Jeremy Piven Blames Soy Milk for his Man Boobs

It seems that food keeps conspiring against Jeremy Piven.

First, Piven blamed sushi for mercury poisoning, mostly because he has eaten raw fish twice a day for 20 years. (Earlier this year, he bowed out of a Broadway play crying mercury poisoning.)

Now, the actor claims he grew man boobs from drinking excessive amounts of soy milk.

He may play the ultimate macho chauvinist Ari Gold on HBO’s ‘Entourage,’ but Piven got in touch with his feminine side in real life recently, all thanks to soy milk. After consuming the protein-rich beverage daily, the actor says he grew breasts.

“I was the guy that dabbled in soy milk, but now I’ve found out soy milk has enough estrogen for me to grow breasts,” Piven says. “I had to put the soy milk down. It was a very confusing time.”

Consumer and nutritional sciences expert Jill Hamilton-Reeves says that she learned the 44-year-old Entourage actor was drinking 12 cups (about three-quarters of a gallon) of soy milk a day. “That means he was taking in approximately 360 milligrams of isoflavones a day,” Hamilton-Reeves said. “And isoflavones are what people generally believe to be responsible for any effects in male reproductive hormones.”

Perhaps Mr. Piven needs a lesson in moderation!