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Drake Bell Says 3-Year-Old Son Asked ‘Why Do They Keep Calling You Timmy?’ Upon Seeing The Fairly OddParents (Exclusive)

Former Nickelodeon star Drake Bell tells PEOPLE his 3-year-old son "doesn't understand” what it means to be an actor because "he's too little."

Bell also credited his son with being the reason why he spoke out about the sexual abuse he experienced during his Nickelodeon days in the 2024 docuseries Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV. Peck, now 64, also served as Bell’s manager and he was arrested in 2003 on 11 charges that included sodomy, performing a lewd act upon a child 14 or 15 by a person 10 years older and oral copulation by anesthesia or controlled substance. “I don't want to sugarcoat it and make the message, ‘Hey, all you got to do is just tell somebody and get your story out and when you wake up the next day, it's going to be gone and everything's going to be fine and you're going to walk through life without any pain or sorrow or sadness!’ It's always going to be there, but it's a lot nicer getting support.”

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