Stephen Amell angered many people when he made comments about the SAG-AFTRA strike that seemed to imply that he did not support the strike.
Now the actor Heels Showrunner Mike O’Malley opens up about what he said to Stephen in a private phone call after the comments went viral.
Stephen spoke at a fan convention in July and said that while he supports “my union, I support it and I support them, but I don’t support the strike, I don’t.”
“I think it’s a reductionist negotiating tactic and I find all of this incredibly frustrating and I think the thinking when it comes to shows like the show I’m on [Heels]that premiered last night, I think it is shortsighted,” he added.
Stephen later clarified his comments and explained point by point what he said and what he meant by it.
So what did Mike say in his phone call with Stephen?
Keep reading to know more…
“Well, I called Stephen and talked to him about it. What he was trying to talk about is that he loved the show and was incredibly proud of it. We knew that [his comments] We were going to distract ourselves from the hard work that people were doing both at the WGA, of which I am a member, and at SAG-AFTRA. And I knew it immediately because I had been on the picket line. When I heard it and called him, I said, ‘Stephen, man, we all gotta stick together.’ He understood it right away,” Mike said. Entertainment Weekly.
He continued: “I think it was unfortunate timing; I really think he put his foot in his mouth. He felt bad about that. My initial reaction was like, ‘Oh, man, I know how this is going to go and I have to talk to him about it because I don’t think he intended for it to turn out the way it did.’ I think he was basically saying what a lot of people were saying, that they were frustrated about not being able to work. But I know where his heart is and his heart is next to his heart, like he said.”
Stephen ended up joining the picket line a couple of weeks after making the comments.
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