Former Nickelodeon star Kel Mitchell claims that Dan Schneider screamed at him in a closet on the set of All That.
Mitchell, 45, recalled that heated second on the Tuesday, June 11, episode of Keke Palmer’s podcast, Child, This Is Keke Palmer. He was 18 or 19 years previous on the time, he informed Palmer, when Schneider — a author on Mitchell’s sketch comedy present, All That — directed rage his manner.
“The vibe of the present began to alter a bit bit. [The show’s co-creator] Brian Robbins began to do Varsity Blues and all these completely different motion pictures and the manufacturing group began to explode, so that they left,” Mitchell mentioned of personnel modifications on All That. “And so they left us with the pinnacle author, Dan Schneider. So he’s writing, and me and him sort of bump heads a bit bit.”
At some point, “I keep in mind me and Dan had a giant argument on set,” he continued. “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 understand, simply yelling all this wild stuff.”
From the Restore Man (man man man) to Lester Oakes Building Employee and everybody in between, the characters of All Which might be etched into the minds of ’90s youngsters in all places. Nickelodeon’s half-hour sketch comedy present initially ran from 1994 to 2000, spawning spinoffs like Kenan & Kel and The Amanda Present and turning into the signature […]
Mitchell walked away from Schneider.
“Being an grownup at this level, I had a call to make, you understand what I imply? I used to be identical to, OK, both we [are] going to battle or both I’m going to go away,” he mentioned. “And in order that’s what I did. I left the scenario.”
Mitchell is the most recent Nickelodeon alum to speak about unfavorable experiences working with Schneider, 58, who co-created The Amanda Present, Drake & Josh and iCarly, amongst different collection on the kids’s community. Earlier this 12 months, Investigation Discovery launched an explosive docuseries, Quiet on Set: The Darkish Facet of Children TV, that detailed Schneider’s tenure at Nick and his alleged inappropriate conduct. It additionally coated allegations of sexual abuse, particularly involving former dialogue coach Brian Peck.
In March, Schneider gave his first interview concerning the claims towards him, saying that watching Quiet on Set had made him face “my previous behaviors, a few of that are embarrassing and that I remorse, and I positively owe some individuals a reasonably sturdy apology.”
The dialog across the alleged poisonous work atmosphere at Nickelodeon may be getting began. Quiet on Set: The Darkish Facet of Children TV, which aired in March on Investigation Discovery, coated producer Dan Schneider’s time on the community, with former little one stars and crew members recalling their experiences on the units of assorted reveals […]
“I can inform you why it hurts actually unhealthy for me,” he mentioned on the time. “I keep in mind very clearly my early experiences [and] my first experiences within the leisure enterprise. I used to be inexperienced, I used to be scared, I used to be excited. It meant the world to me that I used to be getting these alternatives and I went in and I obtained fortunate trigger they have been nice.”
Trying again, “the truth that I didn’t pay that ahead to each worker that walked by my door, it hurts my coronary heart trigger I ought to have,” he added. “I want I may return and repair that.”
