Mario Lopez revealed Thursday night that he has spoken with his Saved By The Bell partner, Dustin Diamond.
Earlier in the day, Diamond, 44, confirmed he was battling stage four cancer after feeling pain all over his body.
“I connected with Dustin earlier this evening and while the news of his diagnosis is heartbreaking, we are sure he will overcome this. Praying for him and his family and for a speedy recovery. God bless you, he tweeted Mario that night.
Contact: Mario Lopez revealed Thursday night that he has spoken with his Saved By The Bell partner, Dustin Diamond, amid the latter’s cancer diagnosis; both appear in Extra in 2015
“Praying for him”: “I connected with Dustin earlier this evening and while the news of his diagnosis is heartbreaking, we’re sure he’ll get over it,” Mario posted in a tweet.
The actor’s team confirmed the news on Thursday via their Facebook page saying, ‘Right now we can confirm that Dustin has cancer.
“Dustin will reveal more information once it’s available and a plan is made to move forward.”
The star remains in hospital and is currently undergoing her first round of chemotherapy after undergoing a “ton of tests”.
The statement included an address where fans can email and wish letters to the actor for his team to “print and send,” but asked that “no autograph requests be sent to that address,” since it is not what it is for. ”
Backlash: His revelation comes just hours after Diamond confirmed he was battling fourth-stage cancer at just 44 years old; portrayed in 2016
Remember when: The duet appeared in a 1996 filming of Saved By The Bell
A representative said Thursday on the show Today that the star has fourth-stage cancer and said, “It’s serious, but we still don’t know how serious it is.”
The representative added, “He’s going to be tested. He hasn’t felt well. He’s in an undisclosed hospital in Florida. We expect a speedy recovery.”
The Diamond representative added to TMZ, the actor is undergoing his first round of chemotherapy to fight the disease. He added that the actor also has pain from shingles.
Famous: The actor played the role of Screech in the popular sitcom Saved By The Bell
Survive: Diamond has been confirmed to be battling cancer; seen at a movie premiere
Crisis: Diamond, who gained fame as a “Screech” in Saved By The Bell, was hospitalized over the weekend; in the image of 2013
Meanwhile, his close friend, Dan Block, has told The Sun that he had a “huge lump” in his neck, but that he had postponed going to the hospital.
“Dustin has cancer (we don’t know what type or how advanced) we’ll find out tomorrow,” Dan told The Sun. “Right now we don’t know how bad it is or where it has spread.
“It started as a tumor in my neck (a huge lump in my throat) and was very visible. I was afraid someone would take pictures of it and post it online.”
Representatives from Diamond, who played ‘Screech’ on the hit show, had said on Tuesday that they believed the problem could be related to cancer, but did not elaborate the next day.
“We’ll have a better response after doing all the testing,” Diamond’s team told Yahoo Entertainment. “But they give him a lot of evidence.” We just hope for a speedy recovery. ”
Terrifying: Diamond, 44, went into treatment after complaining of pain all over his body and his medical team fears he may have cancer, reports added to TMZ; illustrated in 2006
Diamond was hospitalized in Florida over the weekend, a spokesman for the actor confirmed to DailyMail.com.
Diamond went into treatment after complaining that her whole body was in pain and her medical team fears she could get cancer, experts added to TMZ.
The actor lost his mother due to breast cancer and is said to have a biopsy to deduce what his medical condition is.
Diamond originated the role of Samuel ‘Screech’ Powers in Good Morning, Miss Bliss, the 1988 Disney Channel sitcom that became Saved By The Bell.
He continued to play Screech on the first installment of Saved By The Bell on NBC from 1989 to 1993 and kept the character in multiple revivals.
The California-born actor was part of the 1992 television movie Saved By The Bell: Hawaiian Style and the 1993 sequel series Saved By The Bell: The College Years.
Then came the spin-off Saved By The Bell: The New Class, which ran from 1994 to 2000 and also included Dustin in its cast.
However, the restart of last year’s Peacock franchise did not include Dustin, although other old cast mates like Mario Lopez returned to the show.
Over the past two decades, Diamond has had a lot of controversy, including his 2006 sex film Screeched: Saved By The Smell, which he directed himself.
During a Where are they now? special to OWN seven years later, he said he had superimposed the face on the body of a stuntman for the tape.
“You know, I definitely took out some money, but it wasn’t worth it as a consequence. I mean people to this day, they don’t see me well,” he said.
Backtrack: Diamond (bottom, center) appears with his co-stars in the original print of Saved By The Bell, which aired on ABC from 1989 to 1993
He also said his 2009 memoirs, Behind The Bell, were a “disappointment to me” because of his descriptions of alleged drugs and sex during the program.
Diamond said the book was written by ghosts and stated, “I talked to a guy a few times, so the book has some truth, and a lot of the stories were a little rejected.”
He said, “Like, you know,‘ Oh, well, the kids smoked pot and, you know, they had sex behind the scenes. This arose from another simply throwing statement of, “Then someone was drugging or sleeping together on set?” “Well, what do you think?” There were a lot of kids with hormones, you know, 15 to 16 years old. “
Diamond stated, “This became, you know, rubbish made about everyone I really was, I have nothing but good thoughts and memories for everyone. I was hoping they would send me a copy to review. and that I was fine, either with my thumb up or my thumb down, and the copy was sent to me: “Oh, that’s it.”
Remember when: He was also part of the 1992 television movie Saved By The Bell: Hawaiian Style, starring Mark-Paul Gosselaar (left) and Mario Lopez (right).
Then in 2015 he spent three months in prison for his role in a fight at the Wisconsin bar in which one of the participants was allegedly stabbed.
He was acquitted of the dangerous crime of public safety, but convicted of two misdemeanors, disorderly conduct and concealed weapons.
Apparently, he remained friends with his co-star Mario Lopez, who hosted him at Extra in 2016, where he talked about his time in prison.
Diamond’s friend Dan Block told The Sun last year that the actor was unaware of the revival of Saved By The Bell in Peacock until news of it was made public.
“I know he wants to be a part of it,” Block said, insisting his friend is “a good guy and deserves a second chance.”