Jeremy Piven Recalls an Example of Method Journalism

None of it was true.

This is pretty interesting. Appearing Wednesday on the weekday SiriusXM program Dirty, Sexy, Funny With Jenny McCarthy, actor Jeremy Piven briefly traveled back to the bubble of media coverage he found himself in when his Entourage character Ari Gold jerked its way into the pop culture stratosphere.

Specifically, he suggested that in making stuff up about him, the entertainment press would pan for Gold-like hooks:

“The press reporting on me was all as-if I was this character.

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