Fran Drescher poses at the 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on February 24, 2024.Photo:Steve Granitz/FilmMagic
Steve Granitz/FilmMagic
Fran Drescherhandled a wardrobe malfunction in what may have been record time at Saturday’sScreen Actors Guild Awards!
While on the event’s red carpet over the weekend,The Nannyalum was seen on video thinking fast when one of her earrings took a tumble.
During the annual celebration, 66-year-old Drescher rocked a stunning red gown and matching long earrings, one of which fell off her ear as she posed for photos. But, thanks to the actor’s fast reflexes, she caught the jewelry and put it back in her earlobe in under 10 seconds — all while still smiling for the cameras.
“Wait, oh my God,” Drescher said as she reapplied the earring, before striking more poses. “OK, here we go.”
The actress, who has been known to sporticonic red carpet looksover the years, caught up with PEOPLE about the SAG-AFTRA strike on the red carpet.
The labor union president — who has held the position since 2022 — revealed duringPEOPLE and Entertainment Weekly’s Red Carpet Livestreamthat she felt “victorious” after such a busy year, calling the award show “the cherry on the whipped cream."
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“We’re here, we’re all together, we’re celebrating who we are… It’s really a crescendo to what really was a stressful and difficult period, but a seminal one and a turning point I think for the SAG-AFTRA members,” she said of the uniongetting a contract through in Novemberand successfully putting an end to its four-month strike.
“I gave them the permission to have an ego for themselves, to appreciate that they are the center of the wheels in this industry. That it can’t be done without them, they’re foundational contributors, they’re better than what they’re doing to us, and it’s a time of reckoning,” she added of how she helped “buoy” union members. “Everybody has to come to the table and accept that this is a turning point — and a seminal contract was required.”
Fran Drescher attends the 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall on February 24, 2024.Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
Elsewhere on Saturday night, Drescher appeared on the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall stage in Los Angeles and offered a “congratulations” to members, sharing that she holds them in the “highest esteem and greatest respect.”
“You survived the longest strike in our union’s history with courage and conviction,” she said. “The journey was arduous. It came with great sacrifice and unrelenting stress. Your collective dignity and perseverance to stand up and say, ‘We deserve better because we are better,’ resulted in a historic billion-dollar deal.”
“Your solidarity ignited workers around the world, triggering what will forever be remembered as the hot labor summer. You took the hero’s journey and stood at the frontlines… You understood what our massive contribution means to this marvelous industry.”
SeePEOPLE’s full coverageof the 30th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards after they streamed live on Netflix over the weekend.
source: people.com
