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Drew Carey Explains At Writers Guild Awards Why He Covered Meals For Striking Scribes: “Everybody In This Room Makes Some Actor A Million”

Drew Carey took the stage at the Writers Guild Awards Sunday to say that paying for meals for striking writers last summer was the right thing to do.

Drew Carey was able to collect his well-deserved attaboys Sunday at the Writers Guild Awards, where he told the crowd that he covered the bills at Bob’s Big Boy and Swingers for striking scribes last summer because “it’s the right thing to do.” With a plate full of food in hand, the host of The Price is Right took the stage at the Hollywood Palladium to explain why he insisted on paying for so many meals — though he did acknowledge a brief period of shock and awe when the bills started arriving. One estimate was he paid for more than$500,000 worth of meals at Bob’s Big Boy alone; another published report said the tab at Swingers was averaging $10,000 per week.

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