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C-Grade Celebrity Catfight

Apr 28, 2005 4:06 PM
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There's nothing quite like a little trash talk between has-beens:

Alexandria, VA: Do you keep in touch with any of the other cast members from Saved By the Bell?

Dustin Diamond: I don't visit the unemployment office that much. I live in Wisconsin now so I don't get a chance to see them that often, unless my comedy tour takes me to Cali. Still there is no guarantee that I will be able to get onto the set of Pet Star.

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Todd, Washington, D.C.: Back in the day you were the geeky guy and Mario Lopez was the stud athlete. Now that Lopez is hosting the male equivalent of "The View," do you feel redeemed?

Dustin Diamond: Acting is just that, acting. Pretending. The catch is, a lot of these Hollywood star types are doing they're best acting off stage. I pretend to be dorky on screen for a job. They pretend to be strong and confident to get through the day.

Something tells me there was bad blood there with A.C. Slater. On other questions (e.g. does he miss hanging with Lopez), he avoids the topic. And he won't even confirm that Mario Lopez is still alive.

Thanks to Pam for the heads-up.


Comments: C-Grade Celebrity Catfight

there was probably bad blood because mario lopez is a dick:

http://bloop.org/article/69/the-bayside-burglar

Posted by: joey on April 28, 2005 4:37 PM | permalink

Ha that's good stuff. I don't know that stealing a pen is such a big deal, though. If it was, then my girlfriend is freaking Al Capone.

Posted by: Joe Grossberg on April 28, 2005 4:53 PM | permalink

Hey,
I'm not a thief... but it doesn't sound like Mario stole the pen, the writer doesn't offer whether he gave it back, just that he asked for one, which if they wanted him to sign a check the restaurant should provide...

Posted by: Pam on April 28, 2005 5:20 PM | permalink

mario did not give the pen back. and he has been spotted in the grocery store near our home acting (or at least looking) like a jerk.

Posted by: joey on April 28, 2005 6:34 PM | permalink

Having never met the man, I can't say for certain, but the fact that Lopez acknowledges being tight with Eagles wide receiver/noted jackass Freddie Mitchell would seem to suggest that he is, in fact, a jerk, if only by association.

Posted by: Rutter on April 28, 2005 11:54 PM | permalink

I've seen several interviews of Dustin in the last few years, and I'd have to say Dustin is the ass based on what I saw. He seems to be trying to overcompensate for his public image as the geek by taking on some rather weird stage jobs and belittling others he's worked with in the past.

I think he's just mad he didn't get to hit teh hotness that is Elizabeth Berkley.

Posted by: Bubba on April 29, 2005 1:59 PM | permalink

Elizabeth Berkeley is lookin' kinda old these days, though.

I wonder what Urkel's up to; maybe he's trying to be gangsta.

Posted by: Joe Grossberg on April 29, 2005 2:27 PM | permalink

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