Selena Gomez has been accused of violating the rules of Screen Actors Guild strike (SAG-AFTRA) after publishing a video of the series ‘Only Murders in the Building’.
The post appeared to be a video from the set of the comedy series. Gomez tagged the show’s official Instagram account, according to a report from Variety. The post generated more than 1.1 million likes in 15 hours before it was removed from Gomez’s profile after many followers accused her of violating SAG-AFTRA strike rules.
Prohibitions for actors during the strike
The SAG-AFTRA strike rules prohibit members from promoting their work through press interviews or posts on social media while the strike continues.
Although Gomez did not speak in the video or encourage her followers to watch the show, she did tag the official account ‘Only Murders in the Building’. The hashtag led followers to assume the video was from the set of the Hulu series. That started the debate about whether that constitutes a rule violation.
Due to the strike, Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez their co-stars have not given interviews about the new episodes of the third season, which premiere every Tuesday on Hulu.
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Screen Actors Guild strike rules
Actors can’t tweet or post about their movies and TV shows
In addition to not being able to give interviews to promote “services on behalf of an AMPTP company”, the strike prohibits SAG-AFTRA members from promoting striking jobs and striking companies on their social media.
Actors are not allowed to participate in fan meetings
Guild members they cannot participate in conventions “on behalf of or to promote” the companies in which they are on strike. According to SAG-AFTRA, that includes promotional appearances, panels and fan meet-and-greets involving striking labor.
Actors cannot accept awards
While members are encouraged to “fulfill any contractual commitment to work on an awards show, such as hosting or acting in a play,” They are not allowed to attend award ceremonies to promote a successful project, or accept an award for their performance in a strike-impacted production. This rule has affected awards such as the 2023 Emmys.
The actors will have to wait to find their next project
During the strike, the actors they cannot audition or interview for roles in a company for which they are on strike.
Actors are not allowed to complete any work in front of the camera
To the members of SAG-AFTRA they are prohibited from acting, singing, dancing or other activity in front of the camera during the strike.
Here you can review the SAG-AFTRA Strike Notice.
