00:00 Billy Porter is slamming Bob Iger and saying he had to sell his house due to the ongoing
00:05 dual writers and actor strikes.
00:08 During a recent interview with the Evening Standard, the Poe star admitted he had to
00:11 make some financial cutbacks after the work stoppage.
00:14 "I have to sell my house because we're on strike, and I don't know when we're gonna
00:18 go back to work.
00:19 The life of an artist, until you make f--- you money, which I haven't made yet, is still
00:24 check to check."
00:25 The actor also referenced a report from Deadline last month that quoted an anonymous studio
00:29 executive who said studios won't return to the table with the Writers Guild until union
00:34 members start losing their apartments and losing their houses.
00:38 To the person who said, "We're going to starve them out until they have to sell their apartments,
00:42 you've already starved me out."
00:44 The actor also had some choice words for Disney head Bob Iger, who's faced major backlash
00:49 in the last month after calling the strikes "very disturbing."
00:52 Porter said, "To hear Bob Iger say that our demands for a living wage are unrealistic,
00:57 I don't have any words for it, but f--- you.
01:00 That's not useful, so I've kept my mouth shut.
01:02 I haven't engaged because I'm so enraged."
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