Fran Drescher defends Kim Kardashian photo as Hollywood actors go on strike

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Fran Drescher, president of the actors trade union SAG-AFTRA, defended a photo she took with Kim Kardashian in Italy around the same time negotiations between actors and production companies began to break down.

Drescher was in Italy to attend Dolce & Gabbana’s Alta Moda despite the union facing the strike deadline. She defended the outing as "absolute work" during Thursday's press conference announcing SAG-AFTRA would be going on strike. "I’m a brand ambassador for a fashion company, and so is Kim.

I had only met Kim seconds before that publicity picture was taken. It had nothing to do with being at a party having fun – it was absolute work," Drescher insisted. "I was in hair and makeup three hours a day, walking in heels on cobblestones, doing things like that, which is work – not fun," she continued. "I'm sure Kim would have rather been at her home in Malibu with her children too, but we work.That's what we do." Drescher explained that after leaving the event where the photo was taken around 10:30 p.m., she called into the Zoom with union negotiators at her hotel room and "constantly" kept in touch with her SAG-AFTRA team via text. "I worked around the clock in three different time zones," Drescher explained, noting that her parents live in Florida and that she also "manages their well-being" along with her day-to-day jobs.

SAG-AFTRA announced Thursday that the union had voted to strike after talks between production companies and leadership broke down. "Ted Lasso" star Jason Sudekis and other top movie and TV actors joined picket lines alongside screenwriters Friday on the first full day of a walkout that has become Hollywood’s biggest labor fight in decades.