On Friday, Dermot Mulroney stopped by The View to promote his new Marvel series on Disney+, Secret Invasion.
In the series, Dermot plays the president of the United States, Ritson.
He talked about the show and more with The View hosts, but it’s not their conversation that’s making headlines. It’s the fact that Dermot walked off the set.
Before Joy Behar cut to commercial break, Dermot excused himself and walked off solo. Just before, though, he clarified his reasoning, and it’s pretty noble.
“Sorry, first. I want to do this symbolically in support and solidarity with the writers. I’m going to walk off your show,” he said.
“Thank you. I’ll see you on the picket lines in July,” he continued before exiting the set while the cohosts remained seated.
Dermot is far from the only celebrity to stand in solidarity with the WGA. Drew Barrymore also backed out of hosting the MTV Movie and TV Awards in May for the same reason, while Ariana DeBose hosted the Tony Awards earlier this month without a script because it’s usually written by WGA writers.
Source: https://www.buzzfeed.com/josephlongo/dermot-mulroney-walked-off-the-view-set