'All That' star Bryan Hearne thought Dan Schneider's apology video was 'funny'

• "All That" star Bryan Hearne criticized Dan Schneider's apology video following "Quiet on Set" revelations.

• Hearne said that Schneider's video, in which he was interviewed by an "iCarly" actor, was "funny."

• He also said that the producer pulled out his acting chops and "gave us a nice performance."

"All That" cast member Bryan Hearne isn't buying Dan Schneider's apology video that was released following shocking revelations from the docuseries "Quiet on Set."

"The thing about his interview as a whole is, I just thought it was funny," Hearne, a cast member on seasons seven and eight of Nickelodeon's hit sketch comedy series, said during an interview with journalist Soledad O'Brien for a bonus fifth episode of Investigation Discovery's docuseries "Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV."

The episode was released on Sunday night, and Hearne was joined by fellow "All That" star Giovonnie Samuels.

Hearne's comment was in reference to a 19-minute video posted by Schneider after the first four episodes of "Quiet on Set" were released in March.

Schneider created several popular Nickelodeon shows including "The Amanda Show" and "iCarly." He also served as a writer and executive producer of "All That." In the video, Schneider was interviewed by BooG!e, aka Bobbie Bowman, who played T-Bo on "iCarly." He addressed claims made in the docuseries and apologized for his past behavior that contributed to a toxic work environment.

After seeing a clip from the video in which Schneider said he would have changed jokes on the spot if he had been aware that child actors were uncomfortable, Hearne and Samuels couldn't disguise their incredulous laughs.

"If I could be candid, Dan was an actor before all of this," Hearne said. "And so I think that he brushed off some chops and gave us a nice performance. Where was all this apologizing when Jennette McCurdy's book came out?"

"Or when Angelique Bates had said something very publicly," Samuels chimed in.

"I just feel that what's an apology without accountability?" Hearne added. "Realistically, if you take the inappropriate jokes away, do you have a show anymore? Take all the foot jokes, all the face shots, all that inappropriateness, is it just commercials then?"

In recent years, jokes and scenes in Schneider's shows have been accused of being inappropriate or containing sexual innuendos.

Samuels and Hearne said that when they worked at Nickelodeon as kids, they didn't pick up on the aforementioned inappropriate jokes.

"We're a bit naive," Samuels said. "And when you have a writer or a showrunner, and he's laughing the hardest, you go along with it because one, you don't know any better, and two, this is your job, this is your boss."

During the interview with O'Brien, the stars also said that they felt pressure as Black cast members on "All That."

"I was told, 'You're so talented, we don't know what to do with you. Let's just kind of stick you anywhere,' which was why I came up with sketches and ideas to help," Samuels said.

In a previous episode of "Quiet on Set," Hearne said that Schneider "had a nicer relationship with some of the other white kids."

"I didn't feel close to him at all," Hearne said. "My time at Nickelodeon played a big part in how I dealt and still deal with racial issues."

Hearne wasn't asked to return for another season of "All That," and he believed that his mom Tracey Brown's outspoken attitude was a big factor in the decision to nix him from the show.

"I definitely blamed myself, but I also kinda felt like the times that my mom was raising hell, that maybe that had a lot do to with the collective decision to kick me off," he said. "It was 'Get them out of here.' And that's Hollywood, but I wasn't prepared for that."

Hearne and Brown's relationship was strained afterward, with the actor harboring resentment and a lack of trust. The pair reunited during episode five of "Quiet on Set" and said that the docuseries brought them back together after their past hardships.

Business Insider has reached out to Schneider but did not receive an immediate response.

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