by Kandiss Edwards
December 27, 2025
the motel room was severely broken inside hours of Chase checking in.
Former baby actor Tylor Chase, identified for his position on the Nickelodeon sequence Ned’s Declassified College Survival Information, stays homeless and is combating untreated psychological well being and substance points, and a well-intended effort by a former co-star to offer momentary shelter resulted in chaos.
Chase, 36, was seen dwelling on the streets of California in a viral TikTok video. The footage prompted former Ned’s Declassified co-star Daniel Curtis Lee — who performed “Cookie” on the sequence — to drive from Los Angeles to Riverside to test on Chase’s welfare and provide help.
Lee shared updates on Chase’s situation and organized a resort room so the Nickelodeon actor might have momentary shelter from inclement climate over the vacations.
Nevertheless, in line with Lee’s later posts, the motel room was severely broken inside hours of Chase checking in, with the door left open, the fridge overturned, and a microwave discovered within the bathtub. Lee mentioned motel employees contacted him to report the state of the room. He mentioned he was “devastated” by the result.
“I obtained a name from administration. They’re upset,” Lee mentioned. “The door is left open. Why is there a microwave within the tub? The fridge is turned over. I simply really feel so devastated. I’m at a loss.”
Chase’s household beforehand discouraged efforts to offer him money after a small GoFundMe raised about $1,200. The household believed his issues wanted greater than financial choices. His mom has mentioned he faces severe psychological well being challenges and substance abuse. Cash would solely worsen his state of affairs. In his TikTok put up, Lee says the household tried to lodge Chase to no avail. Nevertheless, he’d hoped this time the chance would assist.
“I’m at a loss, and his Household advised me that they’d tried the, the resort factor earlier than and it didn’t work, and naturally, Danny, why did you assume that you just had been gonna have the ability to, you, you understand, simply repair this example.”
Lee’s commentary on the state of affairs shifted because the video went on, bringing mild to the psychological well being and unhoused. He additionally spoke concerning the authorities’s position in serving to its mentally unwell, drug addicted, and/or simply down on their luck residents.
“We now have all these social methods the place assist must be supplied for these folks dealing with psychological well being points, drug abuse points, proper? Taxpayers vote on these things on a regular basis. 5150 exists. A 3rd social gathering ought to have the ability to get somebody into remedy. [or] a psychological analysis to determine what’s going on and permit them to detox. I’m simply crushed that these methods should not working successfully,” Lee mentioned.
Lee’s considerations are legitimate, as a report by Congress states, on any given night time within the U.S., “there have been 771,480 complete folks experiencing homelessness.” The staggering numbers on homelessness are just like the statistics for drug habit; the CDC says over 100,000 folks die from drug overdoses yearly. The quantity doesn’t replicate the variety of folks dwelling with the sickness.
Whereas social security nets should not working effectively, folks like Lee proceed to point out compassion and empathy to those that have misplaced their means. For now, it must be sufficient.
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