Billy Porter is fired up and feeling the rage, anger and hurt so many Hollywood creatives are experiencing amid the ongoing SAG-AFTRA/WGA strikes.
-- as he is currently in London for work -- and he revealed that the strike has taken a toll on him personally, and he's been forced to sell his home here in Los Angeles.
"The life of an artist, until you make f**k-you money -- which I haven't made yet -- is still check-to-check," Porter shared."I was supposed to be in a new movie, and on a new television show starting in September. None of that is happening." He also called out Disney CEO Bob Iger specifically, expressing anger and frustration with comments he's made about the strikes.
Reflecting on the strike, and the causes of the ongoing showbusiness turmoil, Porter shared,"In the late '50s, early '60s, when they structured a way for artists to be compensated properly through residual [payments], it allowed for the 2 percent of working actors -- and there are 150,000 people in our union, who work consistently -- [to get compensation."
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