{"id":6745,"date":"2026-06-25T05:29:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T05:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/whos-the-boss-star-danny-pintauro-works-5-jobs-to-survive\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T05:29:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T05:29:26","slug":"whos-the-boss-star-danny-pintauro-works-5-jobs-to-survive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/whos-the-boss-star-danny-pintauro-works-5-jobs-to-survive\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Who\u2019s the Boss?\u2019 star Danny Pintauro works 5 jobs to survive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F06%2Fnewspress-collage-iw1dl5iz2-1782364323641.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall%261782349959\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cWho\u2019s the Boss?\u201d alum Danny Pintauro is working five jobs to make ends meet \u2014 and says he makes no money from residuals tied to the hit sitcom that made him famous.<\/p>\n<p>The former child star \u2014 who played Jonathan Bower on the ABC comedy from 1984 to 1992 \u2014 opened up about his finances months after he posted <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/09\/us-news\/whos-the-boss-star-trades-hollywood-fame-for-delivery-routes\/\">a now-viral photo of himself delivering packages for Amazon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Amazon is] one of the five different gig jobs that I\u2019m doing right now,\u201d Pintauro, 50, told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/1119-pod-meets-world-98589488\/episode\/danny-pintauro-meets-world-337270993?viewTranscription=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cPod Meets World\u201d podcast<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cWho\u2019s the Boss?\u201d alum Danny Pintauro went viral after sharing a photo of himself working as an Amazon delivery driver. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram \/  Danny Pintauro<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re gig actors. Acting is the gig. It\u2019s one of the six gigs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The actor explained that he\u2019s among a growing number of performers who rely on multiple jobs outside Hollywood to support themselves, saying that acting alone is often not enough to pay the bills.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWe have to do what we have to do to survive,\u201d he told hosts Danielle Fishel, Will Friedle and Rider Strong, who starred on the \u201990s sitcom \u201cBoy Meets World.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have got to keep moving as humans. And I know you can all relate to what that looks like. We\u2019re all doing it. I am not different from you in that sense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pintauro, who starred alongside Tony Danza, Judith Light and Alyssa Milano during the eight-season run of \u201cWho\u2019s the Boss?,\u201d also revealed he does not rely on residual checks from the show. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Pintauro (right), pictured in 1984, starred on \u201cWho\u2019s the Boss?\u201d alongside Alyssa Milano and Tony Danza. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Columbia Pictures\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t make money from residuals,\u201d Pintauro bluntly stated.<\/p>\n<p>The actor said public reaction to his Amazon job shifted after he explained the <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/18\/celebrity-news\/80s-sitcom-star-turned-amazon-delivery-driver-divulges-harsh-reality-of-casts-residual-pay\/\">financial realities many working actors face<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe flack just disappeared,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The former child star said he is working five jobs to make ends meet. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Still, he recalled being ridiculed years ago for taking a summer job at Gap near the end of his run on \u201cWho\u2019s the Boss?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor a long time, it was they love to see the downfall,\u201d Pintauro said. \u201cThere is something about that. Just humans love to see other people being miserable \u2026 and especially someone that they have placed on such a pedestal to see that person come down a bunch of levels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to delivering packages, Pintauro said he works as an acting coach, teaches classes and workshops, and builds and sells dioramas.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Pintauro also admitted he does not earn money from residuals tied to the classic ABC series. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Columbia Pictures\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve got Amazon and then I\u2019m an acting coach,\u201d he shared. \u201cSo that developed because I\u2019ve been teaching acting for the last almost 10 years. In Austin, I was teaching eight classes at this conservatory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou want to wake up in the morning with something to do,\u201d he added. \u201cMost people are raised with, or you hope are raised with, a decent work ethic, and it\u2019s like, \u2018I want to get up and be productive today.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pintauro most recently appeared in the 2022 film \u201cA Country Christmas Harmony\u201d and the 2025 TV series \u201cThe Comeback Kids.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/25\/celebrity-news\/whos-the-boss-star-danny-pintauro-works-5-jobs-to-survive\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWho\u2019s the Boss?\u201d alum Danny Pintauro is working five jobs to make ends meet \u2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/newspress-collage-iw1dl5iz2-1782364323641.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}