EXCLUSIVE: Deadline has learned that two-time Emmy acting nominee Matt Walsh is hitting pause on his participation in this season of ABC’s Dancing With the Stars. His decision comes as the da…
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“I was excited to join the show and did so under the impression that it was not a WGA show and fell under a different agreement,” the actor continued. “This morning when I was informed by my union, the WGA, that it is considered struck work I walked out of my rehearsal. I have been and will always stand with my union members of the WGA, SAG and DGA,” he said.
“Beyond our union artists, I am sensitive to the many people impacted by the strike and I hope for a speedy and fair resolution, and to one day work again with all the wonderful people I met atwho tolerated my dancing,” added Walsh who has been picketing during the SAG-AFTRA strike at Disney’s Burbank studio.
Walsh, a contestant on the show who is paired with Koko Iwasaki, is a member of both SAG-AFTRA and WGA.