Fran Drescher says SAG was ‘manipulated’ before strike: ‘Studios just wanted more time to promote summer movies’

SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher claimed studio execs unfairly “manipulated” SAG actors during their negotiations, in a recent interview that came just days after the actress went viral for her impassioned announcement of their strike. The Screen Actors Guild authorized the move on July 13, after their contract expired with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) and negotiations broke down, mirroring the ongoing WGA strike initiated months earlier. Drescher spoke of giving the AMPTP an “unprecendented” 12-day extension during negotiations to come back with a more “mea...