Drake Bell Blasts Nickelodeon's 'Pretty Empty' Response To 'Quiet On Set'

Drake Bell is speaking out about Nickelodeon’s “pretty empty” response in his first interview since the release of the “Quiet on Set” documentary series.

The former “Drake & Josh” star slammed the network’s reaction after he alleged in the docuseries that Brian Peck, a former dialogue coach on “All That” and “The Amanda Show,” sexually abused him when he was a child actor at the network.

Peck was arrested on multiple charges linked to sexual abuse involving an unnamed minor in 2003. He was sentenced to 16 months in prison and ordered to register as a sex offender after he pleaded no contest to two charges of child sexual abuse the following year.

Nickelodeon, in a statement shared with several media outlets in regard to Bell’s allegation against Peck, said, “Now that Drake Bell has disclosed his identity as the plaintiff in the 2004 case, we are dismayed and saddened to learn of the trauma he has endured, and we commend and support the strength required to come forward.”

“Quiet on Set” episodes also conclude with a Nickelodeon statement, where the network said it “investigates all formal complaints as part of our commitment to fostering a safe and professional workplace,” noting “numerous safeguards” it has adopted to ensure it lives up to its “high standards” and audience expectations.

“There’s a very well-tailored response saying, ‘Learning about his trauma,’ because they couldn’t say that they didn’t know about this or know what had happened, or anything,” Bell said of Nickelodeon’s statement in an interview on the “Sarah Fraser Show” podcast released on Friday.

“So I think that was a really well-tailored response by probably some big attorney in Hollywood. I find it pretty empty, their responses, because, I mean,