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Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers have offered a kind gesture to their staff amid a writer's strike, which has seen late-night shows taken off air.
The comedians are said to be personally paying their staff salaries for the third week of the Writers Guild of America strike.
Both talk show hosts are believed to be paying the workers during the third week as NBC are set to pay staff for the first two weeks.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon staff member Sarah Kobos announced in a tweet that NBC had decided to stop paying staff after the first strike week.
She claims Jimmy was not present at a meeting between staff and the NBC, a day after he voiced support for his staff at the Met Gala.
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Seth and Jimmy are said to have offered to pay the staff themselves (Getty Images)“He wasn’t even at the meeting this morning to tell us we won’t get paid after this week. @jimmyfallon please support your staff. Had fun bowling with ya last week, but a fun party won’t pay my rent,” Kobos wrote on Twitter.
She further explained: “At a meeting Jimmy wasn’t even at, we are told NBC decided to stop paying us after this week and end our health insurance after this month if the strike is ongoing.
"They won’t even tell us if we will technically be furloughed. Just active employees who aren’t paid.”
The senior photo research coordinator clarified she isn't on strike.
“I’m told Seth Meyers was in their zoom production meeting and that he is going to try and take care of his staff and crew after NBC stops paying,” she added.
On May 3, Sarah shared that Jimmy was present at the follow-up meeting and he had convinced NBC to pay his staff for an additional week with an extension on health insurance through September.
She added that he said he would be “paying us himself for a third week”.
Seth has already showed his support for the striking staff publicly (NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images)
Many late night talk shows have been pulled due to the strike (Getty Images North America)The WGA strike took effect on Tuesday (May 2) after weeks of failed negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP).
As a result, talk shows such as The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Late Night with Seth Meyers are currently airing past episodes.
Many of the show's hosts have stepped forward to show their support and solidarity for writers amid the strike, including The Late Show's Seth Meyers.
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“I love writing. I love writing for TV and I love writing this show," he told Deadline. "I love that we get to come in with an idea for what we want to do every day and we get to work on it all afternoon and then I have the pleasure of coming out here.
"No one is entitled to a job in show business. But for those people who have a job, they are entitled to fair compensation. They are entitled to make a living."
He added: "I think it’s a very reasonable demand that’s being set out by the guild. And I support those demands."
The Mirror has contacted Jimmy and Seth's representatives for comment.