fame, are some of the most deranged, lonely or evil human beings. that's why whenever i see people idolizing celebs, i go 🤦♀
Shirley Temple… Judy Garland… they spoke out and the machine kept machining
Christy Romano (Even Stevens) has a few podcasts out now where she interviews her child actor peers about their experience.
Her podcast is so weird because all she does is bash Hollywood and child acting while simultaneously complaining and being jealous that she didn’t get a role that she auditioned for that her peers did get. And just regretting that she chose to go to school rather than continuing acting.
Plus, she deleted Alexa Nikolas' episode of Vulnerable, which is sketchy as you have one of the few vocal, protesting child actor that is actually exposing a lot of the industry yet you choose to delete it? Someone wants more work lol
Her podcasts strike me as really sad actually. I know that her TV roles weren't real. But for some reason I thought she'd be somewhat similar to Kim Possible, Ren Stevens etc. Like smart, level-headed etc. All she does now is sourgraping and using her juvenille fame for views. Its kinda pathetic.
I got to see Drake Bell perform at UTEP in El Paso. I was in the 5th row up front
Great show but some people were booing him and being rude and just kept shouting “hug me brother” and drake and josh stuff
Must be so frustrating to have people just yell at you about an old character you played and if you don’t respond how they want they attack you sad.
Brett you are such a great role model! I'm glad I clicked on your video so fast! Thanks so much for everything u do ❤
Keep up the amazing work Brett!😊
I feel so bad for all of the kids, their parents failed them! I hope they can begin to heal a bit, since this is now all out in the open and they are not alone. After hearing Drake B got his own series to keep quiet, it made me worry about all of the other kids that got their own series after being on a show 🥺
The parents wanted a meal ticket.
The Little Rascals remake child actor Bug Hall (played Alfalfa) told his story about being s*xually abused by an adult man for the duration of the filming. It's literally everywhere. So so sad.
Parents need to do better. They trust the ppl on set with their kids and need to not let their children out of their sights when on set, if allowing their kids to be child actors.
@@Melissatn I completely agree 💯
Makes me appreciate Ned's Declassified even more, it is one of the few where the kids all turned out fairly normal.
Yep
Scott Fellows treated them all well. Otherwise, he and his wife wouldn't have been invited to the Ned's pod last yr.
Then again, the main trio from Ned's have had some...experiences since Ned's. Without giving it away, some are mentioned in their latest podcast. They've shared other crazy moments on other pod episodes. I will say that of the 3, Daniel (Cookie) is the more mature and wise.
lol they all mocked drake, jeannete and alexa
@@gforce97 And we're gonna find out if them mocking Drake's case will lead to the end of their podcast.
@@finchborat hopefully, that podcast went off the rails, they're so awful for how they handle these things (except Daniel, he's the most decent one out of the three)
@@ivanagustinortiz5237 I do agree about Daniel. I've noted in many places he's the more mature/wise of the 3.
My grandpa was a child actor in the 30’s and 40’s. He said they did this to kids back then as well. That’s one reason why he quit and joined the army the second he turned 18. I mean dorthy was put on meth basically to keep going on wizard of oz.
The studios owned the young actors, body and soul, back then. And were quite happy to abuse them. Sickening.
I always heard about the bad things happening behind the scenes but never looked deep into it.
Makes you really appreciate Candace and Kirk Cameron's parents.
It says something that the media regularly seeks to demonize those two…
Brian Peck worked on Growing Pains as well
That’s why I’m not impressed that the producer Kirk had fired actually managed to get caught with CP when he still missed out on Brian Peck being on the set. The actors playing the parents are, in the immortal words of Daffy Duck, despicable for defending him at first until he pleaded no contest.
And not everybody used this to paint all Gay people with a broad brush like he did. That organization Child Actors Against Kirk Cameron did a mitzvah calling out his bigotry. Now we need something like that called Gays Against Danny Pintauro to condemn him for using his utterly undeserved fame to spread HIV on Grindr when Gay MEN could actually use it to meet Gay MEN.
Brett your plug-ins!!!! I cannot. 🤣 I never know when they’re coming and you just smoothly switch to it. Always great.
I’m glad they are speaking out. This brings tears to my eyes. I was abused as a child and no one listened. My parents church the Mormons actively covered it up.
Don't think this is anything new. Shirley Temple wrote her autobiography back in 1988 and I'm pretty sure she talked about her own experiences like these ones. And she was in the industry nearly a hundred years ago. So while I find these individual stories shocking, I am not shocked.
Oh no! I loved watching Drake and Josh as a kid, I can't believe Drake went through that 😔😭 so glad they are getting it into the light and hopefully him and all the child stars get justice one way or another!
Drake Bell and children in a title, this can’t be good
What I was thinking lol
Not what it sounds like
They could've changed the title
Ikr?😬God bless you in the name of Jesus Christ, who is the name above all names & the only way to Heaven❤
Drake explained why he is not in jail and what actually happened. He's not a predator.
Wildest ad transition
You can see the pain in drakes eyes in that clip. I really hope he gets the help that he needs.
In Australia, if we work or volunteer with children, we have to hold a working with children’s card. This is basically a background check on people to see if they have a criminal history or history of professional conduct to ensure that children are safe from sexual and physical harm. I was so shocked to hear that Peck guy was able to work on a kids show after coming out of prison as that wouldn’t happen here in Australia. Not saying it doesn’t happen but making it a lot harder for those scum bags
As someone who couldn't be happier growing up in watching all those shows on nick in the late 90s and in the 2000s, watching how Amanda turned out, the news about Dan and now Drake not only angers me but brakes me for these victims.
Sadly, this doesn't even shock me anymore. With each passing year, we get more and more of these child stars that come out to speak about their experiences and with each passing year we hear the same storyline. It's sick and disgusting but also predictable. What's being done for the child stars of today to ensure these stories don't keep happening? Guaranteed, there are young actors entering the industry and going through this kind of stuff right now as we speak, but we won't hear about it for another 12 or 15 years. I don't even know what the solution could even be other than to ban children from being in the industry all together, but that's unreasonable.
I don’t even know what to think of Drake Bell after hearing about the text messages to a minor, being accused of assaulting an old girlfriend, etc. But it does make sense that he was probably abused as a child, which makes you statistically more likely to have mental and emotional problems as an adult and more likely to abuse others from learned toxic behaviors. I hope he opens up about everything and betters his life, and helps others who also worked with him as a child.
He engaged in text conversations with a girl he did not know was underaged and multiple witness testimonies stating nothing sexual or actually inappropriate happened. He simply entered a plea deal because they tend to be a better choice instead of going to trial. Unfortunately to accept the plea deal is to accept guilty
Yeah. I believe and stand behind "Innocent until proven guilty". Even if he ended up guilty of all the accusations against him, that in NO way absolves the evil adults responsible for abusing and traumatizing him as a child. No kid is ever to blame for adult behavior! And no victim is ever responsible for being abused. Justice must be served!
Danny Bonaduce is probably the first child actor to state how fucked up he has gotten due to child acting. This has been going on for a long time. It sadly will not change. These parents had to know shady things were going g to happen, knew from past child stars that their is a darker side of Hollywood, or was totally ignored to get the money of Hollywood.
Brett, you e mentioned before that your mom stopped allowing you to watch Disney shows because of how they portrayed parents. My immigrant mother also forbid us from watching Disney shows but we’d go around her being latchkey kids. Would love for you to interview your mom and give us all a look into how to parent a child wisely and soundly in this industry and beyond.
I feel like Brett was a Nickelodeon kid actor in another life
She was a child actor but she wasn’t working for Nickelodeon
I remember when my friend told me about Jenna's book, I ordered it and am slowly reading it. I knew child acting had it's problems but not to this degree.
Ever since I was 13 years old, I felt envious when I saw young teens on Nickelodeon, Disney Channel and other movies. I was born with Cerebral Palsy. I use a posture control Kaye walker and a Rovi x3 power wheelchair for mobility. I figured having a small career on Nickelodeon or Disney Channel could help improve my social practice and inclusion. My high school refused to make accommodations for me to take acting classes, chorus classes, and movie criticism classes. Now I understand why my mom and the majority of my family was so hesitant about paying for my classes and my headshots. Today is my 29th birthday. I’m currently finishing up my Bachelor’s Degree in Film at Bridgewater State University by this Christmas. If I was 13 again, I would sign with Disney Channel over Nickelodeon.
I'm grateful you grew up away from both. They may have destroyed your life. I pray you have a lovely life going forward ❤
is noone gonna talk or even mention how corey feldmen from the goonies has talked bout this for DECADES and ppl IGNORED AND MADE FUN OF HIM FOR IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@ommeloise6309 that was McCauley culkin that did not Corey Feldman
@@TheJoshman156 Thank you! You’re right.
It's true, no one knows what goes on behind closed doors especially in Hollywood
July 1996 baby here- we ALL knew about Dan as KIDS. When he retired we all knew and all accepted he retired before he got called out (prior to cancellation culture)
Dan never retired. He was still working up to 2018 when Nickelodeon gave him $8 million to just go away due to the allegations against him and the rise of the Me Too movement. He's supposedly still trying to sell pilots to other networks but nobody is interested
When I talked about Drake Bell supporting him during his trial nobody wanted to listen to me and I lost friends. People thought I was crazy but my gut knew better. I knew he had experienced SOMETHING in Hollywood that could be a cause for him thinking it’s normal to respond to fans.
They were never your friends !
Love your videos Brett!
Gosh, I was just watching Cheaper by the Dozen again, and this video popped up in my feed...
Parents are also to blame . Most Parents are trying to live their lives through their children whether it be Acting or Sports . Hollyweird is where you sell your soul .
Honestly when it comes to Disney/Nickelodeon all the child actors already sold their soul to hell. Only people to make it out all right is Zach Efron, Hilary Duff, Miranda Cosgrove and they still had to go through hell and back.
The Sprouse twins from Suite Life also made it out with their sanity.
Keenan and Kel, Josh, pretty much the entire Zoey 101 cast, everyone except for the blonde on iCarly and that was mainly because of her mom, Victoria Justice and the rest of the cast are all fine. Ariana grande is messed up for being in the music industry more so than nick, but the rest of victorious is fine. The cast of Ned's declassified is fine. Drake although messed up still ended up better than Disney stars turn out. Big time Rush is still fine (although they were already adults)
Only one I can think of that got really messed up was Amanda Bynes.
That's at least from the shows I used to watch. Nick honestly has a pretty decent track record with child actors growing up decent.
Zendaya is doing pretty good as well
Selena Gomez also made it out alright.
Yea Idk about Zach Efron. He does coke
Growing up I never would have guessed this was going on. Now seeing all the kids I looked up to as broken adults, it breaks my heart. 😢
It's about time this is all coming out. The stories about child stars falling apart at the seams once they are older has always been explained away as, "they can't deal with no longer being in the spotlight." But nothing could be further from the truth. I weep for these children, for what was done to them, what they endured at the hands of these perverted adults. God strike these predators down. Show them Your wrath. I pray that those who were so injured and abused find peace and the love and protection they've always deserved. I'm so angry at these ppl who stole their innocence, who looked the other way for a paycheck, and the parents who didn’t protect them.
Now they need to do one about Disney.
We need a documentary like this about Disney now.
Cartoon Network was smart... Unless they used children for any of the voices. 🤔 Because I know for a fact that adults can alter their voice to sound like a child. Rugrats voice actors for example.
AFAIK Cartoon Network never used any kids. At least not for Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy. Did you know Kevin was voiced by a grown woman? 🤣
@@mobiusraptor7 Exactly, I believe they used adults for all the network's characters voices. I definitely hope so, anyway. 🙏🏻
Adults can use Pro Tools to pitch their voices up, Matt Stone and Trey Parker use that to not strain their voices, they have to use the inflection but Pro Tools pitches the voices up to sound like the characters.
I hope this documentary will play an important role in further exposing the horrors of child acting in Hollywood.
HELLO congrats on getting engaged and always keep up we love what you do
Imagine watching Drake and Josh for the first time these days? Top tier!
I bought the Best of Season 3 and 4 on DVD. Gonna get the best of Season 1 & 2 as well.
Corey Feldman and Danny Bonaduce have been talking about this for decades.
1:14 so happy that this is finally being openly discussed after learning about it some years ago.
This was a crazy good documentary showcasing the evils of Hollywood and child predators. Child predators need a way worse sentencing in my opinion.