Where Drake Bell, Josh Peck Stand With Amanda Bynes _ E! News

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00:00She was the biggest thing on the planet to me.

00:02Drake Bell and Josh Peck are opening up about their relationship with Amanda Bynes.

00:07The former co-stars had their first public conversation in decades

00:11on Josh Peck's podcast Good Guys.

00:14The two-part interview discusses the complicated friendship between the two,

00:17Drake's appearance in the tell-all documentary Quiet on Set, and more.

00:21When former child star Amanda Bynes comes up in the conversation,

00:25Drake says he reached out sometime around 2016 or 2017.

00:30I randomly messaged her like I was like just like she was in the news or something and I

00:34was just like thinking about her and I was like oh I'm just gonna message her she'll never see it

00:37she'll never respond and then she responded and we like messaged back and forth a little bit

00:43and then that was the last I'd talked to her but um but no I I mean other than being on the show

00:48and you know she was an idol to me I mean I grew up on on all that.

00:54One of the most talented people ever.

00:57Yeah and when I got to audition for the Amanda show I

01:02she may as well have been Rachel on Friends like she I like she was the

01:06biggest thing on the planet to me.

01:08Josh praises Amanda as well saying

01:10every two to three years we'll run into each other yeah she's just the greatest yeah she's

01:16she was great then she's remains great and such a good person and obviously has had some sort of

01:22some public struggles but I just think she's got one of the great hearts and great skills.

01:28Yeah I mean that's that's all I that's that's all I've ever experienced with

01:32with Amanda was just like this dynamite force of nature when it comes to like

01:40just talent.

01:41The actress has dealt with public mental health struggles over the years

01:45stepping away from the spotlight she is now pursuing her dream of becoming a manicurist

01:49according to an e-news insider who told us in August of 2024.

01:54She graduated almost two years ago but didn't immediately apply for her license

01:59she needs to practice doing acrylics and study manicurist theory to pass the board exam.