Scary Celebs #15…Dustin Diamond
Jul 23rd, 2008 by sunrisepink
We all remember mediocre actor Dustin Diamond from the hit 90’s show Saved By The Bell. However, if you happened to be living in a cave throughout the majority of that decade, we’ll give you a short synopsis: in this after-school high school special, Diamond played a geeky sidekick named Screech, who had delightfully curly hair and a bag full of colorful facial expressions. We all remember Screech as being hopelessly in love with Lisa, and constantly donning dorky clown pants, suspenders, converse sneakers.
Fast forward to the present, where Diamond makes the fateful decision to star on the hit VH1 reality show Celebrity Fit Club. This is in the wake of a creepy sex tape scandal, which shocked the nation by demonstrating just how low Diamond would go to be in the spotlight again. Diamond’s appearance on Celebrity Fit Club was just as bad as the sex tape scandal - unnatural, uncomfortable, and just plain weird.
On Celebrity Fit Club, the nation watched in horror as the now-plump Diamond lashed out at his teammates, pissed off the judges, and continually flipped off the camera. As threats of legal action loomed from the Diamond camp, viewers started to become quite scared by the former jokester’s new personality. What the hell happened to this guy? Why is he so vicious and hateful?
I think this whole situation goes to prove that child actors should never be forced into accepting humiliating and career-ending roles. Watching Saved by the Bell was always a slightly uneasy experience, as the audience was forced to witness Diamond degrade himself to the level of cheesy laugh-track humor. Clearly, Diamond has been scarred by his Screech days and is now a very scary, twisted man. I have a strange feeling that we haven’t seen the last of Dustin Diamond.
