{"id":11684,"date":"2025-07-22T03:59:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T03:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=11684"},"modified":"2025-07-22T03:59:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T03:59:03","slug":"drake-josh-didnt-get-permission-to-use-oprahs-likeness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=11684","title":{"rendered":"Drake &#038; Josh Didn&#8217;t Get &#8216;Permission&#8217; to Use Oprah&#8217;s Likeness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tJosh Peck has \u201cno idea\u201d how <em>Drake &amp; Josh<\/em> producers got away with using Oprah Winfrey\u2018s likeness during the crazy car crash scene because he claims the Nickelodeon show didn\u2019t get \u201cpermission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe actor, who starred opposite Drake Bell in the mid-2000s sitcom, made a recent appearance on the <em>Syd &amp; Olivia Talk Sh*t<\/em> podcast, where he opened up about the memorable \u201cJosh Runs Into Oprah\u201d episode in season four.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tWhen asked how the show got away with the scene, which sees Josh\u2019s character (who is known as the biggest Winfrey fan throughout the series) seemingly hit the talk show host, Peck responded, \u201cI don\u2019t know. I know we don\u2019t have her permission. 100 percent we don\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe actor recalled using a \u201cnon-sanctioned Oprah double\u201d to film the scene. \u201cShe was a stunt lady, because she had to do the roll over the car. I was like, \u2018Oprah is going to come after you. She\u2019s powerful,&#8217;\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tIn the episode, stepbrothers Drake Parker (Bell) and Josh Nichols (Peck) try to attend a live taping of Oprah\u2019s show; however, they start fighting over parking once they arrive at the studio, leading Josh to hit the TV host with his car. They later receive a restraining order from the fake talk show host due to the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tPeck also noted that if he ever gets to meet Winfrey, he definitely wants to apologize, telling her, \u201cI\u2019m so sorry I brutalized you with my vehicle, with my Honda Accord, or whatever it was.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<em>Drake &amp; Josh<\/em> ran from 2004 to 2007 on Nickelodeon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Josh Peck has \u201cno idea\u201d how Drake &amp; Josh producers got away with using Oprah Winfrey\u2018s likeness during the crazy car crash scene because he claims the Nickelodeon show didn\u2019t get \u201cpermission.\u201d The actor, who starred opposite Drake Bell in the mid-2000s sitcom, made a recent appearance on the Syd &amp; Olivia Talk Sh*t podcast,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11685,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[211,3608,2326,5148,5147,5146],"class_list":{"0":"post-11684","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-didnt","9":"tag-drake","10":"tag-josh","11":"tag-likeness","12":"tag-oprahs","13":"tag-permission"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}