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Posted: **Thu Jan 15, 2009 1:15 pm**

Jeremy Piven was on the morning show talking about his high level of mercury. This ailment caused him to bow out of Speed the Plow on Broadway. One of the reporters quoted a Dr. Suchard regarding the effects of mercury on a person. This doctor was from California and an endocrinologist. Was that PSM's hubby?

Posted: **Thu Jan 15, 2009 1:26 pm**

The bigger question "are reporters reading and quoting from the bored?"

by PlacentiaSoccerMom » Wed Dec 24, 2008 5:47 pm
ABC news called Jeff a few days ago to ask his opinion about the matter.

He didn't think that the mercury levels were at a particularly high level for somebody who eats a lot of seafood.

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Posted: **Thu Jan 15, 2009 1:47 pm**

Now I get fanny's question in my chef friend thread!

Posted: **Thu Jan 15, 2009 2:04 pm**

Thanks for letting me know. I am a little late, but it was cool to "see" a BB on TV.

Posted: **Thu Jan 15, 2009 2:05 pm**

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:The bigger question "are reporters reading and quoting from the bored?"

Well, they certainly ought to be!

Posted: **Thu Jan 15, 2009 2:31 pm**

geoffil wrote:Jeremy Piven was on the morning show talking about his high level of mercury. This ailment caused him to bow out of Speed the Plow on Broadway. One of the reporters quoted a Dr. Suchard regarding the effects of mercury on a person. This doctor was from California and an endocrinologist. Was that PSM's hubby?

Jeff is a toxicologist. What morning show was it?

Posted: **Thu Jan 15, 2009 2:37 pm**

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:
geoffil wrote:Jeremy Piven was on the morning show talking about his high level of mercury. This ailment caused him to bow out of Speed the Plow on Broadway. One of the reporters quoted a Dr. Suchard regarding the effects of mercury on a person. This doctor was from California and an endocrinologist. Was that PSM's hubby?
Jeff is a toxicologist. What morning show was it?

I imagine it was Good Morning America - that is ABC's morning show.

Posted: **Thu Jan 15, 2009 2:45 pm**

It was probably referring to me, even though I'm not an endocrinologist.

I only know of two other Dr. Suchards in California: they're my brothers, and neither of them is an endocrinologist either.

I am on a panel of medical experts that ABC News has collected. They occasionally contact us if they have a relevant medical question, and the issue of Jeremy Piven and mercury came up recently. I sent an e-mail reply, which they have apparently quoted [and I hope have not mis-quoted, which is quite common]. I did not get any warning that I would be quoted, since it appeared that the story had basically died down. Most people appear to assume (probably correctly) that Piven is not seriously poisoned. They actually joked about it on a SNL sketch this last week.

So...does anyone have this on tape, TiVo, or otherwise recorded? I'd like to get a copy.

Posted: **Thu Jan 15, 2009 2:53 pm**

jsuchard wrote:
So...does anyone have this on tape, TiVo, or otherwise recorded? I'd like to get a copy.

You are such a media whore, but I love that about you.

Posted: **Thu Jan 15, 2009 2:57 pm**

I just Googled Jeremy Piven Suchard and stuff is coming up.

Posted: **Thu Jan 15, 2009 2:59 pm**

When the host read Piven a statement from toxins expert Dr. Jeffrey R. Suchard which seemed to debunk his story, Piven seemed to falter a little.

Dr. Suchard said that it's common for fans of fish to have up to six times the normal amount of mercury in their system -- but it wouldn't be a problem until they had hundreds, or even thousands of times the normal levels!

Faced with the docs words, Piven, who stopped showing up to perform in Speed The Plow in mid December -- two months before it was due to close-- told Diane: "You have to understand something -- I'm not a doctor. I don't even play one on TV, Diane. So you have to take everything I say with a grain of salt."

Posted: **Thu Jan 15, 2009 3:07 pm**

jsuchard wrote:I did not get any warning that I would be quoted, since it appeared that the story had basically died down.

At least they got your name right. --"Richard"

Posted: **Thu Jan 15, 2009 3:10 pm**

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:
When the host read Piven a statement from toxins expert Dr. Jeffrey R. Suchard which seemed to debunk his story, Piven seemed to falter a little.

Dr. Suchard said that it's common for fans of fish to have up to six times the normal amount of mercury in their system -- but it wouldn't be a problem until they had hundreds, or even thousands of times the normal levels!

Faced with the docs words, Piven, who stopped showing up to perform in Speed The Plow in mid December -- two months before it was due to close-- told Diane: "You have to understand something -- I'm not a doctor. I don't even play one on TV, Diane. So you have to take everything I say with a grain of salt."

Busted!

Posted: **Thu Jan 15, 2009 3:11 pm**

It was on Good Morning America with Diane Sawyer. The quote was displayed on the screen with the name Dr. Suchard, Endocrinologist, but no accompanying picture. Next time it would be nice to see a picture with Zap.

Posted: **Thu Jan 15, 2009 3:24 pm**

I'm sure that thguy65 is an endocrinologist. He could not be interviewed because he was changing a diaper...

Posted: **Thu Jan 15, 2009 3:27 pm**

http://abcnews.go.com/gma

Posted: **Thu Jan 15, 2009 3:38 pm**

The banner on-screen said he's a toxicologist, not an endocrinologist.

Posted: **Thu Jan 15, 2009 3:46 pm**

The good news is that Jeff may have a celebrity anecdote for the next time he audtions for WWTBAM. Jeremy Piven hates me... or Diane Sawyer said my name once, but pronounced it incorrectly.

Posted: **Thu Jan 15, 2009 4:12 pm**

Thanks for that link.

My favorite quote from Jeremy Piven: "On that last Sunday...I sort of passed out at home."

Sort of passed out? I interpret that to mean he went home and took a nap.

Congrats to jsuchard, rising media star.

Posted: **Thu Jan 15, 2009 4:20 pm**

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:The good news is that Jeff may have a celebrity anecdote for the next time he audtions for WWTBAM. Jeremy Piven hates me... or Diane Sawyer said my name once, but pronounced it incorrectly.

I think the "Jeremy Piven hates me" story has more potential.

Maybe Jeff should help develop the story by sending Jeremy a friendly note?

Posted: **Thu Jan 15, 2009 5:15 pm**

ne1410s wrote:I'm sure that thguy65 is an endocrinologist. He could not be interviewed because he was changing a diaper...

People just tend to think that Endocrinologists know everything.

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