Seth Meyers and Jimmy Fallon have each pledged to fund a week of pay for their staffs out of their own pocket during the ongoing writers strike.
their compensation could cease after this week, and healthcare after this month, if the strike continued.
Both Meyers and Fallon have publicly voiced their support of their writing staffs in the days leading up to the“Look, no one is entitled to a job in show business. But for those people who have a job in show business, they are entitled to fair compensation," Meyers said when he addressed the strike during a taping of his show Monday night. "They are entitled to make a living. I think it’s a very reasonable demand that is being set out by the guild, and I support those demands.
When late-night went dark during the last writers strike, which spanned 100 days from 2007 to 2008, the hosts at that time — David Letterman, Jay Leno, Conan O’Brien and Kimmel — each vowed to pay their crews out of their own pockets while their shows were off the air. A similar move was adopted by late-night hosts when their productions were shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
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