Fran Drescher criticized for hanging out with Kim Kardashian in Italy as actors strike looms
SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher was photographed at a Dolce & Gabbana event in Italy amid union contract negotiations
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The new deadline for a potential SAG-AFTRA strike is imminent, and it’s looking more and more likely. The actors’ union has released guidelines for a work stoppage, and guild members have been gearing up by making signs for the picket line. Meanwhile, The Nanny’s Fran Drescher, SAG-AFTRA president and chair of the negotiating committee, has been over in Italy with Dolce & Gabbana.
Drescher came under fire in particular after Kim Kardashian posted a picture of the two of them together, praising her as a “fashion icon.” Actor Laura Lee tweeted, “Hey @frandrescher, why are you gallivanting around when our strike is looming? Super bad look. And with Kim, who recently crossed the WGA picket line, no less. #gross” (Kardashian has been criticized for continuing to work on Ryan Murphy’s American Horror Story.)
“Negotiating our possible strike from Italy seems like a strange strategy,” For All Mankind’s Lenny Jacobson tweeted alongside the photo, while actor Johnathan Walker posted, “Lost my vote next time around Fran. We’re mostly out of work, walking picket lines in solidarity, and you’re picking up swag. Fuggedaboutdit.”
“Look—I’m not saying one can’t have a personal life. And I’m not saying one can’t take a vacation,” tweeted actor Briana Cap. “But we are in the middle of the most crucial negotiation in decades and our WGA siblings are on day 70 of fighting for their lives. The optics here are *truly* awful. Do better.”
A SAG-AFTRA spokesperson defended Drescher (via Deadline), stating, “President Drescher is working as a brand ambassador for Dolce and Gabbana on location in Italy. This was a commitment fully known to the negotiating committee. She has been in negotiations every day either in person or via videoconference. President Drescher is managing a physically demanding schedule across three time zones, overseeing negotiations and working on location daily as well as managing her parents’ needs in Florida. She is returning to the states and will be on the ground in LA tomorrow and will continue to chair our negotiations.”
SAG-AFTRA’s current contract, extended past the June 30 deadline, now expires at midnight P.T. on July 12. Several high-profile union members have voiced their support for a strike, and many have cited solidarity with the Writers Guild of America as well as unprecedented changes in the industry as reasons for taking action.
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Only tangentially related, but does anyone else loathe the phrase “do better”? Even if I agree with the person, it’s an instant turn-off for me. It comes across as super smug and condescending to me. Might just be personal hang-up though.
It’s passive aggressive as fuck.
Eh, I don’t sweat it any more than any other hashtag-turned-actual-thing-people-say. If someone has a point, they have a point.I can definitely say that when I’ve needed to have similar conversations, I’m WAY the fuck more harsh than a minor “do better.” Hell, I’d actually posit that many of the people who have an issue with “do better” would have no issue at all with someone saying “quit being a fucking prick.”
Hell, I’d actually posit that many of the people who have an issue with “do better” would have no issue at all with someone saying “quit being a fucking prick.”Shit, you got me there. I’d really prefer blunt insults over a “do better”, lol.
Nah. I find that when I feel that way about a phrase it’s more about what I’m bringing to it than the other person. I have to acknowledge that just because I’m receiving it with a certain tone doesn’t mean they communicated it with that tone.
Ugh, your stance requires introspection and self-reflection. Instantly dismissed. Blaming the other person is way easier.
I think Electricsheep needs to be better.
I’m tired of people using “optics” to blame others for their own misinterpretations.
Yes, I loathe it.
Probably because it’s easier to throw “you do better” at others than it is to be the change you want to see yourself.
It is smug and condescending. Actually, it’s insulting. Much like “Um” before a sentence.
Networking event.
How dare she!
Why isn’t she at home making petrol bombs and riot shields?
At the very least she should be pulling her pants down and taking a shit on Ted Sarandos’s front porch.
Right, like rich celebrities do their own porch-defecating. They have people for that.
…and here I am doing it for free?!
“Hola, María! Mañana,…(*points at butt*) haces, um,…poopie? Caca? Caca, sí….Sí, el casa de Senor Sarandos…Sí…Gracias, María!”
Yeah! I can’t do it all myself!
Not going to do that. She’s long associated as a Queen of Flushing.
She’s the elected leader of a 150,000+ member labor union that will very likely be going on strike in less than 48 hours. Yeah, she should be home doing her job.
Because they’re actors, so they should only pretend to make petrol bombs. But ONLY if they identify as terrorists first …
Seems harsh. I could see if she were literally vacationing but it sounds like she’s working. A dumb job, yes (“brand ambassador”), but a job nonetheless. It’s not like she’s raking in Nanny money any longer and a woman’s gotta eat.
Sure, I bet Great Hill has the AVScabs in the office 5 days a week!
Fran Drescher has had to fight for her right to party
Especially after her mom took away her best porno mag.
Money talks and bullshit walks.
Murphy is a ass. Doesn’t he remember when he was starting out the Union probably helped him out. All for a stupid show that alot of people don’t really give a crap about. I didn’t even know AHS was still on.
Why is Ryan Murphy singled out? Dozens of other shows and movies are also being filmed currently, and the comments that crew would be blacklisted if they didn’t cross picket lines was revealed to be made up.
Because he’s a well known creator who could do a lot if he picketed but instead films crappy shows with Kim Kardashian.
Marvel is pretty popular. They have multiple shows and movies in production. So do Ridley Scott, Quentin Tarantino, Martin Scorsese, Shonda Rimes and hundreds of other well known writers, directors and actors.Just don’t get the singling out of Ryan Murphy. He didn’t even do any writing on the new AHS season.
She sounds really busy. Maybe she should step down and let someone who’s able to prioritize the jobs of thousands of actors take the reigns.
I can’t look at that picture without wondering – does Kim Kardashian smell like the entire Macy’s cosmetics section? Jebus F.
lord this site has gone to shit