Yesterday was the WGA Awards, and they honored Drew Carey, who paid for their meals during the strike.
The Price Is Right host spent over $1 million at two restaurants near striking locations so that no writer would starve.
Why did he do it? Because it was the right thing to do.
And he also explained, “You writers…made me a fucking million. Everybody in this room makes some actor a million. And you deserve all the money you get. And all the credit you get.”
So, he was paying it forward. Something his accountant and agent were.
were trying to convince him to stop doing it because it was costing the comedian so much money.
But he didn’t stop because if he did, then the producers would have seen it as those who were striking were starting to give up. So he didn’t care how much it cost him because he was fighting for the people who helped him and many other actors become rich.
So thank you, Drew Carey, for having a huge heart.
