Jeremy Piven calls Barbara Walters a bitch

"Entourage" star Jeremy Piven has a lot to be proud of.

"I called Barbara Walters a little bitch on national television!" he crowed at the Tribeca Film Festival premiere of his movie "Keeping Up With the Steins."

"I think I just peaked!"

Piven, who plays a showbiz agent in both the hit HBO series and the movie - a comedy about competitively excessive bar mitzvahs - explained that he went on "The View" to hype the film and used his trademark "Entourage" line, "You want to hug it out, you little bitch?"

Luckily, the regal Walters was amused and even offered Piven a warm embrace.

"It was all in good fun," "The View" spokesman Karl Nilsson told Lowdown yesterday.

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