Drake Bell is coming to the protection of kid actors’ mother and father whose youngsters may’ve been mistreated at Nickelodeon … saying they too had been simply as uncovered and naïve.
Throughout a panel this week after a screening of ‘Quiet on Set’ … DB spoke up on behalf of all of the mothers and dads who’ve been getting dragged by the coals within the aftermath of the docuseries … with many saying they did a poor job of defending their youngsters.
He says lots of the mother and father who had been within the combine again then had been simply as inexperienced as their kids when it got here to showbiz — and had been studying as they went too.
Drake provides, “Some of these were our first jobs. Some of these were our parents’ first time on a set, and they’re just learning along with us. So to say ‘Oh, the parents should have stepped in with this and that’ — no, there should be somebody who’s experienced that can see, oh you know what, this child seems uncomfortable, I’m gonna be able to take him or her with their parent and bring them over here, ‘Do you feel comfortable doing this?’”
As Drake places it … the mother and father actually aren’t in charge right here — though social media has been crushing lots of them after listening to the horror tales from these former Nick stars.
Drake’s mother, particularly, has been getting crucified — as Drake revealed in his abuse story that she allowed him to spend so much of time with Brian Peck as a result of she did not wish to drive him to and from the studio all the best way from Orange County the place they lived.
His father, in the meantime, was hailed a silent hero from the doc — as a result of he was deeply concerned in Drake’s profession and did not need Brian round his son that a lot … that’s, till Drake fired him as his supervisor and saved him on the outs, beneath BP’s steering.
“All That” alums Giovonnie Samuels and Bryan Hearne, who attended the screening with Drake, additionally do not assume youngster actors’ mother and father are in charge. Like DB, Giovonnie and Bryan really feel a liaison representing the kid actor ought to be on set to advocate for any younger performer.
Bryan added … “That’s the most important thing. The parents can only do so much.”
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‘Quiet on Set’ host Soledad O’Brien shared a similar stance on “TMZ Live” final week, defending that these youngsters’ mother and father are clearly being preyed on too.
