Drake Bell and Josh Peck Reunite on Podcast: “I Was the Happiest… When I Was on Set With You Guys”

Drake Bell sits in on Josh Peck's podcast as the two discuss growing up as child actors and how they initially didn't get along.

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Fans of Nickelodeon’s “Drake and Josh” will be doubly excited when they hear there’s not one but two full length podcast episodes featuring the former child actors Drake Bell and Josh Peck.

Bell stopped by Peck’s podcast “Good Guys” in order to discuss their relationship as well as the problems growing up as child stars.

Early on, Peck notes this is the first time ever the two have sat down to talk about starring on the show together.

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Peck’s co-host Ben Soffer asked if they were close while shooting “Drake and Josh.”

Bell notes – hinting at the problems during his teenage years – it is going to be interesting if their perspectives align. There were times when they hung out a lot and times when they did not. 

Peck says Bell did not take to his “The Amanda Show” co-star when Peck joined the sketch show’s cast in 2000. They would soon hit it off when they found a shared love of sitcoms. 

Later in the discussion, Bell admits to searching for a true comedy partner during his younger child acting days. Citing many comedy duos such as Abbott and Costello, Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor, Lucille Ball and Ricky Arnez, Bell says he’d always been looking for his comedic scene partner. 

“I’m like, I want to make people laugh, but I also want to sing songs and like get the girl, you know,” Bell recounts. “I’m doing this thing with Amanda. That’s cool. You know, but like, no, I need like my partner.”

When Soffer said he’d never seen a particular sketch, Peck and Bell immediately slip into directly quoting lines from it – indicating their friendship is still close.

Bell’s mother suggested the two go to a Christian comedy night at Bell’s church. They both say the comedy that night wasn’t bad.

Additionally, the conversation began with Peck asking if Bell and Justin Bieber are cool. Bell says he only met the singer once. Their initial beef began when the actor retweeted an AI photo of the singer. 

“It was all of a sudden… ‘kill yourself, die!’ Everything you’ve ever made is trash! Drake and Josh is trash” Bell remembers. 

He likened the situation to when John Lennon said The Beatles were more popular than Jesus. Drake admits to prodding Bieber’s fans. Drake says he’s never had problems with Justin Bieber, just his fans.

Soffer asks about the realities of the actors’ relationship. “Drake and Josh” depicted the two as brothers. Later in the chat, the co-host expands on this notion alongside an off screen producer. Both chime in on the idea that the show depicted the two were living the dream onscreen even though that wasn’t the case.

“…Once the show ends, the question on everybody’s mind always is… what happened to your friendship?” Soffer asks. “Maybe that wasn’t necessarily a thing, like maybe you were just coworkers and once the project ended, it kind of ended, or was there more to it? Like what happened to the two of you?”

Peck refers in hindsight to the situation having seen Bell’s admission of being assaulted by dialogue coach Brian Peck (no relation to Josh Peck) during the docuseires “Quiet on the Set.” Peck says he had no idea what Bell was going through considering the allegations the latter was trying to keep secret.

“And there’s a lot of things that you’re still realizing, like as I haven’t figured it all out, but it’s interesting as we talk about our relationship,” Bell chimes in. “I don’t know if this is just because we’ve made a lot of bad choices in our lives, or if it’s just- or if it’s just from trauma, but I have a lot of trouble remembering a lot of things. And things come back as people say things.”

Bell spoke about telling his mom about the assault in between the end of “The Amanda Show” and the start of “Drake and Josh” which led to an investigation that wouldn’t end for some time.

However, Bell indicates he was always 100% in on acting. “…Where I felt most comfortable,” he begins, “Where I was the happiest was when I was on set with you guys.”

Later in the chat, Peck would add his outside views from the time period. 

“I was just looking at it through the prism of a 14 year old’s brain going like, ah, he doesn’t want much to do with me. And thankfully, everyone seen who did know was galvanizing around you because God knows you needed the support and deserved every inch of it,” Peck elaborates. “I didn’t know any of this at 14. And in watching the documentary at 38, as a father, as a grown up, so much was revealed to me and of what you had to go through. I can’t even imagine that.”

Bell says he didn’t want the allegations to ruin “Drake and Josh” nor did he want Josh to blame him for the loss of the show.

Part one of Drake Bell’s appearance on the “Good Guys” podcast is available now. Part two will be released on March 27.

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