Billy Porter Says He Put His House Up For Sale Amid the Ongoing Hollywood Strikes

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Billy Porter is making a serious life change to ensure he makes ends meet amid the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.“I have to sell my house,” Porter, 53, said to the Evening Standard in an interview published on Friday, August 4. “Because we’re on strike.

And I don’t know when we’re gonna go back. The life of an artist, until you make f–kyou money — which I haven’t made yet — is still check-to-check.”Porter explained that he was originally supposed to star in a new movie and TV show “starting in September” but with the current strikes “none of that is happening.”“So to the person who said, ‘We’re going to starve them out until they have to sell their apartments’ — you’ve already starved me out,” Porter quipped, referring to an article published by Deadline in July that claimed the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTPT) — which is the association that represents TV and film production companies — didn’t plan on negotiating with the WGA (Writers Guild of America) until “union members start losing their apartments and losing their houses.”Porter shared that while some individuals assume all actors are well-off, that’s not the case for most members of the SAG-AFTRA (the labor union for the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) union.In order to view the video, please allow Manage Cookies“They think we’re entitled.

Meanwhile, we’re getting six-cent checks,” he said, referring to low-paying residuals actors receive from streaming services. “It hurts my feelings”.In May, the WGA was the first to authorize a strike after failing to reach a new contract agreement with the AMPTP.