Drake Bell has jokes, you guys.
As you may have heard about this week, the former child star was reported missing on Thursday.
According to local authorities in Florida, the 36-year-old was last seen driving a 2022 gray BMW in an area near Mainland High School on Wednesday evening.
“He is considered missing and endangered,” the Daytona Beach Police Department said in a statement yesterday.
After panic spread across the Internet — not to mention among Bell’s friends and family members, we’re sure — the same police department updated its message to read as follows:
UPDATE: 4/13/2023 1:26 PM. – At this time, we can confirm that law enforcement officials are in contact and Mr. Bell is safe.
We really don’t have a lot of details about what happened to Bell.
But the actor did his best to assure everyone on Thursday night that he was indeed fine.
“You leave your phone in the car all night and it doesn’t answer?” Bell joked on Twitter Thursday.
A few days before all this drama went down, Bell was spotted enjoying a day at Sea World with her young son, Jeremy, according to a photo obtained by celebrity gossip website TMZ.
In the snapshot, Bell can be seen outside at the park with her toddler, who holds a plush Cookie Monster toy.
Prior to that sighting, the actor’s social media accounts hadn’t been updated since April 3… when his Twitter page featured a post from his interview with YouTuber Roberto Mtz.
On Instagram, Bell’s most recent posts include a video of their newborn son, which was shared by Drake’s estranged wife, Janet von Schmeling, on March 6.
In January, a source told People magazine that the couple — who quietly married in 2018 — split late last year.
However, the former are “committed to maintaining a peaceful co-parenting relationship and giving their son the best life possible,” the insider explained.
In 2021, meanwhile, Bell was sentenced to two years’ probation and 200 hours of community service for his high-profile child endangerment case.
Bell initially pleaded not guilty to two felony counts of attempted child endangerment and disseminating harmful material to a juvenile after being accused of sending a lewd and inappropriate text message to a juvenile.
He later changed his plea to guilty.
According to multiple outlets, in addition to probation and community service hours, the judge ruled at the time that Bell was prohibited from contacting the victim in the case … who met Bell online and at one of his concerts in Cleveland in 2017. Joined the program when she was 15 years old. years old.