Kenan Thompson has urged Nickelodeon to “examine extra” following the discharge of documentary collection “Quiet On Set: The Darkish Aspect of Children TV.”
The star was an authentic solid member of Nickelodeon’s sketch comedy collection “All That” in 1994, and he starred within the spin-off “Kenan and Kel,” alongside Kel Mitchell, from 1996 to 2000.
Thompson has admitted he discovered it “robust to observe” the current four-part Investigation Discovery (ID) documentary collection, which has raised allegations of a poisonous and harmful tradition on the set of former kids’s TV producer Dan Schneider’s reveals, together with the likes of “All That,” “The Amanda Present” and “Drake and Josh.”
Former youngster star Drake Bell had main roles on “The Amanda Present” and “Drake and Josh” within the 2000s, and he has since claimed on “Quiet on Set” that he suffered “in depth and brutal” abuse by the hands of Nickelodeon dialogue coach Brian Peck.
Thompson admitted his “coronary heart goes out” to anybody who was “victimized” on the reveals.
“It’s a troublesome topic … it’s robust for me as a result of I can’t actually communicate on issues that I by no means witnessed,” he mentioned on the “Tamron Corridor Present.” “All these items occurred after I left, principally, and Dan [Schneider] wasn’t actually on Kenan and Kel’ like that. I imply, he obtained a ‘created by’ credit score, however it was a distinct showrunner, so our worlds weren’t actually overlapping like that, outdoors of ‘All That,’ essentially.
“All that negativity type of began occurring outdoors of, like, our tenure there,” Thompson continued. “I wasn’t actually conscious of loads of it, however my coronary heart goes out to anybody who’s been victimized or their households. I feel it’s factor that the doc is out, and it’s placing issues on show, tales that have to be instructed for accountability’s sake.”
Corridor admitted her present had reached out to Nickelodeon, and the channel insisted they “examine the entire allegations.”
“Properly, examine extra, as a result of that is alleged to be a secure area, it’s alleged to be a secure place for teenagers,” Thompson said. “[T]o hear all about that’s simply, like, how dare you, .”
The star admitted the documentary collection was “positively robust to observe as a result of I’ve fond reminiscences of that place”, and Thompson admitted he has “fond reminiscences” of his co-stars.
“To listen to that they’ve gone by means of horrible issues like that’s simply … it’s actually robust,” he mentioned.
Within the documentary, Bell claimed former Nickelodeon author and “Drake and Josh” creator Schneider was “unaware” of the abuse he suffered.
“Now that Drake Bell had disclosed his identification because the plaintiff within the 2004 case, we’re dismayed and saddened to be taught of the trauma he has endured, and we commend and help the power required to return ahead,” Nickelodeon mentioned in a press release,
In a response to “Quiet On Set”, Schneider lately admitted a few of his previous habits was “embarrassing.”
“Watching over the previous few nights was very tough. Me dealing with my previous behaviors — a few of that are embarrassing and I remorse — I positively owe some individuals a reasonably robust apology,” he mentioned to former “iCarly” star BooG!e for The Hollywood Reporter.
In addition to stars of Schneider’s reveals opening up on their experiences, the problems raised within the collection embody writers accusing him of making a poisonous atmosphere with merciless pranks.
“No author ought to ever really feel uncomfortable in any writers’ room — ever. Interval. No excuses,” Schneider responded. “Most TV writers, comedy writers, have been in rooms, and they’re conscious that loads of occasions there are inappropriate jokes made and inappropriate subjects come up. However the truth that I participated in that — particularly after I was main the room — embarrasses me. I shouldn’t have achieved it.”
