Former SAG President Slams Halloween Costume Strike Rules: ‘Silly Bulls—‘ That ‘Makes Us Look Petty and Incompetent’
variety.comEthan Shanfeld After SAG-AFTRA urged its members not to dress up as characters from struck companies this Halloween, former president of the actors guild Melissa Gilbert is calling out the costume guidelines as “silly bullshit” and “infantile.” “THIS is what you guys come up with?
Literally no one cares what anyone wears for Halloween,” Gilbert wrote on Instagram in response to the union’s Halloween suggestions. “I mean, do you really think this kind of infantile stuff is going to end the strike?
We look like a joke. Please tell me you’re going to make this rule go away… and go negotiate!” Gilbert then directly tagged the Instagram accounts of current SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher and chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, writing, “For the love of God, people are suffering mightily and this is what you have to say… c’mon guys… This is the kind of silly bullshit that keeps us on strike. ‘Let’s enact a policy that makes us look petty and incompetent at the same time.’” Gilbert led the actors union from 2001 to 2005, and was the third woman to be elected president.
A representative for SAG-AFTRA did not immediately respond to Variety‘s request for comment. On Wednesday, SAG-AFTRA published a post on its website encouraging members to “celebrate Halloween this year while also staying in solidarity” with the ongoing strike.
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