Talk show host Bill Maher raged against a lack of protections around children in Hollywood, accusing the left of overlooking child abuse “if the guy from the wrong party calls it out.”
A segment on Friday’s airing of Real Time with Bill Maher was centered on the documentary Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV. This documentary revealed patterns of child abuse on Nickelodeon Studios, where actor Drake Bell revealed himself to be the once-anonymous minor behind a criminal case against Nickelodeon acting coach Brian Peck. Bell alleged he was repeatedly and violently assaulted by Peck, who was ultimately convicted in 2004.
“It also exposed hypocrisy because it must be pointed out that when the evil Governor of Florida was saying the exact same thing about kids and creepy stuff at Disney that liberals now find intolerable at Nickelodeon, he was dismissed as a hick and a bigot,” Maher said of Gov. Ron DeSantis (R‑FL).
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However, as Maher pointed out on the show, Peck went on to work f …