ended on Wednesday, Nov. 8. SAG-AFTRA won protections on a range of issues from pay to health benefits – but the most controversial issue was zombies.
21.10.2023 - 16:01 / justjared.com
Former SAG-AfTRA president Melissa Gilbert is not pleased with the union’s new Halloween costume guidelines for actors on strike.
On Wednesday (October 18), SAG-AFTRA instructed striking actors to not to dress up as any characters from struck companies in a blog post.
Melissa led the union from 2001 to 2005, and now, she’s calling out the current leadership for having the wrong priorities.
Keep reading to find out what she said…
In an Instagram post on Friday (October 20), the actress wrote, “THIS is what you guys come up with? Literally no one cares what anyone wears for Halloween. 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!” she pleaded.
She continued, “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 bulls-it that keeps us on strike. ‘Let’s enact a policy that makes us look petty and incompetent at the same time.’”
Melissa isn’t the only one who’s disappointed with the Halloween rules. Mandy Moore also recently expressed a strong opinion about them on Instagram.
ended on Wednesday, Nov. 8. SAG-AFTRA won protections on a range of issues from pay to health benefits – but the most controversial issue was zombies.
People, while looking back at her time on ABC’s “Dancing With The Stars.” “I literally looked like Carrot Top, the comedian. My hair was too red, and when I did Botox, I became the spawn of Satan with pointy eyebrows,” the “Little House on the Prairie” star laughed. “I had no facial expression, which is anathema considering what I do for a living.” Gilbert also admitted it was “exhausting keeping up that kind of façade.” ” I was very insecure,” she added.According to “The Miracle Worker” star, her husband Timothy Busfield, helped her let go of the desire to look young.
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Former SAG-AFTRA president Melissa Gilbert has blasted a SAG-AFTRA message that urged its members not to dress up as characters from struck companies this Halloween.
Ethan 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.
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striking performers who want to dress up as film or TV characters this year for the spooky holiday.The “Chasing Liberty” actress, 39, took to social media Thursday to blast the union.Alongside an article of the costume ban posted by Variety, Moore wrote on her Instagram Stories: “Is this a joke? Come on SAG-AFTRA.”“This is what’s important? We’re asking you to negotiate in good faith on our behalf,” she went on. Moore continued: “So many folks across every aspect of this industry have been sacrificing mightily for months.