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You famously disputed in this thread that he didn't take this job as a means of financial support, citing his upcoming projects on IMDB. Now he's openly admitted to TV Guide he took the job to help pay his bills... :P

Ann's assumptions were spot on about many actors who wouldn't normally do daytime, doing it in this economic climate for money...

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He also mentioned "other responsibilities" whatever that means. He obviously took that job because he needed the money, which I think of as money problems. If he didn't need the money, he probably wouldn't be doing the show at all and those other projects he had lined up would be enough to cover his bills.

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All the other issues aside that arose after Zendall's post, I find it really hard to believe that he would go out in public and say: I'm penniless. Yeah. And that of all the other gigs, I chose Y&R. mellow.gif

It looks kind of... Like a spin. But we'll see.

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It's also summer, so he won't be getting guest star work in primetime shows, and films are hard to book during this time too, so daytime is realistically the only medium he can work on and get paid for during the summer.

I don't think he had anything to gain by admitting publicly that he's doing Y&R for the money, but I too find it strange that he did. Not many would admit it, so he deserves credit for something...

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It's a paying job. He's not making millions for the films he does, so why would he reject a source of income? He has bills to pay, look after his family, and keep up the lifestyle that he wants. More power to him for taking a job in daytime.

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Comments like that are unnecessary. We soap fans can talk [!@#$%^&*] all we want about how lame the soaps have become :lol: but film actors need to keep that "slummin' it" crap to themselves. How insulting.

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And no one is disputing that he has bills to and responsibilities to take care of in life. Where are you getting that from? All that was being disputed was that he wasn't doing Y&R for strictly the money since had had a wealth of other projects lined up.

But it proves the point that Ann was making, that actors too are feeling the brunt of the worst of the economy, have loads of expenses to take care of, and those who normally wouldn't do daytime for financial support are doing it now. Had this been 10 years ago, would he have taken this role? Most likely not...

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"I'm a human being, living on Planet Earth, with responsibilities and bills to pay"

Why should he have to defend himself like that? Would he ever make such a comment about accepting a primetime gig on any number of crap series? No. People only say stuff like that about doing soap operas and porn.

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