Allie DiMeco.Photo:Mario Perez/USA Network/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty
Mario Perez/USA Network/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty
Allie DiMeco is coming forward with her own harrowing experience as a child star on Nickelodeon’sThe Naked Brother’s Band.
In a video posted toTikTok, the former child actor admitted she felt “stressed” while watchingQuiet on Setand revealed that she “went through trauma” like so many other Nickelodeon stars who came forward for the series.
Allie DiMeco and Alex Wolff on ‘The Naked Brothers Band’.Cinematic / Alamy Stock Photo
Cinematic / Alamy Stock Photo
“There was an episode where Rosalina ‘cheated’ on Nat and kind of kissed a French guy,” she recalled, sharing how she didn’t want to kiss the man. “He’s a 30-year-old man. I’m sorry, I couldn’t even watch it. It gives me f—ing the ick and it honestly gives me PTSD."
“I’m watching thisQuiet on Setdocumentary and it’s talking about how integral and vital it is to create — especially when it’s a kids cast — to create an environment where kids feel comfortable to say ‘No’ or ‘I don’t feel comfortable with this,'" DiMeco continued. “And I’m like, ‘Yeah, maybe they do express that though, it’s also more important to create an environment that listens to the kids and actually does not make them do things when they don’t want to do them.'”
Despite allegedly telling producers “many times that I didn’t want to do it” and her mother’s protests, she claimed that they “made me kiss this 30 plus-year-old man when I was like, what, 14, 15?” and “pretty much made me feel like I was going to lose my job, that I might be fired if I didn’t do it.”
Reps for formerNaked Brothers Bandshowrunner Polly Draper andNaked Brothers Bandexecutive producer Albie Hecht did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment. PEOPLE has also reached out to reps at Nickelodeon for comment.
In another instance, DiMeco also alleged that producers pressured her into having her first kiss on camera.
In the series' first season, the show featured an episode that centered around Nat (Nat Wolff) and Rosalina’s kiss. Because she was only “12 or 13” at the time, she and her mother refused to have the moment unfold for the first time on camera.
“They threatened me that I would get fired, that I would never work again in this industry, that my career was over,” she said ina TikTok videoposted in November, adding, “There was a female producer who was very upset and looked at me and said, ‘You haven’t had your first kiss yet?’ and grabbed me and kissed me. And then she said, ‘There, your first kiss is over. You had your first kiss, now go film.'”
The cast of ‘The Naked Brother’s Band’.Larry Busacca/WireImage
Larry Busacca/WireImage
Schneider left the networkin 2018after an internal investigation into his allegedly verbally abusive and demanding behavior on set. Schneider has denied allegations of misconduct.
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