Dustin Diamond is still in the hospital on Wednesday as doctors ‘do tests’ to determine what happened to the Saved by the Bell star – but it remains serious. It is unclear at this time whether the actor has cancer, as initially suspected.
“We’ll have a better answer after all the tests are done,” Diamond’s team told Yahoo Entertainment. ‘But they do a lot of tests on him. We are just hoping for a speedy recovery. ”
The 44-year-old actor was hospitalized in Florida over the weekend, but the reason is still unknown. His representatives said on Tuesday they feared it could be cancer, but did not confirm anything on Wednesday. Diamond is supported by his team and girlfriend who wishes all the best.
“He will always remain optimistic – that’s exactly who he is in this regard,” a member of Diamond’s team told Fox News, saying the actor is “scared but hopeful.”
Diamond is best known for playing Samuel “Screech” Powers Saved by the Bell, Saved by the Clock: The College Years and Saved by the clock: the new class. Although he is conspicuously absent from Peacock’s recent revival, he is not forgotten.
In Episode 8 of the recharge, AC Slater (Mario Lopez) explains where Screech was.
“Screech is so happy that he and Kevin can live on the International Space Station, so he doesn’t have to deal with all this stuff,” Slater says. (Kevin was the robot for artificial intelligence that Screech built in the original series.)
Diamond has taken a breather from Hollywood in recent years.
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