Danny Pintauro, best known for playing Jonathan Bower on the hit sitcom "Who’s the Boss?" for all eight of its seasons from 1984 to 1992, says he is working multiple temporary jobs to cover his bills. In a new interview on the podcast Pod Meets World, the 50-year-old said his Amazon delivery gig is only one of five odd jobs he is doing now to make ends meet.
Pintauro said his two-hour Amazon shifts bring in about $80 to $100 each. "We have to do what we have to do to survive," he said. "We all do it. I’m no different from you. I’ve never been different from you." He also stressed that he is not living off residuals from the show, saying, "I don’t make money from residuals."
He noted that after "Who’s the Boss?" ended, he also spent one summer working at a Gap store. At the time, someone secretly photographed him folding clothes, and the images were published with a sensational caption suggesting he had lost all his money. When he first revealed the Amazon job on Instagram in April, he wrote, "There is no shame in continuing to move. Work hard even when you are 'not working.'" He added that the entertainment industry is especially slow right now, so he is taking whatever work he can while continuing to build the career he wants.
Pintauro also told People that audiences often overestimate how much money sitcom stars from the 1980s and 1990s receive from reruns. He said he invested much of what he earned, but also used some of it to pay for Stanford University and to get through his early 20s, adding, "It’s not like there’s an endless amount just waiting for me." About two years ago, he suffered a serious electric scooter crash, hit a pole, required emergency surgery, and later recovered gradually.
