A former child actor who starred on a popular Nickelodeon show was taken into hospital on Christmas Day, after a video appearing to show him living on the streets went viral on TikTok.The video shows an influencer approaching a dishevelled man who appears to be homeless, with the caption ‘POV: You run into a former child star’. The man pictured wearing tattered clothes was Tylor Chase, who played Martin Qwerly for a three-year run in Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide.

Chase’s situation was confirmed as being more complicated by his father and local officers, with drug addiction leading the 36-year-old to refuse offers of help and housing from Riverside California Police as well as his family members.the former child star’s desperate situation took a dramatic turn on Christmas Day, after an on the street assessment confirmed he needed ‘immediate help’, and hospitalized him for a three-day detox.The former Nickelodeon actor’s future was said to be ‘looking bright’ after the incident, which has followed a lengthy campaign to get Chase to accept help and treatment for his addiction.