
Did you know eating too much sushi could give you mercury poisoning? It’s true! Much like if you drink metric shit-tons* of Diet Soda, you could likely get cancer or how Mountain Dew will make you sterile.
And if you’re Jeremy Piven, after eating god knows how much sushi (we’re betting around six or seven tuna sashimi) he claimed he had mercury poisoning. Brief backgrounder: Piven was on Broadway in David Mamet’s “Speed-the-Plow” when reports of his partying and attempts to leave the production were based on his half-assed excuse. He’d eventually be replaced by Mamet staple William H. Macy, but the damage had been done.
And now, he’s forced to defend himself in front of Actors’ Equity according to the New York Post:
Piven will appear before a committee of five actors and five producers. He is expected to brandish the results of a blood test given to him by his doctor, and will likely give a blow-by-blow account of his illness during the show.
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The results of that test have not been revealed, but the producers are expected to allege that long before he claimed to be ill, Piven was agitating to leave the show.
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The producers also have a record of where Piven’s car and driver took him after performances, sources say.
Although Piven claimed he was so ill that he often went home after the show, sources say the log shows that he spent many nights out on the town.
So why was Piven so desperate to jump off? Apparently, doing eight shows a week for a limited time is hard work when you’re bread and butter is playing a coked-up version of yourself Ari from Entourage. And while we’re sure Jeremy would never make up a half-assed excuse about fish or something just to get back to L.A. and bang some bimbo, we are sure justice will be done.
*1 metric shit-ton=30 percent more than regular ton.
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