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The stars of Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide are filled with remorse in regards to the inappropriate feedback they made about one of many darkest occasions in Drake Bell’s life.
Earlier this week, Devon Werkheiser, Lindsey Shaw, and Daniel Curtis Lee laughed and joked on TikTok Live in regards to the “brutal” sexual assault the 37-year-old actor revealed within the Quiet on Set doc — skilled by the hands of former Nickelodeon dialogue coach and convicted little one molester Brian Peck. Devon stated in a now-viral clip:
“Daniel, we told you never to speak about that. Get back in your hole, Daniel, and give me your holes. Sorry, we shouldn’t joke about this. We really shouldn’t.”
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What the f**okay!
The trio instantly confronted backlash on-line, as many thought the feedback have been extremely insensitive to those that skilled abuse. Even Drake slammed the podcasters on X (Twitter), calling them “Ned’s Declassless!” After the decision out, Devon apologized and stated he was “gutted” he damage the Drake & Josh star along with his phrases. And it appears to be like just like the apologies aren’t over but.
Several days later, Devon, Lindsey, and Daniel launched an episode of their Ned’s Declassified Podcast Survival Guide to confess much more that they “f**ked up.” But first, Devon clarified the nasty feedback he made. He defined on the podcast that followers within the TikTok Live feedback stored asking for his or her opinions on the documentary. At the identical time, Daniel was having bother enhancing sound for his or her podcast and thought the footage bought deleted. And that’s when he determined to make the “s**t joke,” not realizing “the magnitude” of his phrases since he hadn’t watched the doc:
“If you haven’t seen the clip, if you haven’t seen what’s going on, we were on a TikTok Live being asked to comment on the Quiet on Set documentary, which we hadn’t seen, and a super s**t joke came out that was referenced at Daniel [Curtis Lee] and looked like I was talking about Drake [Bell]. We f**ed up. I get it. We hadn’t seen the doc and everyone was asking us for their for our opinions on it.”
Daniel insisted the joke was not meant to be geared toward Drake, however as an alternative, the “statement was directed to me in the extreme way that we disparage each other.” So they’re attempting to say it was a poorly timed joke? Hmm. However, Devon acknowledges there isn’t a excuse for his or her conduct. And after watching the documentary, he understands why everybody was up in arms in regards to the remarks:
“Now, having seen the documentary, it’s disturbing. Now, we’ve watched it and I get it. If I had just watched especially that third episode and then watched us joking like that … I would be like, ‘Are they sociopaths? Is something wrong with them?’”
The joke undoubtedly was not cool in any respect. Devon later expressed how he “felt like a piece of s**t” when Drake reacted to the TikTok Live, including:
“I have to say when I saw our little f**king TikTok clip and that Drake had retweeted it, I was just watching his interview [in Quiet on Set]. And someone sent me that he had retweeted it and then I saw the clip and like … I put out a f**king apology immediately. I know it looks like I’m laughing at this and I f**king wasn’t, but I know what it looks like, and that Drake saw it … yeah. I just felt so f**king awful, knowing that Drake saw us in that context.”
As for Lindsey? The Pretty Little Liars alum acknowledges none of them ought to have had any “insensitivity” amid the documentary, saying:
“I hate that this happened. I hate that we compounded any trauma around this situation that means so much to each of us. I am sorry. I know that that even when there wasn’t an intention or malice behind things people have done for me, I know that it has just helped me when people meet me where I am and recognize like, ‘Hey that was a gut punch, whether it was intentional or not.’ And, yeah, gut punches suck.”
Hopefully, they discovered a giant lesson from all of this. Watch the podcast episode (beneath):
They appear to be genuinely remorseful for his or her actions. But we’ll see if Drake chooses to simply accept these apologies anytime quickly. What are your ideas on the scenario, Perezcious readers? Sound OFF within the feedback beneath.
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