‘Saved by the Bell’ actor weighs in on Dustin Diamond claim that dad mishandled money

One of Dustin Diamond’s erstwhile “Saved by nan Bell” co-stars says nan precocious actor’s declare that his father, Mark Diamond, mishandled his money seems very inaccurate.

Ed Alonzo, who played nan proprietor of Bayside High student hangout spot The Max from 1989-1992, exclusively told Page Six that Dustin and Mark seemed for illustration “the champion of friends” erstwhile he knew them.

Alonzo, 63, added, “The magnitude of money we each made was not astonishing money that the formed of ‘Friends’ was making. We weren’t making $1 cardinal an episode.” 

“I ne'er saw frivolous spending of money. They weren’t driving elaborate cars aliases going connected crazy vacations,” Alonzo said of Mark and Dustin.

Alonzo — who precocious appeared connected nan caller docuseries “Hollywood Demons” section “After nan Bell,” which features interviews pinch nan cast and unit of nan deed ’90s sitcom — said he spent a batch of clip pinch nan father-son duo.

He told Page Six that he couldn’t beryllium judge of Dustin’s declare astir Mark mishandling his earnings, but from what he observed, they seemed to “get on very well.”

Dustin, who played Screech successful “Saved by nan Bell,” died of crab astatine property 44 successful 2021.

Mark denies Dustin’s money claims during nan doc, saying nan accusation “really made maine upset.”

Mark says that agents return 10 percent of nan money, and for, “anything near over, we had to screen definite things for illustration gas, taxes, headshots.”

Dustin had a rocky way aft nan show – including a activity tape, and a 2014 arrest, pursuing an altercation successful which he allegedly stabbed a man in a Wisconsin bar. 

Alonzo remembered Dustin as, “always truthful funny, moreover disconnected camera.”

They “sadly” didn’t enactment successful touch aft nan show, he said.

Alonzo told Page Six he doesn’t deliberation Dustin sewage “a batch of opportunities” to show his acting chops successful different areas, which “kept him locked into [his kid prima persona]. He ne'er really recovered a measurement to escape, moreover though he tried to.” 

“After nan Bell,” dives into nan down nan scenes play from “Saved by nan Bell,” which aired connected NBC from 1989 to 1993 (and respective spinoffs, specified arsenic “Saved by nan Bell: The College Years” successful 1994, and “Saved by nan Bell: Wedding successful Las Vegas”) that aforesaid year. 

In summation to Diamond, “Saved by nan Bell” besides starred Mario Lopez, Mark Paul Gosselaar, Elizabeth Berkley, Tiffani Thiessen, and Lark Voorhies. 

“From time one, I ever knew that Mark-Paul – moreover though he was 15 astatine nan clip – was an astonishing actor,” said Alonzo. 

“I retrieve going up to him sometimes pinch lines that I had connected nan show and I would say, ‘how would you present this?’ I would effort and get proposal from him, because he was already a seasoned pro.” 

Voorhies besides makes a uncommon quality successful “After nan Bell.” She stepped backmost from nan spotlight pursuing a intelligence wellness test pinch schizoaffective thought disorder. 

The doc explains that her information is different from schizophrenia, because it doesn’t advancement and is little “disabling,” pinch treatment, but its symptoms see delusions and disorganized speech.

Alonzo said he past saw her successful 2025, astatine nan memorial work for bid exec shaper Peter Engel. 

“She was good,” he told Page Six. “She conscionable seemed for illustration nan normal awkward Lark.” 

He added that Voorhies has, “always been a very quiet girl. Even backmost successful 1989 erstwhile we started, she was ever shy, and past conscionable would detonate and travel to life arsenic soon arsenic nan cameras were on.”

The documentary covered “some things that mightiness beryllium going connected pinch her,” he said, referring to her intelligence health, ”but I didn’t really announcement immoderate of that.” 

“After nan Bell” airs Monday astatine 9 p.m. connected ID and streams connected HBO Max.