Drake Bell, who used to be on Nickelodeon shows like “Drake & Josh” and “The Amanda Show,” was caught on camera inhaling what looks like nitrous oxide from a balloon while sitting in his car outside his Los Angeles house with the video viral
The event happened a few weeks after his wife filed for a divorce and said he was missing. Here is all you need to know.
Former Nickelodeon star Drake Bell caught inhaling nitrous oxide or laughing gas from balloon in viral video
Drake Bell caught sucking a balloon in his car, just weeks after briefly going missing. #DramaAlert
The balloon appears to be filled with nitrous oxide.
(via TMZ) pic.twitter.com/3pbFXQIOe2
— DramaAlert (@DramaAlert) April 27, 2023
The news first came from TMZ, which also said that Bell had been caught doing the same thing while his son was in the car with him in December. Nitrous oxide, also known as ‘laughing gas’, can make a person feel high, but it can be bad for your health to breathe it in without a doctor’s monitoring.
A picture was taken of the former child star with the tip of a balloon in his mouth. He was wearing a black cap and T-shirt. No one knows if he was using drugs or not, but he was holding what looked like a canister of nitrous gas. This is just the latest bad thing to happen to Bell in a rough month. The star was reported missing from Florida earlier this month, which made his family worry. In the end, the cops found him safe.
“There was some communication with family members that caused concern so they are worried about him and looking for him,” a source told Us Weekly. His family didn’t know that the ‘Found a Way’ singer was in Florida, where his ex-wife and their one-year-old son now live. Janet Von Schmeling and their son moved there after they broke up.
Drake Bell’s wife files for divorce amidst troubled April
After this, Von Schmeling filed for divorce in the second half of April, even though he and his wife had been living apart since September 2022. According to court papers that TMZ got, Von Schmeling said that “irreconcilable differences” were the main reason for the divorce and asked for primary legal and physical custody of their son, Wyatt Bell. She also asked for money for her husband.
On April 21, Bell tweeted, “I found out my wife filed for divorce from TMZ…” followed by a link to his new song ‘Going Away’ and a caption, “check out my new song.” Earlier that day, he also slammed the trolls who accused him of pedophilia by saying, “It truly blows my mind how mean people are on here to people clearly dealing with mental health issues. It’s unreal how cruel you all can be.”
Bell has had to deal with internet trolls accusing him of paedophilia for a while now. In 2021, he admitted to putting a child in danger in 2017. When he was going to perform in Cleveland, Ohio, a 15-year-old girl said that Bell was putting her in danger. Prosecutors said that Bell, who was 31 at the time, “violated his duty of care and, in doing so, created a risk of harm to the victim.” He said he was guilty and was told to do two years of probation.
Drake Bell talks about his mental health and creative outlets
Bell has been open about his battles with mental health in recent months. He has also been pushing his new music, which he says gives him a creative outlet. “All I want to do is make art and say what’s on my mind. In a recent interview, he said, “I hope people can understand that.”
Concerns have been made about Bell’s health after he breathed in nitrous oxide from a balloon. Even though it’s not clear if he’s abusing drugs or not, this has once again brought attention to his mental health problems. Fans and people who care about him want him to get the help he needs to deal with his problems and move forward in a good way.
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