Hunky A.C. Slater, played by Mario Lopez, was a ladies’ man who could barely even stay with his designated girlfriend Jessie Spano. Lopez himself was also quite the cheat. While he and Thiessen dated as the show was filming, she caught him making out with an extra, and she tore off his letter jacket – a definitive end to any high school relationship.
Lopez has also had a few marriages end quickly thanks to his antics, including to Ali Landry, which lasted only a few weeks, and Karina Smirnoff. His current wife, Courtney Lopez, put a cheating clause in their prenup, which has so far kept Mario on the straight and narrow.
Dirty Diamond
In 2006, Diamond directed and released a homemade lewd film, and even appeared to “star” in it. However, Diamond claimed that the video was a stunt and a way to make money. Despite these protestations, the film generated a lot of controversies.
During an interview on the Oprah Winfrey Network, Diamond claimed that he wasn't in the tape himself. “I'm not an idiot. I'm not going to really put myself out there. I got a stunt person to come in. I thought, what if this thing makes $3 million?” The public still wasn't a fan, and Diamond's star fell as a result.
Out on a Lark
Growing up in the spotlight can definitely have its effects. While Lisa Turtle ruled Bayside High with sass and style, Lark Voorhies’s life didn’t pan out as smoothly after the show ended. In fact, Voorhies publicly battled with her mother after she revealed Lark suffered from bipolar disorder. In 2015, Voorhies married Jimmy Green, a music producer. The actress’s mother filed a restraining order against him for threatening Voorhies’s safety.
While the actress defended her then-husband in an interview, she eventually filed for divorce shortly after. Voorhies has stayed out of the spotlight, for the most part, working on her mental health and writing books.
He Loves to Show Off
Mario Lopez isn't just a pretty face and a handsome bod. Before he even joined the cast of Bell, he was a dancer and a “drummer” on Kids Incorporated, a long-running children's musical show which launched not only Lopez, but Jennifer Love Hewitt, Scott Wolf, Eric Balfour, and Stacy Ferguson – whom you probably know better as “Fergie.”
Lopez, like Slater, put his skills to good use during the run of Bell and even brought some of those skills back for an appearance on "Dancing with the Stars," which "Saved by the Bell" superfan Jimmy Kimmel had fun with.
Old Shame Episode
In what is certainly a very memorable episode, Zack discovers that he has Native American heritage in the episode “Running Zack.” It's made a focal point of the episode but is never brought up again. While Mark-Paul once said it was his favorite episode, his opinion has changed as of 2016, at which point he apologized for the episode, stating it was insensitive.
The episode, which features Zack in quite cringe-worthy, stereotypical Native American costuming, certainly could never be made today. (Interestingly, Mark-Paul is mixed race, though not Native American – he's part-Indonesian on his mother's side.)