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‘Zoey 101’ Alum Alexa Nikolas Responds to Dan Schneider’s Apology and Says “It’s Pretty Scary Looking Back”

The former Nickelodeon actress spoke with The Hollywood Reporter about her experience working for Schneider when she was 13 on the kids series.

Zoey 101 alum Alexa Nikolas, one of the Nickelodeon stars featured in Investigation Discovery’s Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, has responded to Dan Schneider ’s commentary on the docuseries. In a video shared this week to her YouTube page for Eat Predators, a movement created by Nikolas to end predatory behavior in the entertainment industry, the former child star reacted to Schneider voicing regret towards his actions as a boss. She had previously spoken out about a wardrobe-related incident while playing her Zoey 101 character, Nicole, saying on the Real Pod podcast in 2022 that the encounter was something that motivated her to want to speak out and become an advocate for other survivors of predatory behavior.

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