I was supposed to be in a new movie, and on a new television show starting in September.
None of that is happening."
“They think we’re entitled.
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Meanwhile, we’re getting six cent cheques,” he said.
“It hurts my feelings.”
Streaming, he added, has altered the landscape for artists.
“There’s no contract for it,” he said of streaming and residual payments.
“And they don’t have to be transparent with the numbers; it’s not Nielsen ratings anymore.
The streaming companies are notoriously opaque with their viewership figures.
The business has evolved.
So the contract has to evolve and change, period.
To hear Bob Iger say that our demands for a living wage are unrealistic?
While he makes $78,000 a day?
I don’t have any words for it, but: f— you.”
“That’s not useful, so I’ve kept my mouth shut,” Porter added.
“I haven’t engaged because I’m so enraged.
I’m glad I’ve been over here [in London].
But when I go back I will join the picket lines.”
“It’s bittersweet,” Porter said.
“But relationships are hard.
I will always love him.
We made it as far as we could.
But we learn, we grow and we live.
And I’m looking forward to the next adventure.”
He added, “She’s back on the market!
Looking for an English huzzzband!
And you have to spell it just like that!
