Co-star Lark Voorhies shared a different reason for Diamond’s absence
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Lark Voorhies, who reprised her role as Lisa Turtle in the reboot, shared a story which insinuated that Dustin Diamond had been approached, but was dissatisfied with the terms. “[With] Dustin Diamond, the almighty dollar rules on that,” she said on Toronto’s KiSS 92.5. “He wants to be paid and respected. We would love for him to come back on set. He’s going through his growing pains … He’s going through his adult issues and all of that but I am sure he’ll be back — granted they have the perfect contract for him. I’m sure he would be back.”
Elizabeth Berkley was also asked about Diamond’s absence and claimed not to know too much about it. “I don’t know if he will make an appearance,” she told Andy Cohen during a November 2020 virtual appearance on Watch What Happens Live. “We’ll see if there’s another season. Maybe it’s something to explore, and I haven’t talked to him in a long time.”
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By Angela Andaloro/Feb. 1, 2021 6:15 pm EST
The reboot did offer an explanation of Screech’s absence. In a reunion episode that sees almost the whole Bayside gang back together, there’s a revealing remark by Mario Lopez’s character, A.C. Slater. “Screech is so lucky he and Kevin get to live on the International Space Station so he doesn’t have to deal with all this,” Slater says in the episode (per Us Weekly). Of course, Kevin refers to the beloved robot who was Screech’s true BFF on the original series.
Co-star Lark Voorhies shared a different reason for Diamond’s absence
Mark Mainz/Getty Images
Lark Voorhies, who reprised her role as Lisa Turtle in the reboot, shared a story which insinuated that Dustin Diamond had been approached, but was dissatisfied with the terms. “[With] Dustin Diamond, the almighty dollar rules on that,” she said on Toronto’s KiSS 92.5. “He wants to be paid and respected. We would love for him to come back on set. He’s going through his growing pains … He’s going through his adult issues and all of that but I am sure he’ll be back — granted they have the perfect contract for him. I’m sure he would be back.”
Elizabeth Berkley was also asked about Diamond’s absence and claimed not to know too much about it. “I don’t know if he will make an appearance,” she told Andy Cohen during a November 2020 virtual appearance on Watch What Happens Live. “We’ll see if there’s another season. Maybe it’s something to explore, and I haven’t talked to him in a long time.”
Elizabeth Berkley was also asked about Diamond’s absence and claimed not to know too much about it. “I don’t know if he will make an appearance,” she told Andy Cohen during a November 2020 virtual appearance on Watch What Happens Live. “We’ll see if there’s another season. Maybe it’s something to explore, and I haven’t talked to him in a long time.”
