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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.



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1. Bush is an idiot.

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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. lmao

Posted at 2:20PM on Aug 29th 2006 by RebeccaBBBBBBB

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

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

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

11. 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

12. 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

13. Billy Bush is an embarrassment to all pre-show interviewers, and in a profession where Joan Rivers, Star Jones, and Kathy Griffen are his peers, that's pretty bad. He is utterly without any charm or tact, and he simply is the worst at what these mostly brainless, phony, ass kissing, wanna be reporters do. It is about time someone took Bush to task for his smarmy, slimy ways. Bravo Piven for calling out Bush on live television. On a night that arguably is the biggest event in these nominees lives, it shouldn't be too much to ask that maybe the nominee would be asked something about him or her feelings, accomplishments, etc. To be asked not once, twice, but three times about other celebrities that have absolutely nothing to do with him, or even television in general, is simply irresponsible and in poor taste. It's too bad that Billy is the last to know how truly deplorable and unprofessional his line of questioning was.

Posted at 4:32PM on Aug 28th 2006 by hipi2

14. 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

15. Jeremy who?

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

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