Kenan and Kel star Kel Mitchell has accused former Nickelodeon producer Dan Schneider of yelling “wild stuff” at him in a closet on the set of All That whereas Mitchell was nonetheless a teen.
Mitchell, now 45, starred within the sketch present All That from 1994 to 1999, and within the sitcom Kenan and Kel from 1996 to 2000.
Chatting with Keke Palmer on her podcast Baby, this is Keke Palmer, Mitchell recalled that “the vibe of the present began to alter just a little bit” after the departure of unique All That co-creator Brian Robbins.
“They left us with the top author, Dan Schneider,” stated Mitchell. “So he’s writing, and me and him sort of bump heads just a little bit. I keep in mind me and Dan had an enormous argument on set. He was like, ‘Let’s go over right here to this room proper right here, on this closet.’ He closed the door and he simply took off, you recognize, simply yelling all this wild stuff.”
Mitchell stated he would have been 18 or 19 when the incident occurred. “Being an grownup at this level, I had a choice to make, you recognize what I imply?” he stated. “I used to be identical to, ‘Okay, both we’re going to combat or both I’m going to depart.’ And in order that’s what I did. I left the scenario.”
Schneider, 58, was not too long ago closely featured within the Investigation Discovery docuseries Quiet on Set: The Darkish Facet of Children TV, which alleged that he had presided over a tradition of abuse, harassment, racism and sexism on the units of his exhibits.
Schneider is now suing the documentary makers, accusing them of deceptive viewers into considering he was a baby predator to extend rankings.
The largest bombshell to return out of the documentary was from Drake & Josh alum Drake Bell, who spoke out for the primary time in regards to the alleged sexual abuse he says he suffered by the hands of actor and since-convicted intercourse offender Brian Peck.
Following the discharge of the docuseries, Schneider launched an apology video, saying that watching the documentary was “very troublesome” as he confronted his “previous behaviours – a few of that are embarrassing and that I remorse”.
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Nevertheless, a lawsuit filed by Schneider’s attorneys and obtained by The Impartial reads: “Quiet on Set’s portrayal of Schneider is a success job. Whereas it’s indeniable that two bona fide baby sexual abusers labored on Nickelodeon exhibits, it’s likewise indeniable that Schneider had no data of their abuse, was not complicit within the abuse, condemned the abuse as soon as it was found and, critically, was not a baby sexual abuser himself.
“However for the sake of clickbait, rankings, and views – or put otherwise, cash – Defendants have destroyed Schneider’s fame and legacy via the false statements and implications that Schneider is strictly that.”
Schneider is searching for compensatory damages, punitive damages, authorized payment protection and for preliminary or everlasting injunctive reduction, together with enhancing, taking down or eradicating all or a portion of the Trailer and/or Quiet on Set.
