Drake Bell And Josh Peck Have Conflicting Stories About Relationship Post-Drake And Josh

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Back in the 2000s, those who tuned into the show Drake and Josh were led to believe that co-stars Josh Peck and Drake Bell were the best of friends on set given the time they spent together both on the show and previously on The Amanda Show before that. Fans are seeing almost two decades later that maybe that wasn't the case.

In an interview with Dave Portnoy, Peck was asked about his current relationship with Bell, to which Peck nonchalantly said was «fine.» To elaborate, Peck used his well-publicized quasi-feud with Bell over the latter not being invited to the former's wedding. «We have like this small wedding, and the dirty little secret I guess was that I knew Drake and I didn't stay in touch for the ten years since we had made the show… we made this thing that people really love, but… we weren't that close, so I didn't invite him to my wedding because I hadn't talked to him in many, many years.»

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Bell however tells a different story. In his first podcast with his wife, Bell refuted Peck's claims that they weren't friends post-Drake and Josh by telling his side of the story of what went down during Peck's wedding. «I was texting him congratulations for getting engaged to Paige, we had spent so much time with them at Michael's house… I was bummed,» Bell said. He later elaborated that while it wasn't always easygoing between him and Peck, they still shared a special bond. «We've had our ups and downs. We've had times when we've been friends. We've had times when we wanted to kill each other… We were like brothers. I'm closer to Josh than I am to my own brothers.»

There has been a lot of speculation surrounding their relationship ever since Bell made a very