Drake Bell is coming to Josh Peck‘s protection after followers blasted his former costar for staying mum amid his sexual abuse story … principally telling everybody to face down.
The previous Nick star hopped on-line Wednesday to clear the air on the place he stands with Josh … and he confirmed that JP has, in actual fact, reached out to him after his look on ‘Quiet on the Set’ — regardless that nearly all people assumed he hadn’t.
Drake — who opened up about being molested as a teen by former Nickelodeon dialogue coach Brian Peck within the docuseries — says he observed the hate feedback flooding Josh’s social media accounts these previous a number of days … which he says are unwarranted.
As Drake places it … Josh has been supportive within the aftermath of the doc. Josh’s reach-out hasn’t been made public till now due to the fragile nature of the scenario — so issues are clearly happening behind the scenes that not everybody can see.
Drake says that he is been going via an emotional time in processing all the pieces that has occurred … which is why sure issues have been stored out of the general public eye.
His replace comes amid accusations that JP was purposefully ignoring the damning doc about their former community. The remark part of Josh’s TikTok account even featured numerous followers demanding that he say something in assist of DB, as an alternative of creating foolish uploads.
In fact, Drake and Josh have a rocky relationship of late. The 2 discovered themselves publicly beefing after Drake griped about not being invited to Josh’s marriage ceremony.
The 2 actors ultimately hugged it out on the 2017 VMAs — however even after that … it did not appear they have been notably shut.
Nonetheless, we’re completely satisfied to listen to that Josh has rallied round Drake proper now … and here is hoping individuals heed Drake’s request to put off his previous bud.
