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Former Nickelodeon child star Josh Peck has sparked outrage after posting a video fans say mocked a family trying to save their home from a fire.
The 39-year-old actor, , shared footage on Instagram of a house engulfed in flames as people desperately tried to douse it with buckets of water.
In the clip, a woman’s futile attempt to throw water appeared genuine in the confusion of a real-life disaster, but Peck followed it with a second video that critics say mocked the situation.
In that clip, he stood at a car wash in front of his , spraying the concrete rather than the car, seemingly imitating the woman’s struggle, captioning it: ‘It’s in the effort and not the results.’
Fans quickly took to social media to slam the star for being tone-deaf and making fun of people in distress.
One commenter didn’t hold back, writing: ‘Going out of your way to be a piece of sh** like this and filming it in front of your shiny nice car just goes to show how incredibly out of touch wealthy people are. Disgusting.'
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Nickelodeon star Josh Peck has sparked outrage after posting a video fans say mocked a family trying to save their home from a fire; (pictured February 3)
The 39-year-old actor, who shot to fame as a child alongside Drake Bell on Drake and Josh, shared footage on Instagram of a house engulfed in flames as people desperately tried to douse it with buckets of water; (Peck and Bell in 2004)
One chimed in, ‘Immature and disgusting behavior,’ as another commented, ‘Wtf, what a disgusting piece of human excrement.’
Another fan summed it up simply, ‘I thought he was a good one. Oh well! Another day, another disappointment.’
In the clip, a woman’s futile attempt to throw water appeared genuine in the confusion of a real-life disaster, but Peck followed it with a second video that critics say mocked the situation
In the second half of the clip, Peck stood at a car wash in front of his Tesla, spraying the concrete rather than the car, seemingly imitating the woman’s struggle
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Peck captioned the video: ‘It’s in the effort and not the results'
Brian Peck, now 65, served 16 months in prison between 2004 and 2005 after being arrested on 11 charges, including sodomy, lewd acts on a child aged 14 or 15 by a person 10 years older, and oral copulation by anesthesia or controlled substance.
