A new documentary series called Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV is shaking up Hollywood and grabbing a lot of attention from fans who watched Nickelodeon in the late 90s and early 2000s. 

The documentary speaks about the abuse the kids endured on some of the most popular shows on the network, including All That, The Amanda Show, Drake & Josh, iCarly, and Zoey 101. One of the most horrific stories on the show centered around actor Drake Bell being sexually abused by Brian Peck, who worked as a dialogue coach on Nickelodeon’s All That and The Amanda Show, when he was just 15. 

Now, Dan Schneider, who created shows including Drake & Josh, iCarly and Zoey 101, is speaking out about the documentary, which also heavily focused on his emotional abuse with the young actors on set. 

Schneider sat down with iCarly’s T-Bo actor BooG!E, where he cleared the air, stating, "I definitely owe some people a pretty strong apology. I hate that anybody worked for me and didn’t have a good time." 

Dan admitted that he "would let the pressure of doing 40 episodes or more a year... get to me, which a good boss should never ever do." He added, "I would snap at people sometimes. I would be snarky when I could have given them a nicer answer. I would not give people the time they needed. I would be in too big a hurry to get onto the next thing I had to do." 

Addressing the abuse that Drake Bell endured on his set, Schneider clarified that he never hired Peck, who was convicted of sexually assaulting Bell in 2004. He then spoke about Drake coming to him, stating, "When Drake and I talked and he told me about what happened, I was more devastated by that than anything that ever happened to me in my career thus far." Schneider then revealed that he told Bell: "I’m here for you." 

Schneider then teared up while speaking about Drake's mother coming to him to ask her to write her speech for court, which he obliged, and he spoke about Peck going to prison. He added that it was "probably the darkest time of my career." You can listen in full above. 

Source: X