Amanda Bynes is not occupied with speaking about her youngster star previous — particularly for the doc about Nickelodeon — as a result of she merely did not have a nasty expertise … TMZ has realized.
Sources with direct information inform TMZ … each Amanda and her dad and mom — Rick and Lynn — have been approached about telling their tales on “Quiet On Set: The Darkish Facet of Youngsters TV,” however we’re instructed all of them opted to not take part.
Our sources say Amanda — whom we’re instructed didn’t watch the documentary — declined to sit down for an interview on account that she felt she simply did not have something to share that may additional their trigger. In different phrases, she did not undergo what the ‘QOS’ topics did.
Quite the opposite, our sources inform us Amanda is grateful for what she was in a position to do along with her Nickelodeon begin — as we’re instructed she acknowledges that it launched her profession again then.
As for her dad and mom … our sources say they’re non-public folks and wished to remain out of the highlight for this. Not like Amanda, we’re instructed they really watched the documentary and have been each saddened and disgusted by the allegations.
However once more, we’re instructed the household unit as an entire hadn’t skilled what these different youngster actors did whereas on the community … which is why it did not make sense for them to sit down for it.
As everyone knows, Amanda starred on “The Amanda Present” from 1999 to 2002 alongside Drake Bell — who revealed he was abused by dialogue coach Brian Peck. Peck was credited on some episodes of ‘TAS’ as effectively.
A few of Drake’s former costars — like Josh Peck who additionally appeared on “The Amanda Present” — have come out in latest days … saying they watched the documentary and are lamenting the horrors their costars declare they handled.
BTW … one of many ‘Quiet On Set’ episodes focuses closely on Bynes, together with how she was found on the Snicker Manufacturing unit within the mid-90s — so, it does appear somewhat odd that Amanda is not occupied with peeping the sequence in any respect … particularly since she’s a focus in it.
In fact, it goes with out saying … Amanda’s been by way of her personal private saga — conservatorship, and so forth. — and within the aftermath of that, it is clear she desires to go away the previous up to now and deal with different ventures … together with her burgeoning cosmetology profession.
Amanda is way more low-key today … and he or she hasn’t publicly addressed the doc. Now, nevertheless, we all know how she feels about it — and there is not any dangerous blood with Nick.