Shepherd pointed out the difference between her show and others: it has never employed any WGA writers.
There has been so much confusion about who can work and who cant work.
Thats me with Viola Davis, Niecy Nash, she said.
She highlighted that she writes the jokes on her show and it is her comedic take on the headlines.
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Shepherd empathized with those writers and actors striking.
I stand in solidarity with my union.
One of the things that were fighting for is better residuals.
… residuals during times that I was not working kept the lights on.
My residual payments helped me care for Jeffrey when he was born at 25 weeks.
So good residual payments are important to actors.
The host also highlighted the issue of artificial intelligence.
The big sticking point is artificial intelligence which could replace working actors from working.
And it could replace writers.
Im here to tell you, AI cant replace all of this sass.
