Actor Ron Perlman, known for his role in "Sons of Anarchy," recently shared and then deleted a video in which he appeared to threaten an unnamed Hollywood executive.
Perlman's comments were prompted by anonymous remarks made by the executive regarding the ongoing strikes in the entertainment industry.
The joint strike between the Screen Actors Guild, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, and the Writers Guild of America is the first of its kind since 1960. Executives have expressed their preparedness for a prolonged strike.
According to a report by TimCast, Perlman's reaction stemmed from an article in Deadline, which stated that the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers planned to delay further negotiations with the writers' guild until around the six-month mark.
An unnamed producer mentioned, "Not Halloween precisely, but late October, for sure, is the intention."
Another studio executive, also unidentified, told Deadline, "The endgame is to allow things to drag on until union members start losing their apartments and losing their houses."
In a now-deleted Instagram video, Perlman, seemingly channeling his role as the president of a biker gang in "Sons of Anarchy," appeared to make threats towards the unnamed executive.
"One more thing before I get off here," Perlman began. "The motherf***er who said we're going to keep this thing going until people start losing their houses and their apartments, listen to me, motherf***er, there's a lot of ways to lose your house. Some of it is financial, some of it is karma, and some of it is just figuring out who the f*** said that."
"And we know who said that and where he f***ing lives," Perlman continued. "There's a lot of ways to lose your house. You wish that on people, you wish that families starve, while you're making $27 f***ing million a year for creating nothing? Be careful, motherf***er. Be really careful, 'cause that's the kind of s**t that stirs s**t up," the actor added.
Perlman later posted a follow-up video in which he claimed he didn't "wish anybody any harm."
"There has been a lot of reaction, mainly because at one point, admittedly, I got quite heated because I was talking about a quote from one of the executives on the other side of the [negotiations] talking about how they planned to not even begin negotiating until writers and actors started losing their houses and their apartments," Perlman explained.
"You can imagine my reaction to somebody wishing that kind of harm on people in the very same industry," he continued. "I don't wish anybody any harm. I hope the a**hole who made that comment also doesn't wish anybody any harm."
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