Writer and performer Katie O'Brien is offering headgear (example: “ChatGPT Wrote This”) for a suggested $25 donation toward strike provisions.
. She’s sold 120 hats and raised $3,500 through suggested donations, money that has been dispersed to the picket lines through strike captains who have been using the dough to buy water, snacks and other essentials.
“[Demand] has been continuing to grow, and it’s been picking up a lot of steam in the past week,” O’Brien notes on the heels of the actor’s strike. “I did not expect it to become a little business but that’s what it has turned into. It’s been sort of a full-time job that has been fun to do.” Less fun is navigating this current moment without work to pay the bills. “I’ve worked as an actor and writer for 10 years. Why it’s so hard now is that we were already getting paid so little so going months on end without working is so painful. All I’m doing is trying to stay optimistic and trying to figure out ways to survive in this city and hope that when this is all said and done, the business can come back in a better way to support writers and actors.
Writer, producer and actress Katie O’Brien has created custom hats that she’s selling on Instagram with proceeds benefitting the picket lines during Hollywood’s current strike.This story first appeared in the July 26 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.
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