Nickelodeon Producer Dan Schneider Responds to 'Quiet on Set' Accusations: 'I Owe Some People a Strong Apology'Once heralded as the "Norman Lear of children's television" by the New York Times, former Nickelodeon producer Dan Schneider is now scrambling to save his reputation in the wake of the new docuseries Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, which explores allegations of child sexual abuse and other forms of misconduct in Hollywood.
Dan Schneider responded to the Investigation Discovery docuseries on Tuesday, saying "I definitely owe some people a pretty strong apology."
The docuseries alleges he oversaw toxic workplace conditions where young children were present, and he allegedly verbally abused the cast and crews of his shows.
One accuser - a female writer on The Amanda Show - claims Schneider watched pornography on his computer at work and once told her that he would put one of her sketches in the show in return for a massage - a request that he allegedly made of other co-workers.
Schneider spoke to the iCarly star known as BooG!E in a video interview that was obtained by The Hollywood Reporter.
"Watching over the past two nights was very difficult, me facing my past behaviors, some of which are embarrassing and that I regret and I definitely owe some people a pretty strong apology," he said.
When asked about the massages, Schneider said, "It was wrong. It was wrong that I ever put anybody in that position. It was a wrong thing 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."
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