Billy Porter revealed that he has to sell his house amid the ongoing strikes in Hollywood in order to save money.
he gave at the Sun Valley Conference in which he said WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikers were not being “realistic” with their demands.
“In the late ’50s, early ’60s, when they structured a way for artists to be compensated properly through residual , it allowed for the two percent of working actors — and there are 150,000 people in our union — who work consistently… Then streaming came in,” Porter said. “There’s no contract for it…And they don’t have to be transparent with the numbers — it’s not Nielsen ratings anymore. The streaming companies are notoriously opaque with their viewership figures. The business has evolved.
“I don’t have any words for it, but: f--- you,” Porter added about Iger. “That’s not useful, so I’ve kept my mouth shut. I haven’t engaged because I’m so enraged… When I go back I will join the picket lines.” When asked about the strikes in July, Iger responded: “It’s very disturbing to me. We’ve talked about disruptive forces on this business and all the challenges we’re facing, the recovery from COVID which is ongoing, it’s not completely back. This is the worst time in the world to add to that disruption… There’s a level of expectation that [strikers] have, that is just not realistic.
“I don’t think it served him well,” Drescher added. “If I were that company, I would lock him behind doors and never let him talk to anybody about this, because it’s so obvious that he has no clue as to what is really happening on the ground with hard working people that don’t make anywhere near the salary he is making. High seven figures, eight figures, this is crazy money that they make, and they don’t care if they’re land barons of a medieval time.
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