Celebrities Are Auctioning Off the Most Unhinged Things for a Good Cause
Amid the current SAG-AFTRA strike—which is keeping several actors, writers, and television staff from working over an ongoing labor dispute with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers for more fair wages and benefits—several celebrities are getting creative when it comes to getting income during this time.
A slew of folks have taken to popular selling platform eBay to auction off a wide variety of different experiences—from virtual coffee and conversation with Reboot actress Rachel Bloom to dinner with Breaking Bad star Bob Odenkirk.
Many of the things up for auction are actually unique and once-in-a-lifetime opportunities, considering the status of the A-listers.
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On the website, the campaign is titled The Union Solidarity Coalition, which notes that "net proceeds benefit our crew healthcare fund."
Other offers currently on the market include having Adam Scott walk your Los Angeles-based dog for an hour, taking an NYC pottery class with Busy Philipps, having Lena Dunham grace the walls of your home with an artistic mural, getting a watercolor portrait of your pooch by John Lithgow, Natasha Lyonne helping you solve the New York Times Sunday crossword puzzle, and hopping on a Zoom call with the cast of New Girl (Zooey Deschanel, Lamorne Morris, Hannah Simone, Max Greenfield, and Zoe Lister-Jones).
There's even a collection of signed items up for grabs, the highest being Parker Posey's Personal Collection of Dazed and Confused + Party Girl Memorabilia, which is currently sitting at a hefty $4,250 price tag with over 50 bids.
Since going live, fans have taken to social media to fabricate listings of their own that they'd be willing to splurge on, like one X user who admitted they'd "empty" their "savings account" for a chance to have Toni Collette "scream at you from across a dinner table."
The American actors' union SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) is an ongoing strike that began on July 14.
