When someone doesnt personally come to you and apologize, its not an apology, she said.
If you hear about it through other people, its not really an apology right?
An apology is to the person that you hurt.
Alexa Nikolas and Dan Schneider.alexa nikolas/instagram; dan warp/youtube
Thats what an apology is for.
“Towards the end of season 2 ofZoey 101,I wasnt happy,” she shared.
“I actually could not show up to set anymore without crying.
A lot of my self-worth was deeply damaged from that set experience.
Me as a person was altered for life.”
In Tuesday’s response video, the actress called for a private apology from Schneider several times.
I wouldve appreciated if Dan apologized directly to me, she said.
Hes a bully, a meanie, and impacted my life, right?
… Wheres a phone call of an apology?
You dont feel anything, Dan, she continued.
Youre like every frickin privileged white male Ive honestly ever met on set.
You dont even know what accountability is.
You have no idea what it is.
Youre searching for it maybe, but you havent landed on it.
This is not the way.
I dont wanna have to watch this.
“I don’t forgive Dan Schneider,” Nikolas said.
“Not saying I’llnever, right?
That wasn’t proper accountability.
That was avoiding a lot of the main discussions here that were mentioned inQuiet on Set.
This was him playing the sympathy card, centering himself, playing the victim.”
Watch Schneider’s statement and Nikolas full response above.
