Ex-Nickelodeon Child Star Appears Homeless on California Streets in Heartbreaking Video Nearly 20 Years After Hit TV Show Ended
Ex-Nickelodeon star Tylor Chase appeared to be homeless in a distressing video.
Dec. 22 2025, Published 1:45 p.m. ET
Former Nickelodeon star Tylor Chase has sparked concern for his well-being after a distressing video appeared to show him living on the streets in Riverside, California, RadarOnline.com can reveal.
Chase, 36, is best known for playing Martin Qwerly in the hit kids' television show Ned's Declassified from 2004 to 2007.
Tylor Chase Appears to be Homeless in 'Scary' Video
Tylor Chase appeared disheveled and looked to be experiencing homelessness in the shocking video.
In the heartbreaking video, Chase looked disheveled and appeared to be homeless when the footage was recorded in September.
When Chase was asked by the woman recording if he was on the Disney Channel as a child, he corrected her, "Nickelodeon."
"Ned's Declassified," Chase added, along with his full name as the person behind the camera remarked, "Oh yeah, you're that kid on it."
Chase's former co-stars and fans alike were shocked and deeply concerned for the ex-child star's health when the video went viral.
'I Feel Powerless'
Chase confirmed his name and said he used to be on a Nickelodeon show, referring to 'Ned's Declassified.'
During an episode of the Ned's Declassified Podcast Survival Guide, the show's stars Devon Werkheiser, Daniel Curtis Lee, and Lindsey Shaw discussed the emotional video.
"There was some bad news that I received earlier this week about our dear friend Tylor Chase. It was a lot to process for me," Lee confessed as he called the video "scary."
"When I first saw it, I was angry, because I was like, why put a camera on someone's face in hard times?" he added. "But then I was upset with myself because I feel powerless because there's not much that I felt I could do."
Chase's former co-stars described the video as 'scary' on the 'Ned's Declassified Podcast Survival Guide.'
Lee further confessed he went through a bit of denial when he first watched the video and "didn't want to believe" what he was seeing.
"I didn't want to believe it at first, I was like, oh, they just caught him at a bad time. But then I saw some other videos, and it looks like a brother is going through some stuff," he said. "I fully believe that he can recover, but that's also wishful thinking from me."
"I gotta go and see him, and want to get through this fight, and try to connect with him somehow, but I also don't want to waste my time and put him on the spot," Lee added.
Daniel Curtis Lee confessed the video was 'a lot to process.'
Shaw agreed with Lee and said she was also "in the same boat" about wanting to reconnect with Chase and let him know she still cares.
"You can't do much, but I would love to go speak with him and just love on him and look him in the eye, 'I miss Tylor, I love Tylor so, so much,'" she said.
"It's a lot to see... and even begin to have an idea of what to do about it," Werkheiser chimed in.
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Chase's former co-stars agreed they wished they could speak to him and help him get the help he needs.
Werkheiser said while he hated to see Chase recorded in such a state, he believed the woman behind the camera had "her heart in the right place."
"It is painful and shocking to see where he is currently at," he added. "It's hard to see someone you know and love from a really special time, and a really sweet person, that this is where life has currently ended up, is hard, man."
