Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers to personally pay staff salaries for early weeks of writers strike

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Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers are set to personally pay their staff salaries for the third week of the ongoing Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike.According to The Hollywood Reporter, both talk show hosts will fork out money from their own pockets to pay their staff during the third week of the writers strike, with NBC set to pay staff salaries for the first two weeks.Sarah Kobos, a staffer on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, announced in a tweet on Tuesday (May 2) that NBC had originally decided to stop paying staff after the first week of the strike, adding that Fallon wasn’t present at a meeting between staff and the NBC just a day after he voiced his support for his staff at the Met Gala.He wasn’t even at the meeting this morning to tell us we won’t get paid after this week. @jimmyfallon please support your staff.

Had fun bowling with ya last week, but a fun party won’t pay my rent https://t.co/hbOqiXxdFb— Sarah Kobos (@skobos) May 2, 2023“He wasn’t even at the meeting this morning to tell us we won’t get paid after this week. @jimmyfallon please support your staff.

Had fun bowling with ya last week, but a fun party won’t pay my rent,” Kobos wrote.In a separate tweet, Kobos explained: “At a meeting Jimmy wasn’t even at, we are told NBC decided to stop paying us after this week and end our health insurance after this month if the strike is ongoing.

They won’t even tell us if we will technically be furloughed. Just active employees who aren’t paid.”At a meeting Jimmy wasn't even at, we are told NBC decided to stop paying us after this week and end our health insurance after this month if the strike is ongoing.