Jeremy Piven Drops Mango-Bomb on Chris Kattan

By PopEater Staff Posted Aug 10th 2009 09:00AM

Note to wisecracking actors booked on the same talk show as Jeremy Piven: don't mention that whole mercury poisoning thing. Someone failed to mention that to ex-'SNL' star Chris Kattan, who got a dose of that Ari Gold rage behind the scenes at MTV's daytime talker 'It's On With Alexa Chung' on Thursday.

According to the NY Daily News, the pair got into a shouting match when Kattan, at MTV to promote the IFC series 'Bollywood Hero,' sniped to Piven, "So, what are you here to promote, your Broadway play?" It was in reference to the 'Entourage' star's infamous exit from the show 'Speed the Plow' in December, citing mercury poisoning.

Piven whipped back with a doozy meant to insult Kattan's most known character on 'SNL': "Well, what are you here to promote? Mango?"

The actors continued barking at each other for a few minutes, but all the while, Kattan believed they were just two guys having a laugh.

"After some back and forth, Jeremy said something really personal to Chris that basically attacked his career," said one witness to fracas. "He said 'Whoa, man -- I thought we were just fooling around here.'"

To which Piven responded: "I'm getting sued for that s--t!" .... "It's not funny"

It was at this point that Piven allegedly slammed the door in Kattan's face.

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Since the incident, publicists for both actors have sprung into action with conflicting versions of the events:

Piven's rep: "Jeremy and Chris did see each other at MTV and they were joking around backstage before a talk show appearance, as many actors do. If it was interpreted as a fight, someone wasn't paying attention."

Kattan's rep: "Chris mistakenly asked Jeremy if he was there to promote his play and Piven fired back with 'What are you here to promote, Mango?' Chris tried to apologize."

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Comments

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Monday 10 August

By misfit

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i can't stand jeremy piven. i dont think he can stand himself! i remember last year he got into a fight with stephen dorff too. he must have a very low self-esteem to be picking on these other actors. i love both stephen dorff and chris kattan. if you havent seen that movie Felon, i highly recommend it. anyway, give it 2 or 3 more years and we wont even remember who jeremy piven is.

Tuesday 11 August

By Hugh

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I looked up "self-important-jackoff" in the dictionary. There was a picture of Jeremy Piven.

By chris

If these dumb ass "STARS" want to complain about long hours of work, Let them spend a week with the real people. Let them work fourteen to sixteen hours a day for minimum wage and go through what the REAL people go through everyday! Then go home and cook their own meals, clean their own houses and try to make their budgets fit the bills they have!
Quit your whinning you over paid baby!

Thursday 13 August

By Jason

Chris, almost all "Real people" don't work 14-16 hours. The typical "real person" clocks in for an 8 hour shift of which 2 hours is socializing and 6 hours is actual work.

By Tom 3:16

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So you think Kataan is more talented than Piven. Apparently you've never seen Entourage! Kataan is a no talent one trick pony, and not a very good trick at that.

i do believe he's more talented. i believe piven is the "one trick pony" seeing as how no matter what role he plays, he's always the same type of guy. it doesnt even matter who's better, with piven flipping out twice now, calling other actors names like he does, it shows his true colors. starts with an a and ends with hole...

By Lucinda

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AOL Please don't post ads on here. Talk about keeping it classy!!

By joan

Why are people using these sites to slam comments made by other users? Not everybody likes Piven or Kattan, so attacking another persons remarks unless they are truly disgusting or hateful is stupid....

By D.

The story says that Jeremy said something really personal to Chris that basically attacked his career. That's what I would like to know. Was it some real juicy piece of truth or just some insult to his career?

By Mesaman

AOL has become the landfill of the entertainment industry, the sewer of politics, and the port-a-potty of important news breaks. But, that's not being fair; I have seen at least two highly regarded articles in the past week. The two twits mentioned above are an example of my conclusion.

By Elizabeth

Jeremy Piven has gotten a little to big for his britches. being on a hit show does not give you permission to be a world class jerk. It should speak volumes that his long time friend John Cusack stopped having anything to do with him due to his attitude. Piven should keep in mind that 'the people you pass on the way up are the same ones you pass on the way down'.

By jay

2 minor hollywood c-listers, no class ... puke

By belch

Piven really is a good actor going places with one Emmey for best actor already. Now he's doing movies also. Perhaps he has a hot head just like Arie Gold. Maybe that's why he plays that role to perfection.

By Jamie

Two actors sniped at each other backstage at an event. No one was hurt,no one got killed,no property was damaged or destroyed. Why,for the love of God,is this news?

By rauschelbach

Way to just rip off the story by NY Daily news and say "according to..." That's some crack reporting there PopEater Staff.

By Josh

You might as well have just copy/pasted the whole text from NY Daily News. You had nothing new to say about the story and barely rewrote the transitions between quotes.

In my book they call that stealing.

By brian

why did you copy and paste this from the nypost. I know you did credit them but why not just put a link if you're not going to anything to the story. I think it's called plagiarism.

By blueticklam

Girls will be girls .

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