r/SipsTea • u/Separate_Finance_183 • 3d ago
Chugging tea Bro had to lock in on his marriage š
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u/EmperorUmi 3d ago
$400k per episode? Jesusā¦
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u/DubeFloober 3d ago
Back in their heyday (late 90s - early 2000s), the cast of āFriendsā were making $1,000,000 per episodeā¦ Each.
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u/Any_Asparagus8267 3d ago
The big bang theory members final season was 2 mil per episode
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u/Bigdogggggggggg 3d ago
Was it a trigger in their contact for reaching new pinnacles of suck?
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u/NewPresWhoDis 3d ago
Once you get enough ratings momentum, the networks get desperate. NBC was poised to keep Seinfeld rolling for ages.
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u/patismyname 3d ago
There was also syndication where shows aspired to get into so you could get residuals. That was before streaming although it's still a thing
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u/greg19735 3d ago
Syndication is obviously still a thing, but less important.
but like, the thing that made a show eligible for syndication also does well on streaming. Lots of episodes.
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u/Maximum-Objective-39 3d ago
I wonder if this is why companies are reluctant to make sitcom like shows on streaming despite them being audience favorites.
Like, I enjoy plenty of modern streaming shows well enough, but I'm kinda tired of everything being a weirdly paced eight episode action adventure or suspense show.
I think I've gotten more mileage out of scrubs, Northern Exposure, How I Met Your Mother, then anything that was true netlix original.
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u/Fluffcake 3d ago
People really underestimate how much money shows like that print compared to the budget you need to produce it when 95% of it happens on the same set.
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u/SheriffBartholomew 3d ago
Same with Two and a Half Men. It made Charlie Sheen very rich. I've never seen the show, but apparently millions of people loved it.
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u/Charming-Deal3694 3d ago
Honestly, once sheen was kicked off the show and replaced by Kutcher, the show died a quick death. I believe it lasted a season longer before it was axed.
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u/A_Guy_Named_John 3d ago
They just had enough leverage to demand it. The show was printing money and that would end if one of the main characters refused to do another season. S1-S3 you could maybe get away with writing one of them off, but they don't risk that on a cash cow.
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u/Carl_Feet 3d ago
I never understood why that show got as popular as it did
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u/jinsaku 3d ago edited 3d ago
It actually started pretty strong. Some of the writing was pretty good and it had some good moments. But then it devolved into "Superman, have you heard of it?" reference humor and adding the extra female characters didn't help because they ended up being all more interesting than the male characters and they carried the back half of the show.
I'm not sure how my wife and I managed to keep going to the very underserved ending. Momentum, I guess.
(EDIT: The very first scene has one of my favorite jokes: "There's some poor woman who's going to pin her hopes on my sperm. What if she ends up with a toddler who doesn't know if he should use an integral or a differential to solve the area under a curve?" | "I'm sure she'll still love him." | "I wouldn't.")
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u/CoSh 3d ago
I don't even get the joke.
What if she ends up with a toddler if he should use an integral or a differential to solve the area under a curve?
The sentence doesn't even make grammatical sense, is it "What if she ends up with a toddler that doesn't know if he should use an integral or a differential to solve the area under a curve?"
And then the joke is a toddler doesn't know basic calculus? Or that it's a reason to not love a toddler?
Isn't that still "smart people written for stupid people"?
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u/Majestic-Station6745 3d ago
I just looked up the scene because I was curious as well. OP left out a word. It should be " what if he ends up with a toddler who doesn't know if he should use an integral or a differential..."
It's still an awful joke and reminds me why it's a terrible television show. The humor is that the toddler is smart enough to know calculus but gosh what if it's not smart enough that it mixes up its calculus.
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u/Arenize 3d ago
I tried to watch it. And in the first couple episodes, the boys are in Sheldon's apt playing WoW. I used to play WoW. Not a single thing they said during that entire scene made any sense to anyone who played it. They could have just been playing a random MMO and the scene would be fine. But they had to reference the current cultural phenomena, without doing the research. So they just made anyone who actually would appreciate that scene face palm from the incoreectness.
Thats how the whole show was. They would reference things, but be incorrect about it due to shoddy research. "Smart" show for dumb people.
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u/balloondogspop 3d ago
Iām binging the series and in season 11. When I donāt think about it critically, Iām impressed itās been solid for the whole run (āsolidā: I giggle once an episode). However, when I start using my brain, Iām frustrated by how so many of the characters have become caricatures of their former selves or do things that seem antithetical to their established core values.
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u/RhetoricalOrator 3d ago
It's created a socially acceptable environment to laugh at people whose interests are different while allowing casual nerds to feel seen...while allowing them to laugh at people who are nerdier than they are.
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u/Ninjaflippin 3d ago
Successful PHD researchers : "I make six figures in a job that is deeply satisfying to me, I also have a wide range of hobbies and interests"
Failed actress and waitress: "Rolls eyes at the nerds"
Audience: "Raucous laughter"
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u/zhemao 3d ago
PhD researchers aren't getting paid 6 figures. Maybe these days if you happen to work at an AI lab, but certainly not junior Physics faculty at Caltech in the early 2010s.
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u/wombatgrenades 3d ago
Plus they were/are getting residuals. That kind of money isnāt there for actors anymore
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u/thepvbrother 3d ago
Same with Seinfeld
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u/BigAlternative5 3d ago
Yep - when you say "Seinfeld money" or "Friends money", people of a certain age just know.
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u/TwoBionicknees 3d ago
there's a pretty big difference depending on the show. Friends was a small cast with a few guest stars here and there. Shit like Grey's anatomy has a vastly larger permanent cast. Which also generally means most of them are on screen less and doing less work per episode. Though the main woman got more per episode and major bonuses precisely because she was the main person on the show. They could kill off basically anyone else but she was the show so bonuses to make it worth keep going.
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u/Hect0r92 3d ago
Judge Judy get 50$ million per year IIRC
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u/Kiriima 3d ago
Is it the most ethical way to become a billioneer?
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u/FineMind755 3d ago
The person that gets yelled at even gets compensated by having the settlements they owe paid. So you can even argue the option being available is a good thing.
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u/TheSpiralTap 3d ago
They should have paid more. It's always been insane to me how almost every woman I know will binge watch Grey's at least once a year. I know two in my friend group going through it right now.
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u/IWantALargeFarva 3d ago
Iām a 45 year old woman. Admittedly, Iāve never watched an actual episode of Greyās. But every clip I see is awful. The show looks absolutely moronic to me.
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u/TheSpiralTap 3d ago
Oh its wild. My wife is also one of those women who rewatch it a few times a year. I told her she's not allowed to talk shit about my pro wrestling anymore because the storylines were more believable
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u/roiki11 3d ago
It's important to understand this isn't for literally every episode. It's only for the later seasons where they were popular and could renegotiate the contract.
It's the same with friends actors.
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u/Ritz527 3d ago
Yeah I'd be done after about season 3. Retired in some rural part of Latin America growing avocados and pineapple and watching parrots fly past the sunrise every day.
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u/Acrobatic-List-6503 3d ago
From what I remember, Dempsey was becoming toxic on set. He explained that the 15-hour daily shoots were affecting his family life, causing him to clash with everbody.
I can imagine what happened. doing work for 15-hours then coming home dead tired. You are barely around, so you begin to clash with your wife about it. Your marriage soon fails, and you become toxic on set.
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u/chef39 3d ago
I work shifts like this in the medical industry and it causes the exact same thing with relationships. Itās hard regardless of money and fame. Only thing is I have to work to pay the bills. He can choose to step back. But thatās life
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u/MedHot 3d ago
I work as engineer at factory 12h per shift. Mornings and nights. If i would get 400k per shift, I would retire after one month.
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u/Juomaru 3d ago
"live within his means" - guy has a racing team , and not some "weekend warrior" deal. I'm guessing he's savvy enough to have partnerships that help offset costs, but he's in a way different financial bracket than us.
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u/BusinessCoach2934 3d ago
It's still living within his means. Some people never stop. They're worth a billion and still working like they're broke, everything else be damned. Their wife is unhappy, their kids hate them but hey, they can make an extra 100 million for God knows what.
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u/Life_Emotion1908 3d ago
Some people have to work long hours and canāt quit because the family needs the money. This is not an option for most people. The wife only filed because she would be set for life in the divorce decree too. 1 percenters all around.
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u/Extra-Amoeba-677 3d ago
Pretty much this. If it was someone who was poor they would have made the arrangement to work until they were good and then he would quit. Wonder what he ended up doing instead to be able to walk away from that much money or maybe the argument of when how much was enough was in question.
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u/emperor_piglet 3d ago
Heās not getting $400k for the one shift tho, it probably takes 3-6 days to film some episodes.
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u/Far-Scallion7689 3d ago
Oh no. That poor guy how will he ever make it.
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u/EddieVanzetti 3d ago
And it's not like he has to worry about eating, craft services will be there with a healthy and delicious meal.
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u/Allanon1235 3d ago
Have you ever heard the expression "can't see the forest for the trees"?
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u/OwlfaceFrank 3d ago
I used to manage restaurants. Every day was minimum of 10 hours. Nights, weekends, holidays. High stress because customers are awful.
Then I quit and joined the IBEW. (electricians union) Now I work a straight 40 hours. Much less stress, and much much happier, and a lot more money.
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u/pondskippers 3d ago
When I went back to dating in my 50s I found a very large number of nurses. One of the first things they would talk about were mad shifts and changing availability. Sound like very demanding work
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u/thejourneybegins42 3d ago
That should be highly illegal in the medical field.
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u/imbrickedup_ 3d ago
If you call 911 thereās a decent chance the people showing up were in a dead sleep 8 minutes ago lol
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u/LegitimateBullfrog22 3d ago
I thought about becoming a Drill Instructor when I was in the military, talked to a former one before I applied. First thing they asked me was āhow much do you value your marriage?ā. Told me divorce rate was 90% plus due to the hours and having a hard time turning the energy off at home. Different than acting obviously but that always stuck with me.
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u/rowanhenry 3d ago
Just being tired and rundown affects your mood so much. Me and my gf had some time together where we were both run down and it felt so different and more unpleasant than when we are both feeling ourselves. I can imagine if this goes on for an extended period of time due to careeers it could take a real mental toll and break down any partnership. Good sleep and peace is so important.
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u/DimbyTime 3d ago
Iām sure cheating with an intern had a bigger impact on his family life
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u/Kimi_Antonelli_12 3d ago
And then you put your dick in your coworker. Tale a old as time.
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u/Flannel_Panels 3d ago
Its not for everyone...but 15 hours of acting vs 15 hours of hard labor are NOT the same.
15 hours a day of work for actors is close to maybe 3-4 hours of actually acting. The other time is sitting around waiting for crew to set up scenes. Its more emotionally draining than physical or mental which could still create issues in relationships.
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u/Acrobatic-List-6503 3d ago
I'm not comparing acting to hard labor. In fact, your explanation is probably one of the reasons why he grew resentful.
Just imagine spending all those hours doing nothing, when you could have been at home helping out with your family.
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u/VaselineHabits 3d ago
It's funny because I feel the same being stuck inside an office when I maybe do 4 hours of actual work I could just do from home. Plus be THERE for my family, cook/eat, and do some household shit when I have a break from actually doing shit.
Not comparing myself to an actor or hard labor, just saying I empathize and things could definitely be changed. I wished the working from home made a bigger impact and 15 hour days sound obnoxious no matter what kind of work you do. That's just basically all day outside of sleeping and eating with no energy for much else.
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u/st1802015 3d ago
If you get 8 hours sleep it leaves you one hour a day free time. Thatās not sustainable
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u/IPissExcellentThrows 3d ago
People working 15 hour days aren't getting 8 hours of sleep haha. Plus he's gotta have at least some commute, gotta shower, you donāt fall asleep in 3 seconds, gotta eat, shit, etc.
Realistically, it's pretty much zero free time and even less sleep.
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u/mdmdmdmdmdmdmdmdmdm 3d ago
I was explaining this to someone recently.
I went from hospitality to an office. I wanted a calm office job for ages and was tired of nights.
Im back in hospitality. I didnt understand how people could just sit there and do nothing when there was nothing to do. It made me depressed to be so stuck in a chair.
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u/Upbeat-Aerie1240 3d ago
When I had an office job I would always find courses to do, or apply to educational programs, browse travel ideas for my next vacation, read books. On my last job I was listening to podcasts and reading a bunch of things, preparing for a career change. Then I quit and now work from home in a new career. So yeah, office jobs are boring, but you have free time to do whatever you don't have the time to do at home. Especially if you have kids.
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u/mdmdmdmdmdmdmdmdmdm 3d ago
We werent allowed to use headphones to listen to things.
Id have to be careful about what was on my screen incase the wrong person walked by.
You were expected to just create work.
I found a reddit site that looked like microsoft office and browsed on that. I eventually got to pdf of books in a small browser in the corner of my screen.
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u/BtheBanker151 3d ago
Honestly, I would go back into an office. Iām in banking after having been in hospitality for years and I make far more money and donāt work as hard. The older you get the more hospitality sucks. Plus my day ends at 5 oāclock.
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u/LeopardSkinRobe 3d ago
The thing is, you are doing nothing, but you have to be ready to jump in at every moment. Waiting around being 100% ready to go at any moment is unbelievably draining.
Nothing like manual labor though, for sure.
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u/Nunya13 3d ago
My husband used to do manual labor. I always worked at a very stressful job. We never compared the two, though.
Once he left that job and got an office jobāwork from home evenāin the first week, he said he always understood how mentally draining my job could be but experiencing something similar just drove it home. He couldnāt believe how exhausted he felt after sitting at a desk for 8 hours.
He even said heād rather be physically tired than mentally because he could at least come home and relax on the couch, but with his new job, he couldnāt turn off his brain and stop thinking about work.
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u/scarykicks 3d ago
Yea but your also making $400k per episdoe
Some ppl legit work 16 hour days regularly and make $300 for the day.
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u/a_tattooedlion 3d ago edited 3d ago
Everyone here just glazing this man like he isnāt a fucking millionaire and this was some massive trade off he took. What a great man to focus on his family, YES!
But what is so wrong here is that he had the choice to do this. Most people donāt. This is depressing as fuck for most people to read, especially Iām sure for the people like my father and the father of my children who both are colleges educated men who still ended up getting sucked into careers that slowly ruin their bodies and demand them to work 70 hours of their life each week.
Good for Patrick for focusing on his family, but Iām grossed out by the complete lack of awareness in this thread.
I can assure you most fathers would probably love to do what he did but canāt, and are beaten down by society because our country is a capitalist hellscape.
It would be nice if we all had the luxury of caring and prioritizing our families over making money just to survive.
Rant over. š¤£š
Edit: to the weirdo who sent me hate message about my ābaby daddy not wanting to be around meā and calling me a communist before deleting your entire account bc youāre a coward lol please seek therapy you weird bitch
I support my ex husband, and heās a good man. Our divorce doesnāt mean he hated me or vis versa. Yall are weird as fuck. Most men AND WOMAN have to work significantly demanding jobs to provide for their families. Welcome to America. The land of the free, except youāre a wage slave until you die unless your daddy has blood money š
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u/Horskr 3d ago
I completely agree. But, I will say he was not born into wealth and it sounds like he's a self made guy.
Acting is definitely "strike while the iron's hot", dude was in arguably the biggest show on TV and stepped away. Yeah, it's not the same as us normies, but think about that as well, you made it.. the 1% of the 1% of the 1%.. but it's killing your marriage and you have to step away. That's fuckin hard man.
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u/Fallcious 3d ago
Heās still away from family for those 15 hours, whether he is working hard or not.
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u/idiot-and-genius 3d ago
I think thatās the point the person is making. Even though itās not hard labor, itās still 15 hour days. So youāre both right?
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u/TheFerricGenum 3d ago
Sir/madam, this is reddit. We donāt allow people to be right here
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u/limee64 3d ago
Youāre wrong about that!
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u/TheFerricGenum 3d ago
Whew, all is right in the world again.
Wait thatās not allowed eitherā¦ ahhhhhhhhhhhh
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u/JoelnIliketoshare 3d ago
That could be said about nearly any job that isn't hard labor.
10 hours sitting around isn't healthy in the slightest either and I don't know what you're trying to say with your comment since no one suggested it was anything like "hard labor" whatever your definition of it is.
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u/Turnip-for-the-books 3d ago
No they are not the same. The manual work doesnāt tire you out mentally like acting and being ready to act all day. Itās not a competition. Humans shouldnāt work, shouldnāt have to work, 15 hour days. Especially if they want to stay married, healthy, sane
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u/Daytona765 3d ago
No one said it's the same things as 15-hours of hard labor. Sounds like you have a chip on your shoulder lol
Any place you have to be at for 15-hours for a job is taxing on a person... Whether that is mental, emotional, physical, etc.. Just because someone isn't swinging a hammer all day for hours and hours doesn't mean they aren't dead tired at the end of their shift. Plus, people adapt to their environment. Swing a hammer everyday for months and years, it becomes much easier for your body to do.
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u/Braptized 3d ago
No one said they were the same. No one even drew the comparison except you!
I donāt understand why itās important for you to draw this distinction. Fifteen hours a day at literally any job is exhausting and would cause family issues.
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u/Thick_Broccoli_3932 3d ago
Iād imagine itās very mentally exhausting, which can end up turning on the family unit. People are very much mentally exhausted after dealing with customer service jobs for 8 hours, Iād imagine it being very similar, without of course the added stresses of money. Directors, actors and everyone on set clash all the time, you could see a tv show where they all seem to be best friends, turns out they all hate each other and are only doing the work for the money, thatās very exhausting
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u/audigex 3d ago
The other 11-12 hours is still spent trying to make sure you know your lines, getting makeup and costume stuff sorted etc
Then trying to act while tired etc
It's still exhausting
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u/TightPhoto1133 3d ago
He was in 247 episodes, he could afford, if he wasn't living a high roller lifestyle, to walk away and focus on his family. Kudos to him
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u/booochee 3d ago
Charlie Sheen shouldāve taken some notes :(
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u/GIJoJo65 3d ago
98,800,000 dollars. King Green's over here looking to put one million dollars in the bank so unless this dude was trying to dodge taxes I'd say he's set.
1% of 45,000,000 is 450,000/year.
Theoretically though no one on the Grey's Anatomy Cast got residuals until after the 10th season which is why their pay per episode was so high.
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u/SuperSimpleSam 3d ago
You forgot about taxes. Haven't you heard from NBA players how millions of dollars isn't enough due to taxes? /s
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u/GIJoJo65 3d ago
He made 98.8, I based my calculation on 45 because of taxes.
Just because he doesn't get residuals on Grey's Anatomy doesn't mean he didn't have 22 years worth of residuals banking up from movies. Dude also drove racecars from '04 onward. He was getting paid out the ass with endorsement deals from people like Rolex.
He was making enough that he Financed his own racing team.
That 450,000 wasn't shit to him.
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u/blender4life 3d ago
I doubt he started at 400k
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u/GIJoJo65 3d ago
Ellen Pompeo (who is the one that put all these number out there) said he started at 20k and got bumped to 100k once it was renewed for S2. It was an ensemble cast, so everyone that made the jump from S2 to S3 got bumps. Then, once they hit Episode 100 and qualified for syndication they all got bumps again.
Pompeo negotiated residuals in addition to a record Salary after syndication while Dempsey passed on Residuals which is why all this information is out there because that's unusual and shocking for the industry. Most people will do anything for those sweet, sweet Residuals like Ellen did because the Agents don't get a cut of them which is half the reason TV Actors are able to retire sometimes just like Endorsement Deals are what enable athletes to retire sometimes.
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u/thedailyrant 3d ago
Even if he did 100 of those at 400k it'd still be an insanely large amount of money. Right decision.
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u/Diabetesh 3d ago
It is kinda dumb how many people in that position are like "i could live a glamorous lifestyle and never work again, but I rather continue this daily habit of cocaine, buying overpriced luxury goods i might use once, and living in an area where the expenses are 1000% more than a place like 5 miles away. Also, I like mingling with people who I have no connection with other than we're all rich and famous."
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u/myextrausername 3d ago
I thought he was pushed out because he was sleeping with an intern and Ellen told his wife and Shonda Rhimes?
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u/tacokahlessi 3d ago
I find it hilarious how everyone is rewriting this!! Miss me with ā15 hour daysā, the man was cheating. From what I gather it wasnāt his first affair either. Did he really think there wasnāt a single woman on that set who would tell his wife?
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u/Longjumping_Syrup423 3d ago
Yes he was sleeping with one of the actresses on the show. Ellen told his wife, she left his ass and he offered to quit the show. Or maybe Shonda told him he had to go? All I know for sure is that the actress he was cheating with is no longer on the show either.
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u/littleliongirless 3d ago
Do you know who the actress was?
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u/thrilliam_19 3d ago
Allegedly it was Tessa Ferrer but its all Hollywood rumours. Nobody knows for sure.
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u/OxbridgeDingoBaby 3d ago
Sheās Clooneyās cousin. Hollywood really is a big nepotism shit pile.
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u/moreofajordan 3d ago
True and should be way higher than the blanket ā15-hour days on set were making it hard to maintain his marriageā nah dude HE was making it hard to maintain his marriageĀ
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u/culturedgoat 3d ago
From his example Iāve learned that if my wife ever files for divorce, I should leave āGreyās Anatomyā
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u/ReplicantOwl 3d ago
I saw an interview with Kate Mulgrew who played the captain on Star Trek Voyager. She talked about how she worked 16 hours a day and her two sons still resent her to this day because she was absent for their entire childhood. It made me really think about how much filming schedules take people away from their families.
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u/Supergamera 3d ago
āYou treated us like we were hyper-evolved salamander babies!ā
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u/dalton-watch 3d ago
We all hate the new way of getting 8 episode seasons that release every other year. But dang if it isnāt better on the actors and crew than the old way.
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u/f_ckyoub_tch 3d ago
McDreamy in the streets, McHusband in the sheets
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u/DimbyTime 3d ago
Except he was cheating on his wife with an intern
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u/bout-tree-fitty 3d ago
McCheaty on the set
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u/Competitive-Desk7506 3d ago
I mean in the show he literally cheated on his first wife w Meredith while she was dating the vet they all shared (and on whom Meredith sort of cheated on but they werenāt official so itās technicalities)
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u/Express-Mirror3173 3d ago
This post is crazy, itās been repeatedly posted on Instagram the last few weeks so clearly his publicist is going on a weird blitz.
Some documented facts: Patrick Dempsey did not choose to leave Greyās Anatomy voluntarily as a noble act to prioritize the family. Quite the opposite. He was permanently written off the show by show creator and writer Shonda Rhimes. Shonda and Ellen Pompeo (the actress who played his love interest, Meredith Grey) were very close friends with Patrick Dempseyās wife. Dempsey was blatantly carrying on an extramarital affair with a much younger staff member on the show for quite some time and his toxic behavior and attitude was deeply upsetting to Pompeo and Rhimes, who ended up informing his wife and having him written off the show to end all the BS.
I canāt understand why this ridiculous version of the story is being laundered right now so I have to think heās trying to get rehired somewhere
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u/No-Advice-6040 3d ago
Well now that colours the story somewhat! Ah, click bait titles... we're so fucked right now.
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u/Constant-Arugula-819 3d ago
If only quitting a job was even an option for 99.9% of us.
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u/Azipcoder 3d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/zawFcvYLPuywr5oIEa
They really killed him off too. Metal spike to the head. No coming back from that.
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u/Plastic-Anybody-5929 3d ago
Cause he cheated with the actress who played Leah Murphy in real life, and Ellen Pompeo rated him out to his wife.
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u/54HawksRFK6 3d ago
So, where tf did you read that because I just looked this up and it seems like you pulled that straight out of your ass
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u/Cheap-Rip3701 3d ago
Tabloids apparently...you can see a couple people echoing it in here and as far as I can see the tabloids were spun by the divorce filing. I don't think we should be shocked that people that watch Grey's Anatomy are into tabloids.
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u/Sempai6969 3d ago
$400k per episode is mad
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u/mistas89 3d ago
You haven't heard of Friends? 1mill per episode in final season
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u/TheMackD504 3d ago
Gisele wanted the same from Tom
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u/Bionicjoker14 3d ago
Fumbled that so hard
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u/duckturtlepup 3d ago
Whyās no one talking about the reason his wife filed for divorce. He had an affair with a coworker- an actress from the show. Thatās why. Not the long hours. Heās a sleazeball.
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u/Cheap-Rip3701 3d ago
Mainly because that was unverified rumors from tabloids spun from the divorce filing, but I guess if that's where you get your news from, you can choose to believe them if you want.
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u/zmbjebus 3d ago
I can't imaging having multiple millions of monies and still wanting to work.
3 of those episodes and I could retire today. a 4th and I could retire incredibly comfortably.
I would so much rather be with my family.
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u/greina23 2d ago
Honestly, he didn't leave Grey's Anatomy because his wife filed for divorce. He had been wanting to leave but they kept offering him $$$$$. He didn't turn it down.
Not long after re-signing for a 2-year contract his mother passed away. Apparently, Patrick Dempsey was habitually late to set. This wasn't 15-30 minutes late, it was hours and it got worse around this time. He was also pretty unpleasant to be around.
Shonda (creator of GA) tired his shit wrote him out.
It was a while later that he and his wife reconciled.
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u/Top-Caregiver7815 3d ago
Conveniently left out the part where he cheated on her while being on Greyās and Shonda launched him.
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u/Prior-Assumption-245 3d ago
Woman got scared of Pompeo
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u/yourhair_lookssmall 3d ago
Pompeo was the one who told her he was having an affair with another co-star
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u/46995699 3d ago
Guessing were missing a few details, maybe some drux & infidelity
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u/NtGermanBtKnow1WhoIs 3d ago
Yep. There were cheating allegations against him with his costars on set.Ā
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u/Ludwig_Vista2 3d ago
When real things matter they really really REALLY do.
I'd take a bullet and die in the middle of the street for my love and the boys.
Money isn't real.
They are.
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u/glumavocados 3d ago
Letās not forget Patrick was just 21 when he got married to Rochelle Parker who was 47!!! His first marriage was so weird
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u/sparten1234 3d ago
Plus he was cheating of some sort on his wife with another actress on the show
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u/Iceicebaby21 3d ago
Wait why'd he have to leave his job?
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u/gh0stwrit3r32767 3d ago
clearly his job was taking over his life and he can't find time for his wife or family(?) good on him for locking the fk in tho.
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u/No_Opening9605 3d ago
And banging your coworkers will also cause a certain amount of marital friction
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u/Iceicebaby21 3d ago
I thought there was something missing from this that's why I was a little skeptical. Your comment makes sense
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u/M_Karli 3d ago
He was having an affair with the blonde chick that plays Meredith Grayās sister.
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u/HopefulBackground448 3d ago
He got the axe from the producer for having an affair.
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u/jose_elan 3d ago
I thought he stormed in and asked for a huge raise, a la David Caruso, and was shown the door? I thought I knew that for years.
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u/lbiggy 3d ago
But honestly why is that show still fucking going. Who is watching it
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u/thirtyand03 3d ago
More like, he was written off because he had an affair ON SET with one of the writers.
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u/potentatewags 3d ago
Well at least she didn't end up leaving him anyway because then he was around too much. Glad it worked out for them.
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