While Piven and Grenier are technically playing themselves in the ad — not super agent Ari Gold and movie star Vincent Chase — their performances, dialogue and dynamic are certainly reminiscent of “Entourage.” (Piven snakes his way through a mansion party to find Grenier on a yacht, where he pitches him a new movie role.) “Many people worked really hard to make our show as good as it was,” Ellin wrote on Instagram. Ellin said in a video message that he received “400 messages” about the “god-awful commercial,” clarifying that he was not involved in its creation. Ellin said he’s not bitter over not being paid for the ad.
He simply wishes the writers of “Entourage” would get more credit for the hard work they put into the scripts and character development, only for their work to be distilled into an “embarrassing” emulation of the HBO hit. I want everyone to get paid, get rich. Just fucking do your own shit.
That’s all.” Ellin then seemed to take a shot at Piven — who won three Emmys for playing Ari on the series — claiming that the actor distanced himself from “Entourage” in the years following the 2011 series finale and 2015 movie. We cast these people,” Ellin said of forming the “Entourage” ensemble. And he didn’t wanna talk about it afterwards.
Like, he wanted to get away from it, because he had so much better shit going on. But now he’s back on it, because he’s getting paid.” A representative for Piven did not immediately respond to Variety‘s request for comment. Responding to Ellin’s comments, a spokesperson for Betr said in a statement, “We were excited to bring Jeremy and Adrian back together, appearing as themselves.
Creating that kind of unexpected cultural moment with two amazing actors was exactly what we wanted for Betr 2.0.” The statement continues, “We’re really proud of how the spot came together, and the response has been overwhelmingly positive, generating nearly 10 million organic social views in less than 24 hours. We had a lot of fun making it, they had a lot of fun making it, and people seem to be having a lot of fun watching it. We appreciate Doug watching the ad and helping promote it.
Betr 2.0 is available now.” On another social media app, X, Ellin continued to lash out against the ad. And if you need money … Flip burgers. Period.” Responding to a fan who said he hoped Ellin was behind the ad, the “Entourage” creator fired back: “I think it’s pretty damn obvious I didn’t write it.
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