After Pay-gap scandal: Mark Wahlberg donates millions of "Time's Up"
Say again, do not talk!
After actress Michelle Williams had fueled the discussion about the Hollywood-style Gender Pay Gap last week, Mark Wahlberg is now donating $ 1.5 million to "Time's up".
As it became known, Wahlberg received a $ 1.5 million ($ 1.2 million) fee for a follow up to the movie "All Money for the World", while Michelle Williams played her role for less than $ 1,000. a gender pay gap so big that a fancy house in a German city would have room in it.
Prekär was also involved in the story, among other things, that Williams and Wahlberg are represented by the same agency. Although both were supposed to do the same job, the agency simply traded 1500 times Gage for their male client - totally incomprehensible.
Donation on behalf of Michelle Williams
Wahlberg has now taken a good consequence of the discussion: as he announced on Twitter, he will donate the full amount to "Time's Up", the move that several Hollywood stars launched in early January to combat sexism and discrimination , The money goes to the legal protection fund of the organization.
"Over the past few days, my" All Money for the World "fee has been a major topic of conversation, supporting the fight for fair pay and donating the $ 1.5 million in Michelle Williams' name to Time's Up's Legal Protection Fund."
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? Mark Wahlberg (@mark_wahlberg) January 13, 2018
The agency of Wahlberg "William Morris Endeavor" (WME) has apparently learned their lesson and strapped in the meantime, that in the future they will better represent men and women equally in salary negotiations? she puts another $ 500,000 on it.
Michelle Williams responded with a statement shared by author Amy Kaufmann on Twitter. Among other things, the 37-year-old says:
"It's not about me today, my fellow actors have stood by and stood up for me, my activist friends have taught me to use my voice, and the most powerful men in the responsibility have listened and acted, if we are seriously an equal Want the same world and equal sacrifices from all are necessary. "
Michelle Williams' reaction to Mark Wahlberg's donation: pic.twitter.com/iDIzLwangf
? Amy Kaufman (@ AmyKinLA) January 14, 2018
Several actresses had sided with the former Dawson's Creek star during the discussion about the unequal gages.
If all men now take Wahlberg as an example and donate what they pay more to women than to women, we might be able to erase hunger in this world at one go ...
