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Diamond also tried his hand at stand-up comedy and performed in Las Vegas and Atlantic City. As recently as 2016, Diamond headlined five shows at the Sin City Comedy Theatre inside Planet Hollywood.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
His stand-up comedy was a far cry from his innocent Screech character, as his jokes featured such topics as senior citizen porn and farts.<\/p>\n
“My wife saw him a few years ago in Las Vegas. She said it was awful. Every other word was the f-bomb, and he has turned into a pervert,” read one online review of Diamond’s Las Vegas show.<\/p>\n
Diamond’s reputation first took a steep hit when he personally released his own sex tape in 2006, titled Screeched — Saved by the Smell.<\/em><\/p>\nIn his 2009 memoir, titled Behind the Bell<\/em>, Diamond claimed to have had sex with more than 2,000 women, one being an NBC exec who was 18 years his senior. Diamond’s former costars disputed much of the book.<\/strong><\/p>\nDiamond also had a high-profile run-in with the law.<\/p>\n
In 2014, Diamond was arrested in Wisconsin for possession of a switchblade knife that he allegedly used in a bar altercation in which a man was stabbed. Diamond was convicted of two misdemeanors and sentenced to four months in prison.<\/p>\n
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Diamond was upset when he was not invited to participate in the Saved by the Bell<\/em>\u00a02020 reboot. While Mark-Paul Gosselaar resurrected Zack Morris, Mario Lopez brought back A.C. Slater, Tiffani Thiessen returned as Kelly Morris, Elizabeth Berkley Lauren as Jessie Spano, and Lark Voorhies as Lisa Turtle, Diamond and Screech were not welcomed.<\/p>\n\nOut of all the cast members, I was in the most episodes,”<\/strong> Diamond declared last year. “How do you have ‘Saved by the Bell<\/em>‘ without Screech?”<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nDiamond’s turbulent career, sex tape, legal troubles, and tell-all book likely played a role in NBC deciding not to ask for Screech’s involvement. Diamond’s agent said today “he was not intentionally malevolent.”<\/p>\n
Though his former costars might have had their differences in their adult lives, they are remembering Diamond fondly in the wake of his death.<\/p>\n