I don’t know how much interest there is in these people, but David Cross is a star in my household because we’ve seen his work in Alvin and The Chipmunks at least 3 dozen times. I wish I was exaggerating. Most of you probably know him from Arrested Development.

Cross claims in an upcoming biography that his costar in 1995’s Destiny Turns on the Radio, Jim Belushi, is such a jerk that he wouldn’t sign a piece of paper for a sick eight year old kid. Apparently Cross met a blackjack dealer who claimed her son was a huge Belushi fan and asked him to get an autograph for her. He tried to approach Belushi with the story, and got rebuffed:

n an advance copy of “I Drink for a Reason,” the cult comedian/”Arrested Development” star finally reveals the reason for his long-standing feud with Jim Belushi, whom he continually roasts in both comedy skits and satirical short stories on the Mr. Show Web site.

While filming 1995’s “Destiny Turns on the Radio” with Belushi in Las Vegas, Cross says he decided to hit a casino during a break from shooting. His blackjack dealer professed her desire to get Belushi’s autograph for her sick 8-year-old son. Cross swiftly agreed to make it happen.

The only problem: He hadn’t actually met his castmate yet. Regardless, he soon approached Belushi and launched into a tale of, “This woman’s kid is sick – how about doing the right thing and giving him an autograph?”

But Belushi wasn’t having it. According to the book (out in August from Hachette Book Group), the star listened to Cross’ story about the female blackjack dealer and then snarled, “Jesus, I thought you were gonna get me a b- job.”

The less-than-friendly response infuriated Cross, but, putting aside his anger, he reattempted his request.
“Jesus Christ, you’re worse than my second wife!” shouted Belushi, before stalking away – without giving a signature or getting, well, what he’d hoped for.

The incident kick-started Cross’ hatred of his co-star, and even today, nothing has changed: Cross is still angry. “I would kiss and hug Jim Belushi if I saw him right now,” the comedian told us sarcastically at the AMC Lincoln Square on Monday.

When we professed doubt, he responded, “Seriously! If Jim wants to talk about it, that’s fine. The story is all in the book. That guy was a full-on 100% d-bag. It was a real incident. If anything, I’d hope if I saw him now he’d apologize.”

[From The NY Daily News]

You have to be a special kind of mean not to give a signature to a sick kid. I’m interested to read Cross’ book now and would like to hear more. I love how outspoken he is. The last we heard of Cross, 45, he was dating Amber Tamblyn, 26. The last photographs I’ve found of them together are from last August, so it’s hard to tell if they’re still together. Now that Cross’ upcoming book is getting some publicity maybe we’ll see more paparazzi photos of him. I wonder what other Hollywood stories he has to tell.

David Cross is shown on 6/15/09. Jim Belushi is shown on 12/12/08. Credit: WENN.com