Actress Paula Jai Parker, best known for her roles in “Friday”, “Hustle & Flow,” and the animated series, “The Proud Family,” is highly pissed after receiving her recent earnings from SAG. So was comedian/actress, Luenell, who also revealed her SAG earnings. And quite frankly, after seeing just how much — or rather, how little — they earned, we definitely understand where they’re coming from.
Paula Jai Parker And Luenell Blast SAG Over Minuscule Check
A few weeks ago, Paula decided to share with the world exactly how tiny her weekly SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Film Artists) checks are, and tiny is damn near an understatement, unfortunately. Matter of fact, you know the saying that ‘it must make dollars and sense’? Well, when it comes to Paula’s check, it apparently skipped clean over the ‘dollars’ part and jumped straight to ‘cents’…literally.
“The Hustle and Flow” and “Friday” veteran revealed that she got paid a whopping $0.78 cents! Nah, that is not a typo folks. She really received a $0.78 check from SAG-AFTRA, via Bank of America…and to prove it, she shared a pic of her check on social media. In doing so, she also, shared how she felt about it:
“#SAG is this how you treat your #NAACP NOMINEES? I can’t pay my dues let alone rent with this…100+ projects and this is what I’m worth 🧘🏾♂️😕 #DoBetter” – Paula Jai Parker
As you noticed, Paula mentioned that she was a recent NAACP nominee, which she’d just shared news of online shortly before receiving her tiny check from SAG-AFTRA. The reason she’s nominated is because homegirl is still out here doin’ the damn thing in the acting game…she’s just not getting her just-due when it comes to her pocketbook…at least not from SAG-AFTRA, that is. However, the popular animated series Paula does voice-over work for, “The Proud Family: Louder And Prouder,” was nominated for two 2024 NAACP Awards.
For what it’s worth, it must of at least been comforting for Paula to know she is not alone in her SAG-check struggle. After she took to social media to vent about her SAG-AFTRA check, comedian/actress, Luenell, commented underneath Paul’s post to let her now they are both in the same struggle, writing:
“See Paula, I already made a post like this … was about 15 checks that added up to about $96.00🤔”-Luenell
Wow. So, as we all can see from Luenell’s and Paula’s transparency… two things are abundantly clear– fame does not always equate to dollars; and in Hollywood it’s no secret that oftentimes Black actresses unfortunately get far less respect in the game.
