Following his bombshell revelations in regards to the abuse he endured as a Nickelodeon star, Drake Bell is now opening up in regards to the monetary realities of his time on the community.

Regardless of Drake & Josh being a fan-favorite collection and catapulting him to fame, it has not been as worthwhile a enterprise as individuals could anticipate, Bell mentioned throughout a go to to the The Unplanned Podcast. Bell and co-star Josh Peck have by no means obtained residuals for his or her time on the present, in actual fact, he mentioned.

"That’s the notion of the world — it’s all the time been this fashion: It’s like, you already know, ‘Oh, you made a Folgers Espresso business. You need to stay in a mansion in Hollywood. I noticed you on TV, you’re wealthy,'" Bell mentioned. "That's removed from the case. And particularly — which is the bummer for many of us on Nickelodeon — we don't get residuals for our reveals."

Bell claimed that in contrast to different networks, Nickelodeon stars obtained a one-time fee for his or her work. When host Matt Howard requested whether or not the shortage of residuals was because of the community making the most of their age, Bell quipped, "Hold going! Hold attempting to determine it out."

He added, "It's a whole lot of evil, corrupt individuals…that’s the reply. There's no different reply. Do every thing that they do to us mentally and emotionally, after which throw us to the wolves. And we're like, 'Okay, cool. I obtained lease this month.'"

Bell mentioned that whereas the sitcom nonetheless has an viewers, and has discovered new life on streaming platforms, it has not benefited him and Peck immediately.

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"There are three channels doing Drake & Josh marathons. Netflix simply purchased it, it's prime 10 on Netflix, and I gotta work out find out how to pay my lease this month," Bell mentioned. "And a few fats cat with a cigar is simply sitting up on the prime of Viacom… It's similar to getting excessive on little one labor."

He continued, "We're placing in all of this work. This company is making billions with a 'B' off of us, and we're being compensated for the week of labor, cool, however that's it. And eternally, in perpetuity, it actually says within the contract, throughout universes and galaxies and planets." He joked, "If Elon [Musk] will get us to Mars and so they present Drake & Josh, it's not possible for me to receives a commission for it."

Bell moreover claimed that the shortage of residuals didn’t apply to everybody on the community, including that "visitor stars" have been an exception: "There's individuals who mentioned two strains in a single episode that also get checks within the mail. Josh and I? Not a dime."

Bell, who filed for chapter again in 2014, went on to say that with out residuals, paying publicists, managers, and California taxes creates a monetary burden that folks outdoors of the business aren't conscious of.

Representatives for Nickelodeon didn’t instantly reply to Leisure Weekly's request for remark.

Bell is amongst a number of former little one stars, writers, and crew who recounted alleged abuse and a poisonous office setting at Nickelodeon throughout megaproducer — and Drake & Josh creator — Dan Schneider's reign within the ʼ90s and ʼ00s. Schneider has denied allegations of inappropriate conduct and toxicity on set.

Within the Investigation Discovery collection Quiet on Set, Bell detailed the "in depth" sexual abuse he skilled, starting at age 15, whereas working alongside dialogue coach Brian Peck (no relation to Josh Peck) on the community's comedy collection, The Amanda Present. He moreover revealed that he was the nameless teen whose accounts led to Brian Peck’s 2003 arrest and eventual conviction. Peck pleaded no contest to prices of committing a lewd act towards a baby and was sentenced to 16 months in jail.

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After Bell broke his silence about his abuse in Quiet on Set, Nickelodeon launched an announcement that mentioned, "Now that Drake Bell has 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."

Watch Bell's full feedback on the podcast above.

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