Drake Bell Releases First Statement After Being Declared Missing, Jokes About Situation

Drake Bell is speaking out for the first time after he was declared missing and then found later in the same day.

If you missed it, the Drake & Josh alum was declared missing and was thought to be “endangered” by the Daytona Beach Police Department on Thursday (April 13). A few hours later, they updated the world to let them know he’d been found.

Now, Drake is speaking out and hinting at what happened to cause his absence. He released his first statement and joked about the situation.

Read Drake Bell’s official response to being declared missing…

“You leave your phone in the car and don’t answer for the night and this? 😂” Drake wrote on Twitter.

The actor didn’t offer any other insight into what happened to cause the panic. Earlier in the day, it was revealed that his final outing before being declared missing was a few days earlier.

Read Drake Bell’s first statement below…

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