Kenan Thompson shares his thoughts on the recent documentary “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV,” which chronicled the allegations of abuse against crew members at the Nickelodeon network.
During a recent interview with Tamron Hall on her daytime talk show, Thompson, who started as a child actor on Nickelodeon in the teenage sketch show “All That” and then “Kenan & Kel,” revealed that he had not seen the documentary.
“It’s a tough subject. It’s tough for me because I can’t really speak on things that I never witnessed. All these things happened after I left, basically,” he said. “Dan Schneider wasn’t really on ‘Kenan & Kel’ like that. He got a ‘Created by’ credit, but it was a different showrunner. All that negativity kind of started happening outside of our tenure [at Nickelodeon]. I wasn’t really aware of a lot of it, but my heart goes out to anyone that’s been victimized or their families.”
Thompson added, “It’s a good thing that the doc is out and it’s putting things on display that need to be, stories that need to be told for accountability’s sake. But it’s definitely tough to watch because I have fond memories of that place. I have fond memories of my co-stars. To hear that they’ve gone through terrible things like that, it’s really tough.”
Tamron Hall said that her show had reached out to the network to conduct investigations about the allegations to which Thompson said, “Well, investigate more. It’s supposed to be a safe space. It’s supposed to be a safe place for kids. So to hear all that is like, ‘How dare you.’”