United Kingdom, March 25 -- Drake Bell suffered hair loss during the investigation into Brian Peck's abuse.

The 'Drake and Josh' actor has admitted at a teenager he was worried about the impact of the investigation and how it would affect both the Nickelodeon sitcom and his friendship with co-star Josh Peck, who is not related to the disgraced dialogue coach.

Speaking to Josh on his 'Good Guys' podcast, Drake recalled: "'Is this gonna hurt our show? When this drops, is Josh gonna look at me and be like, Bro, you took our dream away?'

"I was losing my hair. I had these giant scabs on my head.

"I had no idea why and there were like golf ball size scabs where I'm losing my hair. Then I got to go back and shoot the show."

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