A sneak peek at Dustin Diamond's "shocking" new Saved By the Bell tell-all, Behind the Bell, contains claims of drugs, sex and even steroid use.
Yes, Double-D claims that co-star Mark-Paul Gosselaar, who portrayed Bayside High hunk Zack Morris, was juicing on set of the popular TV show.
Specifically, he alleges Gosselaar began using steroids before production started on the short-lived Saved by the Bell: The College Years spinoff.
"[Mark-Paul] suddenly exploded with manliness, loading 25 pounds of muscle on his once-scrawny frame in, oh, about a month," writes Dustin Diamond, 32, who is, perhaps for this very reason, not in touch with any of his former co-stars.
Gosselaar, who dismissed the book and wanted its author banned from the Saved By the Bell reunion in August, dismissed Screech's new claims:
"We weren't in rehab and Mr. Belding wasn't my crack dealer,” he said.
Dustin Diamond also says the Saved By the Bell cast got stoned a lot.
"I could smell a certain type of 'smoke,' wafting from from the crack" underneath his cast mates' dressing rooms, says Diamond. Ooh, shocker.
The failed stand-up comic and grotesque sex tape purveyor, who filed for bankruptcy in 2001 and has myriad financial problems continuing to the present day, says his co-stars frequently hooked up off-camera as well as on it.
"If Kelly [Tiffani Thiessen] was interested in Slater [Mario Lopez] one week, backstage there was a lot going on in Mario [Lopez]'s room," he says.
"Then, if Jessie [Elizabeth Berkley] kissed Zack, then you know Elizabeth Berkley is going in Mark-Paul's room." Another staggering allegation.
Basically, Dustin Diamond's book is neither scandalous nor interesting based on these snippets. Give us some real dirt or get lost, D-squared.
























September 24th, 2009 12:07 PM
first the MLB and now SBTB. the far-reaching effects of the steroid controversy continue
September 24th, 2009 2:44 PM
He's an idiot.
Even if this was true.. he sounds like a little high schooler.
September 25th, 2009 10:43 AM
It's really hard to have respect for someone who writes a book and airs other people's dirty laundry. It's just tacky and shows what a rude and shallow person he is.
October 6th, 2009 6:46 PM
He's just mad that he didn't get to do Lisa Turtle,..lol
October 9th, 2009 12:12 AM
saved by the bell obviously led him nowhere
October 9th, 2009 12:13 AM
he's trying to make money because he is so broke but his book is not going to sell
January 22nd, 2010 9:05 PM
im a BIG fan of saved by the bell, and i think that if what Dustin is saying is true...i don't give a crap, i love the show and i still watch the reruns, nobody is perfect and if they did things backstage i don't care, as long as they didn't do them on camera, they never set a bad example on the show and that is good
February 2nd, 2010 10:14 PM
Does he reveal who got the most points- Screech or Zak and why?