The Saved by the Bell gang's all here! Almost!
Bayside High School's lovable loser, Samuel "Screech" Powers, portrayed by Dustin Diamond, was notably airbrushed out of an old cast picture and left off the cast's reunion on the cover of People magazine, released earlier this week.
Was it because of his upcoming Saved By the Bell tell-all book? His nasty sex tape? His Celebrity Fit Club meltdowns? His troubles with Wisconsin mortgage loans?
Yes, yes, yes and yes.
“The other cast members were very uncomfortable with including him,” a People spokesperson confirms. Ouch, Double-D. Dissed by Lark Voorhies. That hurts.
Diamond's forthcoming Saved By the Bell memoir is a big reason his old pals' defenses are up. Mark-Paul Gosselaar openly slammed him to Newsweek.
"What's he going to say?" Gosselaar sarcastically posited. "We were f--king groupies at 14? I can't wait to read his book, because I don't have a memory of a lot of the shows. Maybe it was because I was doing lines off of the audience members' a----."
"I'm sure he's going to write something crazy. So he's writing a book, I'm not afraid of what he has to say. There are not too many skeletons in my closet."
How did Diamond feel about the blatant snub? Apparently the same way Screech felt after being repeatedly brushed aside by love interest Lisa Turtle.
"Of course he cared he wasn't invited," a Diamond pal said. "Wouldn't you?"
Star in one lousy sex tape and your childhood pals pretend you never existed. Let this be a lesson to all you derelict, unsuccessful stand-up comedians out there.
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August 4th, 2009 2:51 PM
Who cares about Dustin Diamond. His character was annoying anyhow!
August 4th, 2009 4:35 PM
Whata doooosshbag,
August 4th, 2009 11:24 PM
Poor guy
August 5th, 2009 8:05 AM
I am so happy Screech is not longer invited to any reunion,he is nasty ,he is a trouble maker ,you can see he wants money not matter,after the sex tape ,he lost everything,he doesn't have personality,his acting career is gone...in the last show he was obnoxious ,trying to sued everyone aughhhh!!!I hear he is fliiping hamburgersin osme place .....I hear in TMZ.He is disgusting....
August 5th, 2009 10:24 AM
WOW! I am trying very hard to be "bothered" by Diamonds banning from the new show. But, I cannot seem to muster any "I give-a-hoot."
The guy was a loser and dork when he was on the original show. His acting abilities were sub-par with the rest of the cast. THAT IS WHY HIS CAREER FAILED! No talent = No future.
A Perv? Oh yeah. Psychotic? Without a doubt. Talented? Where?
Screech/Diamond, get some help. You may still be able to salvage some sort of life....After the bell.......
August 5th, 2009 10:47 AM
The way he acted when he was on Celebrity Fit Club truly showed how much of an @$$ he acted! Calling Kimberly Locke a loser, other stupid bull-$#%* antics, and starting a fight with Harvey (of all people!)
Look at who's the loser now!
And he's barred from the Reunion? Well there's an old saying: "you act like an @$$, you end up treated like an @$$!"
August 5th, 2009 11:43 AM
A shame. They are all grown up now. Time to act grown up. People do stupid things. Get over it. Forgive him. like it or not Dustin was a cast member and should be included.
August 11th, 2009 7:15 PM
I agree with Marques. Dustin Diamond is a complete jerk! Just because he was one of the cast does not mean he earns a right to be at the reunion. He has treated everyone like dirt. I can't understand why they kept him on the show to start with. He was a little jerk then and a big jerk now. If someone acted like that to you at your home would you invite them back?
October 6th, 2009 11:48 AM
Oh, you're so beautiful
Let me see you...
Have you ever had a Dirty sanchez?
November 19th, 2009 9:19 AM
READ THIS:
On June 11, 2006, Diamond appeared on the Dean Blundell show in Toronto on 102.1 The Edge, revealing he was in fact broke and was facing foreclosure from a lender, as poor credit was preventing him from obtaining a mortgage from a bank. On June 13, 2006, Diamond appeared on The Howard Stern Show stating that he was given 30 days to come up with US$250,000 or risk losing his Port Washington, Wisconsin, home for failing to make payments on his land lease. Diamond said he blamed Arthur Giraldo, a mortgage broker for New York Capital Exchange, who Diamond claims "screws over the working man then laughs at their expense."[Diamond decided to sell t-shirts for $15 with "I paid 15 dollars to help Screeech [sic] save his house" emblazoned on the front. He said that he would need to sell 30,000 t-shirts to completely cover the costs. He explained the extra 'e' in Screeech was needed because of copyright laws, since he does not own the rights to the name or character. On August 14, 2006, Diamond was scheduled for an online television telethon, in an effort to raise funds to prevent the foreclosure on his house. His broadcast was canceled less than 90 minutes before it was to be aired live, as an executive at the startup online television network claimed that the foreclosure story lacked credibility, and that Diamond had "exhibited some really strange and obnoxious behavior."
A column in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel said that Diamond's girlfriend reportedly told telethon organizers that the story about Diamond losing his house was a publicity stunt. Interviews with several people who had ordered t-shirts revealed that they had not been received after months of waiting. Diamond later appeared on Mancow Morning Madhouse and admitted he was never destitute, but his mortgage broker had tried to rip him off.
On March 18, 2009, We Energies sued Diamond in Ozaukee County Circuit Court for non-payment of over $2,000 in gas and electric bills.
On November 26, 2008, the Ford Motor Credit Company filed suit against Diamond for non-payment of a vehicle loan in Ozaukee County Circuit Court, on January 16, 2009 the court entered a judgment of replevin against Diamond. Judgment was entered for possession or recovery of possession of collateral and attorneys fees and costs. ($544) Collateral subject described as follows: 2005 Ford Expedition. As of March 23, 2009, the judgment has yet to be satisfied.
On March 23, 2009, the State of Wisconsin Department of Revenue filed a delinquent income tax warrant in Ozaukee County Circuit Court against Diamond, he currently owes the State nearly $34,944.35 in back taxes, penalties and interest.
On November 13, 2006, Diamond's sex tape Screeched, aka Saved by the Smell, was released by Red Light District. It features a bride-to-be and her bridesmaid, and Diamond all engaging in various sexual acts, including the infamous end which involved a Dirty Sanchez.[17][18] According to Diamond, the tape got out because he and some friends allegedly exchange such tapes and he believed that the tape was not leaked by any of those people, but instead the "significant other" of one of them. There was skepticism of this claim, with critics alleging the tape's release was likely a self-inflicted publicity stunt. Diamond's manager acknowledged there was indeed hope that the tape would raise his client's profile.
CAN YOU SAY, "DIRT BAG, I MEAN DUSTIN DIAMOND!"