‘Ned’s Declassified’ cast apologizes for making joke about documentary ‘Quiet on the Set’: ‘I don’t want to make the trauma worse’

In mid-August, the stars of the sitcom “Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide” – Devon Werkheiser, Lindsay Shaw and Daniel Curtis Lee – apologized for making jokes about a new documentary.Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” features accusations by former child stars of widespread abuse at Nickelodeon, particularly involving producer Dan Schneider.

“Earlier this week, we were asked to comment on the ‘Quiet on Set’ documentary on TikTok Live, which we hadn’t seen yet, and there was this super shitty joke that mentioned Daniel and me saying Drake and that… It seemed like we were talking about ‘It all overlaps. We’re screwed, I get it,” Werkheiser said, talk about new episodes Part of the trio’s podcast “Ned’s Declassified Podcast Survival Guide.” “I just watched this documentary and it’s very disturbing. I just watched it and I get it. If I only watched the third episode especially and then we were joking around like that… If you were watching that, you’d be thinking, “Are they sociopaths?” Is there something wrong with them?

Earlier in the week, Werkheiser appeared on a TikTok Live with Lee and Shaw and ad-libbed the joke, “Give me your holes.”The line drew criticism, including from fellow Nickelodeon stars. drake bell, featured in a documentary. Although Bell collaborated with Schneider, the cast of “Declassified Ned” did not.

“Ned’s unclassification… this is wild… laugh, guys… laugh… ‘give me your shit?!!’ Really?!” Mr. Bell tweeted on X (previously known as Twitter ) wrote this in a post.

Lee and Shaw also participated in a discussion about the issue of child abuse in the world of television production.

“We’ve been screwed over a lot by business, but what that documentary reveals is an urgent issue. Something needs to happen,” Lee said.

Shaw added, “In the mindset that we were in, it was so irresponsible to even think about touching that topic or talking about it at all.” I hate that this happened. I hate and am sorry that I have compounded the trauma of this situation, which means so much to each of us. ”

Later in the podcast, Werkhiser revealed that he was watching an interview with Bell about “Quiet on Set” when he saw Bell criticizing the original TikTok.

“I immediately apologized. I felt like shit,” Werkhiser said. Knowing that Drake saw it in that context made him feel really bad. ”

The documentary series “Quiet on Set,” which premiered on March 17, features Nickelodeon cast and crew members sharing their on-the-ground experiences working at the station in the late ’90s and early 2000s, and confronting gender discrimination. There have also been allegations of racial discrimination and inappropriate conduct. .