As the Writers' Strike Ends, Your Favorite Actors Keep Hitting the Picket Lines

On Aug. 4, Billy Porter revealed the strike has affected him financially in a significant way. "I have to sell my house," the actor told the Evening Standard. "Because we're on strike. And I don't know when we're gonna go back [to work]. The life of an artist, until you make 'f*ck you' money — which I haven't made yet — is still check-to-check. I was supposed to be in a new movie, and on a new television show starting in September. None of that is happening."

He also criticized Disney CEO Bob Iger, who had previously called the strike's demands "not realistic." "To hear Bob Iger say that our demands for a living wage are unrealistic?" Porter said. "While he makes $78,000 a day?"