Leonardo DiCaprio, Issa Rae and More Stars React to SAG-AFTRA Strike: ‘I Stand in Solidarity With My Guild’
etcanada.comLeonardo DiCaprio is standing with his fellow actors. The “Revenant” star took to his Instagram Stories to show his support not long after it was announced that SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) formally approved a strike upon negotiations falling apart between the actors’ union and major Hollywood studios and streamers, who are represented by the AMPTP (Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers).
The actors will now join the writers on the picket line, marking the first time since 1960 that two major guilds will be striking at the same time.
The writers’ strike began May 2 and is in its 10th week. DiCaprio shared an image of the SAG-AFTRA logo along with a short message of solidarity for the guild amid the strike. “I stand in solidarity with my guild,” he wrote.
Issa Rae also shared her honest reaction to the strike on her Instagram Stories, candidly declaring, “Well, everything is f**ked.” In addition to Rae, a number of others stars are speaking out following news of the strike, including Josh Gad, Olivia Wilde, Rosie O’Donnell, Margaret Cho, Jamie Lynn Spears, Mandy Moore, Amber Tamblyn, Riley Keough and Kaley Cuoco, who posted messages of support for SAG on social media. “And Just Like That” star Cynthia Nixon posted to her Instagram Story, “The @sagaftra strike has at last arrived.
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