From dynamic duo to frenemies! Drake Bell and Josh Peck skyrocketed to fame after their hit Nickelodeon sitcom Drake & Josh premiered in 2004. Throughout four seasons and two made-for-TV movies, they starred as two completely opposite teens who became stepbrothers that were forced to share a room.
While Bell and Peck, both 30, were friends during filming, the pair seemed to have drifted after wrapping the series in 2007. Bell wasn’t invited to Peck’s June 2017 nuptials to Paige O’Brien, and took to Twitter to hint that he was peeved. “True colors have come out today,” he wrote in since-deleted tweet. “Message is loud and clear. Ties are officially cut. I’ll miss you brother.”
A source told Us Weekly at the time that they haven’t spoken in three years. “Josh was really hurt,” the insider claims. “They aren’t close anymore and Josh had a very small wedding.”
A few months later, Bell confirmed to Us that they had worked out their differences and were in a good place.
“It’s interesting, we’re actually closer than we’ve been in a while … It’s totally great. It’s all love. We’re brothers, man,” the musician told Us in September 2017. “We’ve been working together for 18 years, maybe even longer now. So we’ve had our ups, we’ve had our downs, it’s like we’re real brothers. It’s kind of that sibling rivalry and sibling love and it’s the whole thing.”
Bell, who still believed that his reaction was “completely justifiable” revealed how the pair made amends.
“We ran into each other at the VMAs. It was cool because I had called him and we were talking about meeting up. And that’s always kind of nerve-racking. ‘What am I going to say? Where are we going to meet? The ride over?’ So I was really happy that it happened organically,” he shared. “And he just kind of walked up behind me and I was like, ‘Oh. We have to deal with this right now.’ And so we were able to talk and hash it out and it’s all good.”
In June 2021, The Amanda Show alum was arraigned and charged with two criminal counts of attempted endangering children and disseminating matter harmful to juveniles. Bell initially pleaded not guilty but later changed his plea during his pretrial hearing.
The California native was sentenced to two years probation the following month and Peck told Variety that the situation was “unfortunate.”
Scroll down to relive the costars’ friendship through the years:
Cool kids. Bell and Peck posed back-to-back in all-denim outfits at the Kids’ Choice Awards in Santa Monica. SGranitz/WireImage.com
Quick pick-me-up! Peck jokingly carried Bell in his arms on the red carpet at the Kids’ Choice Awards in Westwood, California. SGranitz/WireImage.com
They’re red carpet pros by now! The costars posed together once again at the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion in Westwood. Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage.com
Hug me, brotha! The duo showed each other some love at the Kids’ Choice Awards in Los Angeles. Jen Lowery/Startraksphoto.com
Bell and Peck appeared on the Today show in 2007 with Miranda Cosgrove, who played their devious sister Megan on the sitcom. Virginia Sherwood/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images
The actors suited up to present at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards in L.A. Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic
All grown-up! Peck and Bell had both totally transformed by the time they reunited at the 2014 Kids’ Choice Awards in Los Angeles. Frazer Harrison/KCA2014/Getty Images
Giving us hope for a Drake & Josh reboot! Bell made a cameo on Peck’s short-lived comedy Grandfathered. Jordin Althaus/ABC Studios via Getty Images
They’ve officially ended their feud! Bell and Peck both shared the same photo of themselves embracing at the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles. “Hug me…” they both captioned it. Courtesy Josh Peck/Instagram
The former costars once again reunited and shared a photo of the occasion on Tuesday, September 5. Alongside the black and white snap, in which they smile with their arms around each other, Bell wrote: "I freakin love this guy!!" Courtesy of Drake Bell/Twitter
“The boys,” Peck captioned an Instagram upload of Bell and his 5-month-old son, Max. Courtesy Josh Peck/Instagram
Following Bell's sentencing for attempted child endangerment, Peck told Variety, "It's upsetting, and it's an unfortunate situation. It's disappointing." Earlier that month, Bell was sentenced to two years probation and 200 hours of community service. Depending on the California probation department’s ruling, the singer might also have to register as a sex offender. Image Press Agency/NurPhoto/Shutterstock; John Salangsang/Shutterstock
During an appearance on the "BFFs" podcast, Peck elaborated on his reaction to Bell's comments about his wedding. "I remember we were at the MTV Video Music Awards [in 2017] and I see him there and he sees me. I go up to him, and this might be the most Sopranos thing I have ever done, I looked at him and I go, 'Go apologize to my wife right now,'" the How I Met Your Father star recalled in March 2022. "He made a beeline for my wife and I see him do a whole five-minute performance of an apology." Peck called Bell out for "creating this narrative that just wasn't true" at the expense of his wife, adding, "It was just unfortunate the way it worked out. It was one of the few times in my life where I went blind and my emotions put me in that place." Shutterstock (2)
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