NICKELODEON star Jared Drake Bell, who briefly went missing Thursday, left some eerie messages and a wave of silence on social media prior to his mysterious disappearance.
Police had worried that the actor could be in trouble after he was last seen driving a 2022 gray BMW on Wednesday at around 9pm in Daytona Beach, Florida. Police reported later Thursday, however, that they had been "in contact" with Bell, and he was safe.
Bell began working with Nickelodeon in 1999 on the comedy series The Amanda Show and rose to fame in 2004 when was landed the starring role as Drake Parker in Drake & Josh.
While the star previously posted quite frequently on social media, sometimes even multiple times a day, it appears that he went dark on Instagram in the days leading up to his disappearance.
His final post came on March 5, where he shared an adorable reel of his son, Jeremy, who he shares with his ex-wife Janet Von Schmeling.
While he wasn't posting, Bell did make a recent appearance on Roberto Adrián Martínez's podcast Creativo to discuss his new musical album and experiences growing up in Hollywood.
In the segment, which was posted to Youtube on April 3, Bell recalled the "trauma" he endured as a young actor which has inspired some of his upcoming music.
"You know sometimes you just want to go away and get away from everything," he admitted.
He described the motivation for his new album as "just kind of being fed up with with Hollywood and what it's done to myself and peer...
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