Awards Shows
Celebrity Feuds
Piven to Billy -- You're "Bush" League

Posted Aug 28th 2006 12:40PM by TMZ Staff

Click to return to TMZ.comSometimes Billy Bush just doesn't know when to quit -- and last night on the Emmy red carpet, Jeremy Piven lashed out at him for it. Last night, during the red-carpet prelude to the Emmys, "Access Hollywood's" Bush corralled "Entourage's" Piven, and began a line of questioning concerning celebrity babies. Piven had just flown in from Arizona, where he was shooting a movie with Jennifer Garner, and so Bush asked him about Garner's baby Violet.

Bush then asked Piven if, given that Piven lives in Malibu, whether he had laid eyes on Brangelina's baby Shiloh. Piven said he hadn't, explaining that he had "116 other things to do...I don't go hunting for celebrity babies, thank you, Billy."

"You need another job. You have potential as a human being..."



Undeterred, or clearly not getting the message, Bush then asked if he'd seen Suri Cruise. Piven finally lost his patience. "You need another job. You have potential as a human being," said Piven, not at all hiding his irritation. "This may not be right for you. Seriously -- can you focus on other things?"

At least Bush got one thing right. He predicted -- correctly -- that Jeremy Piven would get his statuette, and Piven did, for his role as Ari Gold.

Related

Link



Filed under: Awards/Awards Shows, Celebrity Feuds


Tags: Billy Bush, BillyBush, Emmys, Jeremy Piven, JeremyPiven

Comments [48]
SphereBookmark and Share
4ie6

Reader Comments

(Page 1 of 4) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Most Recent | Next 15 Comments

1. Well Piven got rude however Billy is like all Bush's and doesn't have a clue.

Posted at 1:02PM on Aug 28th 2006 by Stan

2. The rich and famous are banning together - they want to be celebrities on their own terms & they want to control info. about their private lives, while living in the spotlight of the public eye. I don't know if you can have your cake and eat it too. They get paid TONS OF MONEY for their celebrity status. Lack of privacy seems to be the price they pay for the high social status, wealth & power. Sometimes it hard to feel sympathetic towards them.

Posted at 1:04PM on Aug 28th 2006 by Kristen Anderson

3. I feel celebrities are "fair game" to a certain extent, but the media needs to leave their poor babies alone. Celebrities have as much right as the rest of us to protect their children from all the insane interest in their kids. Their kids didn't ask to be born to a celebrity. The media should give it a rest already....

Posted at 1:10PM on Aug 28th 2006 by the wife

4. Billy is just doing his job! He may be a member of Bush clan but he is totally different from his COUSIN----Give him a break! The guy is a down to earth. PIVEN is such a JERK! I saw the interview last night and I always thought PIVEN is an A**.... Billy predicted right for PIVEN but he does not deserve the award... He's a bad actor!

Posted at 1:13PM on Aug 28th 2006 by J Simpson

5. Bush is an idiot.

Posted at 1:25PM on Aug 28th 2006 by Tara

6. That actor will pay a price for his lack of social graces. He needs to polish up his interviewing skills and find new ways to deal with the press, other than trying to humiliate them on camera. What an obnoxious jerk!! I'd LOVE to IMAGINE how a pro like Robin Williams might've handled that interview... no mean-spiritedness, always with his fans in mind...now there's grace under pressure!! A true icon.

Posted at 1:36PM on Aug 28th 2006 by Angie Stevens

7. Billy is just doing his "job", eh?

So his job is being a brainess talking head?

Must be a "Bush" thing.

Posted at 1:45PM on Aug 28th 2006 by ronny

8. SMACK DOWN! Right on Jeremey!

La Billy is prima donna and only has this job because of his family name.

Posted at 1:45PM on Aug 28th 2006 by ronny

9. Billy is about as smart as View dum dum Elisabeth Hasselbeck

Posted at 1:49PM on Aug 28th 2006 by Doctors of Pop Culture

10. Oh how I love Jeremy Piven now. He's never been one to deal with stupid questions from airhead "correspondents" and I'm glad he put that little weirdo tosser in his place. Who the f*ck cares about harrassing little babies for the sake of a "story"????

Posted at 1:59PM on Aug 28th 2006 by Jane

11. This is the same guy who asked Giulliani from ETV of he could masterbate while watching the playback of himself accepting his Emmy live on E's aftershow.

I don't know why Bush would ask him about the babies in the first place, but you should not embarrass a reporter in public like that.

Posted at 2:09PM on Aug 28th 2006 by Valerie Kaye

12. Jeremy who?

Posted at 2:16PM on Aug 28th 2006 by Arrogance-Hater

13. Come on Billy! How dare you ask some light hearted questions to Mr. Piven.

The man is a serious actor who needs to be respected.

Next time, please keep your questions relevant. Maybe focus on Mr. Piven's great film roles in "Judgement Night" or "The Family Man."

Posted at 2:23PM on Aug 28th 2006 by Righter of Wrongs

14. Celebrities want privacy? The devil in hell wants ice water too, but that doesn't mean he gets it!

Posted at 2:28PM on Aug 28th 2006 by Cynical

15. I like them both and thought that they were both playing...

I think it is odd that the general public and the media find celebrity babies so exciting. What are they famous for? They've accomplished nothing. Some of the celebrity spouses are in the media waaaay too much also.

Posted at 2:29PM on Aug 28th 2006 by J

| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Most Recent | Next 15 Comments