Nickelodeon Alum Tylor Chase’s Loved Ones and Former Costars Rally Around Him Amid Struggles

Struggling Tylor Chase has new hope for the future after his friends and a former costar rallied around the substance-challenged and seemingly homeless former Nickelodeon star turned street scavenger.

The troubled 36-year-old was hospitalized on Christmas Day near Riverside, Calif., days after disturbing images of the once adorable Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide actor swept through the media, sparking fear among fans throughout the country.

“We finally got Tylor the help he needed,” said influencer Jacob “Jake” Harris on Instagram, who was urged by Chase’s terrified dad to get his son whatever assistance he could.

“He’s currently receiving medical attention to get him healthy, to get him all better.”

Harris has been aided by Tylor’s concerned former costar Daniel Curtis Lee, who checked Chase into a local motel only to get a call from management complaining he trashed the room, even leaving a microwave in the bathtub.

“We have to do something before it’s too late for Tylor,” Lee said.

Enter Harris, an L.A. businessman and influencer, who was brought in to help by Shaun Weiss, a former child star who similarly concerned fans with his own homeless and addiction issues in 2020.

Weiss immediately pledged his support for Tylor after seeing the disturbing photos, saying on Instagram, “We’re just doing whatever we have to do to sort of get him off the street.”

Harris says he contacted a crisis center, which performed a same-day evaluation and determined Chase needed immediate help and brought him to a hospital for treatment.

Chase’s dad, Joseph Mendez Jr., says the wayward actor has been struggling with addiction since he was diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in 2015.

“For over a decade, the family has sought treatment options for Tylor, including support for substance use as well as mental health care,” Mendez recently told Daily Mail.

For years, Tylor rejected help, but Weiss says, “I think a comment he made was, ‘I like my life the way it is’ — and I can assure you he does not like his life the way it is.”

Now Harris says things may be changing for the better, explaining he sat with Chase “for an hour” while the latter’s father and costars called him.

“They explained their love for him and how much they want/need him to agree to getting help,” Harris wrote, explaining how he convinced Tylor to enter the hospital.

“He’s in good care now,” Harris says. “And the future is looking bright.”

“He just needed someone to actually do something to help.”