{"id":845,"date":"2026-05-05T13:11:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T13:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/saved-by-the-bell-actor-weighs-in-on-dustin-diamond-claim-that-dad-mishandled-money\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T13:11:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T13:11:38","slug":"saved-by-the-bell-actor-weighs-in-on-dustin-diamond-claim-that-dad-mishandled-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/saved-by-the-bell-actor-weighs-in-on-dustin-diamond-claim-that-dad-mishandled-money\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Saved by the Bell\u2019 actor weighs in on Dustin Diamond claim that dad mishandled money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/ed-alonzo-dustin-diamond-claimes.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>One of Dustin Diamond\u2019s former \u201cSaved by the Bell\u201d co-stars says the late actor\u2019s claim that his father, Mark Diamond, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox6now.com\/news\/challenge-of-being-a-child-star-when-the-cameras-off-dustin-diamond-on-life-after-saved-by-the-bell\">mishandled his money<\/a> seems very inaccurate.<\/p>\n<p>Alonzo, 63, added, \u201cThe amount of money we all made was not amazing money that <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/28\/entertainment\/lisa-kudrow-divulges-staggering-amount-friends-cast-still-makes-on-residuals\/\">the cast of \u2018Friends\u2019 <\/a>was making. We weren\u2019t making $1 million an episode.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never saw frivolous spending of money. They weren\u2019t driving elaborate cars or going on crazy vacations,\u201d Alonzo said of Mark and Dustin.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Ed Alonzo (pictured in 2011) said he saw Dustin Diamond seeming close with his dad, Mark.  <span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Alonzo (pictured in 1989 with \u201cSaved by the Bell\u201d cast Lark Voorhies, Tiffani Thiessen, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Dennis Haskins, Elizabeth Berkley, and Mario Lopez) said the cast was not making \u201camazing money.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">NBCUniversal via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Alonzo \u2014 who recently appeared on the new docuseries \u201cHollywood Demons\u201d episode \u201cAfter the Bell,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/04\/celebrity-news\/rarely-seen-saved-by-the-bell-star-lark-voorhies-gives-tv-interview-after-mental-health-diagnosis\/\">which features interviews with the cast<\/a> and crew of the hit \u201990s sitcom \u2014 said he spent a lot of time with the father-son duo.<\/p>\n<p>Dustin, who played Screech in \u201cSaved by the Bell,\u201d died of cancer at age 44 in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Mark denies Dustin\u2019s money claims during the doc, saying the accusation \u201creally made me upset.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Diamond  (pictured in 1989) starred as Screech on \u201cSaved by the Bell.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Diamond (pictured in 2016 with Mario Lopez) died of cancer in 2021 at 44.  <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mark says that agents take 10 percent of the money, and for, \u201canything left over, we had to cover certain things like gas, taxes, headshots.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dustin had a rocky path after the show \u2013 including a sex tape, and a <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2015\/06\/25\/dustin-diamond-sentenced-to-four-months-in-jail\/\">2014 arrest<\/a>, following an altercation in which <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2014\/12\/26\/dustin-diamond-arrested-after-switchblade-incident\/\">he allegedly stabbed a man <\/a>in a Wisconsin bar.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Alonzo remembered Dustin as, \u201calways so funny, even off camera.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>They \u201csadly\u201d didn\u2019t stay in touch after the show, he said. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Diamond (pictured in 1990 with Elizabeth Berkley, Mario Lopez, Tiffani Thiessen, Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Lark Voorhies)  was \u201calways so funny, even off camera.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">NBCUniversal via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Alonzo (pictured in 2018) said Diamond \u201cnever found a way to escape\u201d his child star persona.  <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAfter the Bell,\u201d dives into the behind the scenes drama from \u201cSaved by the Bell,\u201d which aired on NBC from 1989 to 1993 (and several spinoffs, such as \u201cSaved by the Bell: The College Years\u201d in 1994, and \u201cSaved by the Bell: Wedding in Las Vegas\u201d) that same year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Diamond, \u201cSaved by the Bell\u201d also starred Mario Lopez, Mark Paul Gosselaar, Elizabeth Berkley, Tiffani Thiessen, and Lark Voorhies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Alonzo (pictured in 1989 with Gosselaar, Diamond, Lopez, Theissen, Dennis Haskins, Vorhies and  Berkley) said Gosselaar was an \u201camazing actor\u201d even at age 15.  <span class=\"credit\">Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Alonzo (pictured with Gosselaar and Diamond) said he asked Gosselaar for acting advice.  <span class=\"credit\">NBCUniversal via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cFrom day one, I always knew that Mark-Paul \u2013 even though he was 15 at the time \u2013 was an amazing actor,\u201d said Alonzo.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember going up to him sometimes with lines that I had on the show and I would say, \u2018how would you deliver this?\u2019 I would try and get advice from him, because he was already a seasoned pro.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Voorhies also <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/04\/celebrity-news\/rarely-seen-saved-by-the-bell-star-lark-voorhies-gives-tv-interview-after-mental-health-diagnosis\/\">makes a rare appearance in \u201cAfter the Bell.<\/a>\u201d She stepped back from the spotlight following a mental health diagnosis with schizoaffective thought disorder.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The doc explains that her condition is different from schizophrenia, because it doesn\u2019t progress and is less \u201cdisabling,\u201d with treatment, but its symptoms include delusions and disorganized speech.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Diamond and Voorhies (pictured in 1992) are the two most talked-about \u201cSaved by the Bell\u201d actors in the doc, because they were the most troubled.  <span class=\"credit\">Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Alonzo said that Voorhies (pictured with Diamond in 1992) was always \u201ca quiet girl.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">NBCUniversal via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Alonzo said he last saw her in 2025, at the memorial service for series exec producer Peter Engel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He added that Voorhies has, \u201calways been a very quiet girl. Even back in 1989 when we started, she was always shy, and then just would explode and come to life as soon as the cameras were on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The documentary covered \u201csome things that might be going on with her,\u201d he said, referring to her mental health, \u201dbut I didn\u2019t really notice any of that.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter the Bell\u201d airs Monday at 9 p.m. on ID and streams on HBO Max.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/05\/entertainment\/saved-by-the-bell-actor-weighs-in-on-dustin-diamond-claim-that-dad-mishandled-money\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of Dustin Diamond\u2019s former \u201cSaved by the Bell\u201d co-stars says the late actor\u2019s claim<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ed-alonzo-dustin-diamond-claimes.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}