In a TikTok shared on Thursday, Nickelodeon‘s Amanda Present alum Raquel Lee Bolleau, who was featured in Investigation Discovery’s docuseries Quiet on Set: The Darkish Aspect of TV, says she was left upset by her expertise with the docuseries about poisonous units on the children TV community.
The doc’s administrators, Mary Robertson and Emma Schwartz, have been just lately joined by members Drake Bell, Giovannie Samuels, Bryan Christopher Hearne and co-executive producer Kate Taylor, for a panel dialog for an Emmys FYC occasion, moderated by Scaachi Koul, that explored the affect of what has grow to be a success docuseries for ID and streamer Max. The five-part sequence outlined allegations of abuse, sexism, racism and inappropriate conduct involving underage stars and crewmembers on Nickelodeon TV present units run by Dan Schneider.
“Do you assume they invited me?” requested the previous baby star in her video, referencing the Los Angeles occasion.
Bolleau continued (watch, under), “Let me inform you what my downside is with this business: Quiet on Set did the identical factor the business all the time does—they get what they need from you after which they’re finished. By no means did they assume that I’d need to be a part of a dialogue like that.”
She mentioned such remedy has been “a really troublesome factor” for her to face, citing previous wounds from her expertise as a baby actor. “This business has finished nothing however damage me, left and proper, since I used to be a baby,” Bolleau mentioned.
One other Quiet on Set participant, Marc Summers, former host of Double Dare, just lately mentioned he walked off the docuseries set. “They ambushed me,” he claimed. “They by no means informed me what this documentary was actually about. And so, they confirmed me a video of one thing that I couldn’t consider was on Nickelodeon and I mentioned, ‘Whoah, let’s cease the tape proper right here. What are we doing?’”
The co-directors mentioned in response through an announcement to The Hollywood Reporter, “We’re clear with every participant concerning the nature of our initiatives.”
In her video, Bolleau additionally claimed the administrators didn’t inform her what the documentary would really be targeted on. “Initially, you don’t even inform me what sort of documentary I’m going to be part of,” she mentioned. “You by no means questioned whether or not or not that is going to be triggering for me.”
It’s value noting that typically, in investigative reporting, reporters uncover the precise nature of the story whereas reporting. Nonetheless, numerous allegations in opposition to Schneider have been public since 2018 and govt producer and Enterprise Insider reporter Kate Taylor had revealed an in-depth investigative story on Schneider in August 2022.
Bolleau continued, “Quantity two, it comes out and also you inform me, ‘Oh, you’re going to be on episodes primary and quantity 4. And then you definately name me the day that the fifth episode goes to return out and also you say, ‘Hey, by the best way, simply to let you realize, you’re additionally within the fifth episode.’ However you additionally forgot to say, ‘Oh and we’re additionally going to be having a panel dialogue to speak about the place you’re right now and the way we will transfer ahead.’ You need me to share my story however you don’t need to contain me within the precise narrative of change?”
THR has reached again out to Robertson and Schwartz and ID for remark.
Following the success of the two-night, 4 half sequence, ID greenlit a bonus fifth episode, Breaking the Silence, that launched April 7.
“There was a variable deluge of dialog all throughout social media and that’s as a result of Quiet on Set is a part of one thing a lot larger than itself, an actual motion for change,” Jason Sarlanis, president of TNT, TBS, TruTV, ID & HLN, linear and streaming, just lately informed THR concerning the docuseries. “It has grow to be extremely clear that as an business in the case of youngsters and leisure, we merely should do higher.”
Final month, former Amanda Present author Jenny Kilgen, who can be featured within the doc, wrote an open letter to SAG-AFTRA, urging them to “take motion to provoke and institute strong baby security protocols to guard younger actors.” She additionally expressed assist for state and federal laws, one thing Robertson and Schwartz have beforehand informed THR was an space they hoped to see change after the success of the doc. The actors union has since responded by outlining the processes they’ve in place.