Actor Drake Bell Blasts SAG-AFTRA President Sean Astin

Drake Bell is calling out SAG-AFTRA after its health plan told the Drake & Josh actor he didn’t qualify for coverage, despite his decades in the business. Bell shared a screenshot of the denial in an Instagram Story on Tuesday. The notice listed $17,480.53 in covered earnings, short of the $28,933 needed to qualify. “Your reported covered earnings from July 2025-June 2026 did not meet minimum eligibility requirements, or you did not qualify other eligibility rules.” For Bell, the denial raised a question about what actors get from a union that represents them but whose health plan can leave them without coverage. “Do not become an actor. Do not join SAG. You can work for 35 years and they still say [middle finger emoji],” Bell wrote on the screenshot. He also tagged SAG-AFTRA President Sean Astin, known for Lord of the Rings, and challenged the idea that acting credits qualify someone to lead a union. “@SAGAFTRA really though @SeanAstin you’re doing a bang up job. How about stop using actors to run things maybe? They literally just know how to say words in front of a camera,” Bell wrote. Bell isn’t the only actor speaking out. Breitbart News reported in September that Jack Have...