Jeremy Piven hints his longtime friendship with John Cusack is over

[Laurent]

Piven and Cusack friendship may be over
Tue Jan 9, 11:39 AM ET

NEW YORK - Jeremy Piven played second banana to his friend John Cusack until his recent breakthrough in HBO's "Entourage," winning an Emmy Award last year for his role as sharklike agent Ari Gold.

Now Piven and Cusack, who studied acting at Chicago's Piven Theatre Workshop, which was run by Piven's parents, appear to be on the outs, or so Piven suggests in an interview in the February issue of Best Life magazine, on newsstands Friday.

"No comment. I mean, you could fill in the blank, I bet," the 41-year-old actor says when asked how Cusack has handled Piven's recent success.

Piven played supporting roles to Cusack in films such as "Say Anything," "Gross Pointe Blank" and "Runaway Jury" before getting his big break on "Entourage."

"... I was always proud of him, and I was always in his corner," Piven says of the 40-year-old Cusack. "Always."

The Associated Press was attempting Tuesday to reach a representative for Cusack, who stars in "Grace Is Gone," which will be shown at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, later this month.

Piven, who co-stars with Ben Affleck in the upcoming film "Smokin' Aces," a Universal Studios release, says he values loyalty.

"It just says so much about a person if he has space for other people's success," he says.

"I have always been so proud of my friends' success. I own that proudly because I come by it naturally. I was raised on that spirit of collaboration. ... You start getting into trouble in life when you start comparing and contrasting your life to anyone else's. You don't win when you do that."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070109/...e_jeremy_piven

[pacific breeze]

Cusack has always been a selfish, egotistical jerk. No surprises here.

[JordanJames]

I think there is more to this story. Jeremy 41 and John 40, never been married they both lived together. Wouldn't surprise me if they actually just ended a homosexual relationship with each other. Both actors try real hard to have a heterosexual image in the media. I wouldn't be surprised if they were both bisexual. The rumours have been out there about both of them.

[Novice]

Originally Posted by JordanJames

I think there is more to this story. Jeremy 41 and John 40, never been married they both lived together. Wouldn't surprise me if they actually just ended a homosexual relationship with each other. Both actors try real hard to have a heterosexual image in the media. I wouldn't be surprised if they were both bisexual. The rumours have been out there about both of them.

Wow! I was thinking the same thing as I read this!

All we need now is for JP to get Dave Naverro as a *cough* room-mate & we know it's true....

(unfortunte quote from JP...
""John Cusack and I have been friends since childhood, and the fact that we're in so many films together is, no pun intended, serendipitous. I audition and, after I find out I've got the job, I call Johnny and say 'hey man, we're going to be in New Orleans together'. And because we've done a bunch of films, people connect the dots. But, that's not the case".")

[SweetPea]

If it's true, this is sad. Always liked the two of them in their movies together, playing off each other. To think John Cusack is not happy for his friend is inconceivable.

[Nedsdag]

I guess Jeremy got tired of being John Cusack's "bitch" so to speak.

[greysfang]

The Piv is too big to be a bottom anymore.

[AliceInWonderland]

They're both jackasses

[Bellatheball]

Originally Posted by JordanJames

I think there is more to this story. Jeremy 41 and John 40, never been married they both lived together. Wouldn't surprise me if they actually just ended a homosexual relationship with each other. Both actors try real hard to have a heterosexual image in the media. I wouldn't be surprised if they were both bisexual. The rumours have been out there about both of them.

I've seen John Cusak around Chicago a number of times. He never struck me as gay.

[Novice]

The only thing I've heard about JP is that he thinks a lot of himself ( I think that's the polite way of putting it) and has been acting a bit diva-ish - maybe this has something to do with it? Who knows?

[cynic]

Heterosexual men rarely discuss their friendships and never discuss why they end.....the article is either a lie, or the guys are gay......

[Lily]

I think they're both assholes.....but they're friends. I've seen assholes be proud of their friends, especially really old friends they grew up with. Cusack is a dickweed. I'm with Piven here.

[brett]

you're the dickweed.

[Laurent]

Brett = John Cusack?

[brett]

caught me.