BILLY Porter has revealed he had to sell his house due to the writers’ strikes in Hollywood.
The Pose actor, 53, admitted he makes money “check to check” and was forced to offload his $1.4million New York home.
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Thousands of actors, writers, and entertainers are striking in Hollywood with the Writers Guild of America (WGA) to demand pay rises.
Billy told the Evening Standard: “I have to sell my house. I don’t know when we’re gonna go back [to work].
“The life of an artist, until you make f**k-you money, which I haven’t made yet, is still check-to-check.”
He bought his Long Island home in October 2020 for $1,400,000 with his estranged husband Adam Smith, who he split from in July.
The family home is 4,500 square feet with four bedrooms, five bathrooms and it was built in 1970.
Billy, who played Ballroom emcee Pray Tell in Pose from 2018 to 2021, also revealed two of his upcoming projects have been axed due to the writers’ strikes.
He was meant to be in a new movie and television show starting in September but claimed “none of that is happening.”
The Cinderella star did not mention either project by name, but IMDB has listed him as a star in the upcoming James Baldwin biopic.
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He referenced the comments an anonymous studio executive had made about the writers’ strikes in a Deadline article.
The exec had said: “The endgame is to allow things to drag on until union members start losing their apartments and losing their houses.”
Billy said: “So to the person who said ‘we’re going to starve them out until they have to sell their apartments,’ you’ve already starved me out.”
The Emmy winner added; “I don’t have any words for it, but: f**k you.[But] that’s not useful, so I’ve kept my mouth shut. I haven’t engaged because I’m so enraged.”
Billy spoke to the Evening Standard while in the UK promoting his music career.
He said that when he returns to the US he would be joining picket lines.
The economic impact of the writers’ strike is hitting especially hard in California.
A large portion of the 160,000 SAG-AFTRA members live in the area.
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