Actor Drake Bell, most famous for his role on the Nickelodeon show Drake & Josh, publicly denounced SAG-AFTRA after the major Hollywood union said he failed to qualify for health insurance coverage.
\n\nBell attacked the union in an Instagram Story shared on Tuesday wherein he shared a screenshot of the SAG-AFTRA health plan website that said he did “not qualify for Health Plan coverage at this time.”
\n\n“Your reported covered earnings from July 2025-June 2026 did not meet minimum eligibility requirements, or you did not qualify other eligibility rules.”
\n\nThe page further said that Bell earned only $17,480.53, adding that he needs to reach the $28,933 threshold required for the SAG-AFTRA Health Plan.
\n\n“Do not become an actor. Do not join SAG. You can work for 35 years and they still say [middle finger emoji],” Bell wrote on the screenshot.
\n\nBell then tagged the union and SAG-AFTRA president Sean Astin (Lord of the Rings).
\n\n“@SAGAFTRA really though @SeanAstin you’re doing a bang up job. How about stop using actors to run things maybe? They literally just know how to say words in front of a camera,” he said.
\n\nAs Breitbart News reported in September, several actors in Hollywood have come…
Original source: https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/
