Jenna Ortega has been mocked by writers (Picture: Leon Bennett/Getty Images)
Jenna Ortega has found herself in the firing line during the ongoing Writers Guild of America strike.
Members of the WGA went on strike earlier this week over pay issues with ongoing negotiations over increased salaries, and many shows have been impacted or even pulled off air.
Many writers have found themselves on the picket line to make their voices heard, and some of them couldn’t resist cheeky digs at the Wednesday star.
Earlier this year, Jenna made headlines when she talked about the quality of writing on the hit Netflix series, and revealed she actually ‘started changing lines’.
She told Armchair Expert at the time: ‘There were times on that set where I almost became unprofessional in a sense, where I just started changing lines.
‘The script supervisor thought that I was like going with something and then I would have to sit down with the writers and they would be like “Wait, what happened to this scene?”
She played Wednesday Addams in the hit Netflix series (Picture: Vlad Cioplea/Netflix)
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) are currently on strike (Picture: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
‘And I would have to go through and explain why I couldn’t do certain things.’
Writers took issue with her comments at the time, and after spotting Jenna’s appearance at the Met Gala on Monday, BoJack Horseman writer Nick Adams quipped: ‘Jenna Ortega better be back from NY for her afternoon shift on the picket line.’
Yellowjackets writer Karen Joseph Adcock shared his tweet and added: ‘Rewriting is writing! See you at the line, Jenna!’
And in a photo shared by Variety on Twitter, Brandon Cohen – who works on Disney Channel’s Just Roll With It – was holding up a sign also referencing her comments.
He had written: ‘Without writers, Jenna Ortega will have nothing to punch up!’
The strike was officially announced on Monday May 1) and started the following day, marking the first strike in Hollywood since 2007.
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It followed weeks of failed talks with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP).
Meanwhile, chat show hosts Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers are reportedly set to pay their staff out of their own pocket during the third week of strikes, after NBC paid for the first two weeks of salaries.
Metro.co.uk has contacted a representative for Jenna Ortega for comment.
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She came under fire for her comments at the time.
