Nickelodeon showrunner Dan Schneider addresses the 'toxic' work environment former colleagues allege in new docuseries.
showrunner Dan Schneider sat down for a video interview with BooG!e, who starred as T-Bo in iCarly, on Tuesday. In the interview, he apologized for the gender discrimination, “overlooked” actors of color, massage requests, and other allegations made by his former colleagues, in new docuseries
“That was the darkest part of my career,” Schneider said. “And here’s the kicker I really don’t get, after he got out of prison, to my knowledge a registered sex offender, he was hired on a Disney show.”Schneider also addressed his asking for massages from Nickelodeon employees: “It was wrong. It was wrong that I ever put anyone in that position. It was wrong to do. I’d never do it today. I’m embarrassed that I did it then. I apologize to anybody that I ever put in that situation.
“In this case, it was two women writers,” Schneider said. “I’ve done another show where that teaming was done with two male writers and they split a salary. I did another show where it was a male and a female writer, and they split a salary.”, former Nickelodeon employees said that some on-air scenes felt referential to porn or felt evident of a foot fetish. Zwhere goo is splattered on the show lead Jamie Lynn Spears’ face and the boys referred to the scene as a “cumshot” during production.
“Now, we have some adults looking back at them 20 years later through their lens and they’re looking at them and they’re saying ‘Oh, I don’t think that’s appropriate for a kids show,'” Schneider added. “And I have no problem with that. If that’s how anyone feels, let’s cut those jokes out of the show.”cast member Bryan Hearne described being covered in peanut butter and licked clean by dogs.
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