This morning, SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher (The Nanny, Happily Divorced) came on The Today Show to share her thoughts on why the union’s conversation with the AMPTP fell through. According to Variety, Drescher spoke up after what the AMPTP announced Wednesday night. The organization feels that the bridge between them and SAG-AFTRA is “too great” and that “conversations are no longer moving us in a productive direction.”

“It really came as a shock to me because what does that exactly mean and why would you walk away from the table?” It’s not like we’re asking for anything that’s so outrageous,” said Drescher via Variety, “It’s so wrong. And it’s so unfair that they walked out of the meeting, and so disrespectful … I mean, they talk at you. They really don’t want to hear what you have to say or why you’re saying it.” 

In July, the SAG-AFTRA started their strike, and since then, they have joined the Writers Guild of America on their picket line until their strike ended on Sep. 27. 

Although there was a glimmer of hope after their last discussion on Oct.2, the AMPTP has yet to reach an agreement with SAG-AFTRA. 

In an interview with SAG-AFTRA’s chief negotiator, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, he revealed that the studios turned down the union’s proposal for a 2% share of streaming earnings. When that fell through on Wednesday, the actors pitched to be paid a set rate for every subscriber across all major streaming platforms. 

The two clashed on how much that would cost; SAG-AFTRA said about $500 million, and AMPTP said a whopping $800 million yearly. 

Following a Bloomberg conference Thursday, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos gave some thought as to why the proposal is being delayed.

“We had very productive talks going, then what kind of happened last night — they introduced this levy on subscribers, on top of… historic highs in terms of increases across the board,” said Sarandos via Variety; he also added, “it just felt like a bridge too far to add this deep into the negotiation.”