Drake Bell Claims Nickelodeon Doesn't Pay Residuals To Child Stars

Drake Bell, a erstwhile kid character who recovered fame starring connected nan Nickelodeon sitcom "Drake & Josh," accused nan web of not paying its stars.

Bell, 39, claimed he and co-star Josh Peck ne'er received residuals for their show, which ran for 3 years connected nan kid-focused web earlier its last section aired successful 2007. 

The actor, who antecedently revealed alleged maltreatment he suffered while moving for Nickelodeon, addressed what he said was a misconception successful nan intermezo world.

"That’s nan cognition of nan world – it’s ever been this way: It’s like, you know, ‘Oh, you made a Folgers Coffee commercial. You must unrecorded successful a mansion successful Hollywood. I saw you connected TV, you’re rich,'" Bell said during an quality connected "The Unplanned Podcast."

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"Drake & Josh" star, Drake Bell, claimed Nickelodeon stars aren't paid residuals for their work. (Michael Bezjian)

"That's acold from nan case. And particularly – which is nan bummer for astir of america connected Nickelodeon – we don't get residuals for our shows."

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Bell noted that astir networks salary actors residuals for activity utilized aft its first run, but said Nickelodeon only offers a one-time costs to actors.

Host Matt Howard wondered if nan web was attempting to return advantage of stars owed to their age, to which Bell said, "Keep going. Keep trying to fig it out."

"It's a batch of evil, corrupt people... that is nan answer," Bell said. "There's nary different answer. Do everything that they do to america mentally and emotionally, and past propulsion america to nan wolves. And we're like, 'Okay, cool. I sewage rent this month.'"

Drake Bell and Josh Peck starred connected nan celebrated sitcom for 3 years. (Getty Images)

The sitcom, which besides received TV films successful summation to video games and books, is still celebrated pinch audiences, Bell said.

"There are 3 channels doing ‘Drake & Josh’ marathons. Netflix conscionable bought it, it's apical 10 connected Netflix, and I gotta fig retired really to salary my rent this month," Bell said. "And immoderate fat feline pinch a cigar is conscionable sitting up astatine nan apical of Viacom... It's conscionable for illustration getting precocious connected kid labor."

He continued, "We're putting successful each of this work. This corp is making billions pinch a 'B' disconnected of us, and we're being compensated for nan week of work, cool, but that's it. And forever, successful perpetuity, it virtually says successful nan contract, crossed universes and galaxies and planets.

"If Elon [Musk] gets america to Mars and they show ‘Drake & Josh,’ it's intolerable for maine to get paid for it."

Nickelodeon representatives did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment.

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The documentary "Quiet connected Set" premiered successful March 2024, covering nan bulk of Dan Schneider’s clip astatine Nickelodeon. As a showrunner, Schneider was alleged to person tally a toxic workplace, discriminated against female writers connected unit and made requests for massages from labor connected set.

Dan Schneider was nan attraction of nan "Quiet connected Set" documentary released successful 2024. (Charley Gallay)

The astir alarming declare from nan documentary came from Bell, who elaborate intersexual maltreatment allegations against Brian Peck, an character and speech coach hired by Nickelodeon. 

Bell recalled nan time nan narration went from uncomfortable to full-blown battle and abuse.

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"I was sleeping connected nan sofa wherever I would usually sleep, and I woke up to him… I opened my eyes, I woke up and he was sexually assaulting me. And I froze and was successful complete daze and had nary thought what to do aliases really to react," Bell said. "And I had nary thought really to get retired of nan situation… What do I do, telephone my mom, ‘Hey, tin you travel prime maine up? This conscionable happened, I’ll beryllium present and wait.’ I had nary car, I didn’t drive. I was 15 astatine this time."

He continued, "The maltreatment was extensive. And it sewage beautiful brutal, beautiful brutal. I don’t know, I really don’t cognize really to elaborate connected that connected camera really."

Bell accused sound coach Brian Peck of intersexual maltreatment successful nan "Quiet connected Set" documentary astir kid stars successful nan intermezo industry. (Christopher Polk)

When asked by a shaper what he would consciousness comfortable talking about, Bell said, "Why don’t you do this, why don’t you deliberation of nan worst worldly that personification tin do to personification arsenic a intersexual battle and that’ll reply your question. I don’t cognize really other to put it. It was not a one-time thing."

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Nickelodeon issued a connection to Fox News Digital regarding nan alleged behaviors connected past accumulation sets. 

"Though we cannot corroborate aliases negate allegations of behaviors from productions decades ago, Nickelodeon arsenic a matter of argumentation investigates each general complaints arsenic portion of our committedness to fostering a safe and master workplace situation free of harassment aliases different kinds of inappropriate conduct," nan connection said. "Our highest priorities are nan well-being and champion interests not conscionable of our employees, casts and crews, but of each children, and we person adopted galore safeguards complete nan years to thief guarantee we are surviving up to our ain precocious standards and nan expectations of our audience."