Drake and Josh is among the finest bromance exhibits about two stepbrothers fully totally different from each other who get caught up in wild shenanigans. However all nice sitcoms come to an finish sooner or later and the Nickelodeon collection aired its last episode in 2007. Star Drake Bell was 21 when the collection ended; he now will get actual on all the “stress” he went by as soon as the present was finished.
Drake Bell grew up on Nickelodeon the place he confirmed his sketch comedy expertise on The Amanda Present with Amanda Bynes and Josh Peck. After he and Peck confirmed what a dynamic duo they have been on the comedy collection, they tag-teamed once more on Drake and Josh taking part in stepbrothers. However not a baby star by the collection finish, he instructed Folks concerning the challenges that got here from the uncertainty of maturity:
You are thrust to the world and nobody’s telling you what to do. You are thrown to the wolves and also you’re anticipated to make the suitable selections, do the suitable issues with none steering.
There’s no preventing rising up and getting into that interval the place you need to fend for your self. However as a former baby star who was used to having the soundness of starring on a TV present, I can think about how lonely it should really feel to haven’t any steering on the following step. If solely leaving one present may imply one other one would at all times be proper there ready so that you’re not left stranded to search out work.
After Drake and Josh, Drake Bell obtained a number of roles in comedies like Yours, Mine, and Ours and Superhero Film. He even performed the live-action Timmy Turner in The Pretty Oddparents movie collection. Not like his co-star Josh Peck, who made a triumphant profession comeback with Finest Image winner Oppenheimer, Bell did not transition to extra grownup roles. As a substitute, he did extra voiceover work like Peter Parker in Final Spider-Man and reprised the animated position in different MCU animated exhibits.
Despite the fact that Drake Bell and Josh Peck have been grown adults after starring in Drake and Josh, they nonetheless had reputations to uphold of their new life chapters. The actor/singer obtained actual on the “stress” that got here from adulting:
[We had] to be good position fashions. That is the place all the stress [came from]. You are like, ‘Whoa, I do not even know … do I purchase cloth softener? Does that go within the washer?’ You must know every thing about taxes, financial institution accounts, automotive loans and insurance coverage and mortgage funds and rents. I do not know what I am doing!
Fascinated by all of these newfound grownup tasks is sure to present anybody a headache. To not point out, having to be “good position fashions” being within the highlight even if you happen to’re not starring in a child’s collection anymore.
Drake Bell did expertise a storm of controversy after his time on Nickelodeon like in 2015 when he was charged with a DUI. Bell additionally pled responsible to baby endangerment prices in 2021 the place he was sentenced to 2 years probation and 200 hours of neighborhood service. The “Dandelion” singer additionally made headlines when he reportedly went lacking with an obvious suicide risk concerned. Thankfully, the previous Nickelodeon actor was efficiently reached by the Daytona Seaside Police Division.
Among the best issues that might have occurred to Drake Bell was when he traveled to Mexico to advertise his music in 2008. After his second album, It’s Solely Time, reached No. 4 within the Mexico High 100, he gained worldwide prominence along with his music. That success continued along with his newest album Non Cease Flight the place his present tour has him touring all through Latin America. However after all, Mexico “looks like residence” to the musician.
Despite the fact that Drake Bell’s Drake and Josh days are up to now, it doesn’t imply he doesn’t ship occasional throwbacks to the collection. In Might, the “Te Desenamoraste” singer plans to host a 2000s bar crawl in Washington D.C. the place he’ll sing the long-lasting Drake and Josh theme music. As for if Bell could be psyched to do a reboot of the favored Nickelodeon collection, he mentioned he’d be up for doing one thing “extra particular” with Josh Peck like one other kind of buddy comedy in comparison with reprising their famed characters. Hopefully, we see the dynamic duo share display time once more quickly.
It’s at all times demanding to go from being taken care of to having to fend for your self. Particularly being a former baby star beneath the highlight, steering would have been one thing Drake Bell mentioned he would have preferred. Nonetheless, the gifted performer has “discovered a method” to thrill followers along with his music on a world scale and has continued to embrace his ardour for leisure regardless of all the ups and downs. Relive the glory days of watching Drake and Josh in your Netflix subscription and your Paramount+ subscription.