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Yahoo
03-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Steve From "Blue's Clues" Got Real About How Much He Was Actually Paid For The Show
Do you remember Steve from Blue's Clues on Nickelodeon, the show that basically helped raise most millennials? Steve Burns recently revealed that he barely made any money from starring in the first few seasons of the Nick Jr. developmental children's show, in which he was featured alongside the animated dog Blue. Steve, only 22 years old at the time, starred in Blue's Clues from 1996 to 2001 before being replaced by Donovan Patton, and now it is starting to make sense why he decided to exit the show. On an episode of the podcast Soul Bloom with Rainn Wilson, Steve opened up about his time on Blue's Clues and his mental health journey, revealing how much he made from the children's show. Related: Here's Why Channing Tatum And Zoë Kravitz Reportedly Split "Every waiter I ever knew made more money than I did for the first many seasons of that show," Steve said. "My real gig was, I was a voiceover guy. I fell into that early," he added. Related: Leonardo DiCaprio's 26-Year-Old Girlfriend, Vittoria Ceretti, Just Talked About What It's Really Like Dating Him — And Some Of Her Comments Are Making Me View Them Differently Steve thought he would be doing a voiceover for an animated character on the show. "Because I thought it was a voice thing, I went to the audition. And when I got there, there was a camera in the room. And I thought, 'Oh, shit. I better do something.' Yeah. And so I looked at the script, and, you know, I figured … I'm gonna act the shit out of this." While the low pay was indeed wild, it wasn't necessarily why Steve parted ways with the show. In a 2006 Nickelodeon special, Behind the Clues: 10 Years of Blue, Steve revealed, at the time, he was losing his hair. "I knew I wasn't going to be doing children's television all my life. Mostly because I refused to lose my hair on a kids TV show, and it was happening fast." Thankfully, Steve and Donovan would return for the premiere episode of the new and improved Blue's Clues and You, hosted by Joshua Dela Cruz in 2019. Steve would star in the feature film Blue's Big City Adventure alongside the other guys as well. Steve has since shown up a couple of times on the internet to directly address his longtime fans, and it has made people incredibly emotional. He even checked in on us big kids on his TikTok page after Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election, and gee, didn't we all need that? TikTok @hioutthereitsmesteve / Via It's a bummer about the low pay, but I think I speak for most millennials when I say we're glad Steve auditioned for Blue's Clues. Listen to the full podcast episode here. Also in Celebrity: These 21 Celebrity Ex-Marriages Were So Brief And Bizarre, They Practically Evaporated From Hollywood History Also in Celebrity: 28 Celebs Who Never Seem To Get Canceled Despite Some Pretty Awful Behavior Also in Celebrity: 15 Celebs Who Went From 'Wait, They Did WHAT?!' Normal Jobs To Massive Fame
Buzz Feed
03-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
Steve From "Blue's Clues" Got Real About How Much He Was Actually Paid For The Show
Do you remember Steve from Blue's Clues on Nickelodeon, the show that basically helped raise most millennials? Steve Burns recently revealed that he barely made any money from starring in the first few seasons of the Nick Jr. developmental children's show, in which he was featured alongside the animated dog Blue. Steve, only 22 years old at the time, starred in Blue's Clues from 1996 to 2001 before being replaced by Donovan Patton, and now it is starting to make sense why he decided to exit the show. On an episode of the podcast Soul Bloom with Rainn Wilson, Steve opened up about his time on Blue's Clues and his mental health journey, revealing how much he made from the children's show. "Every waiter I ever knew made more money than I did for the first many seasons of that show," Steve said. "My real gig was, I was a voiceover guy. I fell into that early," he added. Steve thought he would be doing a voiceover for an animated character on the show. "Because I thought it was a voice thing, I went to the audition. And when I got there, there was a camera in the room. And I thought, 'Oh, shit. I better do something.' Yeah. And so I looked at the script, and, you know, I figured … I'm gonna act the shit out of this." While the low pay was indeed wild, it wasn't necessarily why Steve parted ways with the show. In a 2006 Nickelodeon special, Behind the Clues: 10 Years of Blue, Steve revealed, at the time, he was losing his hair. "I knew I wasn't going to be doing children's television all my life. Mostly because I refused to lose my hair on a kids TV show, and it was happening fast." Thankfully, Steve and Donovan would return for the premiere episode of the new and improved Blue's Clues and You, hosted by Joshua Dela Cruz in 2019. Steve would star in the feature film Blue's Big City Adventure alongside the other guys as well. Steve has since shown up a couple of times on the internet to directly address his longtime fans, and it has made people incredibly emotional. He even checked in on us big kids on his TikTok page after Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election, and gee, didn't we all need that? It's a bummer about the low pay, but I think I speak for most millennials when I say we're glad Steve auditioned for Blue's Clues.
Metro
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Metro
Children's TV star reveals heartbreaking impact of 'everyone thinking he'd died'
Blue's Clues legend Steve Burns has revealed the devastating impact of internet rumours claiming he'd died. The 51-year-old former children's TV star ended his six-year stint on the iconic Nick Jr.'s show – which saw him playing a fictionalised version of himself with the titular animated dog – in 2002 after over 100 episodes, with Donovan Patton taking over as his brother Joe. Steve's sudden departure sparked a wild online urban myth that he'd died, and he admitted as the years went on it stopped 'being funny'. 'When a rumour like that persists for three or four years, it stops being funny,' he told Rainn Wilson's Soul Bloom podcast. 'When it persists for 10 years it feels like a cultural preference… 'When it persists for 15 or 20 years, you start to feel like you're supposed to be.' Steve explained he was in the 'throes of this depression' after leaving the show, which made the morbid rumour even tougher to handle. 'What a lot of people don't understand is that during the show, the internet was beginning to internet, and the world decided, or a large portion of the world decided, that I had died,' he added. '[It's] not what you want to hear when you're severely clinically depressed.' He pointed out that as time went on, he found himself accepting the rumours. He said: 'I didn't recognise me. Everyone thought I was dead, and eventually I started playing along.' Steve previously opened up on how being 'utterly and completely full of joy and wonder at all times' as a fictionalised version of himself took its toll. Speaking to Variety, he explained how he also 'didn't want to be boyish anymore' as he got closer to his 30s. He had a 'long period of healing' after leaving the series, and he stepped back from the public eye, which led to the death rumour. 'That rumour was so persistent and so indelible that I assumed it was a cultural preference,' he told the outlet in 2022. 'I eventually just took the hint. I kept my head down and left public life.' In 2021, he returned to Nickelodeon on the channel's account on X, then known as Twitter, for Blue's Clues' 25th anniversary. He said in the emotional video: 'You remember how, when we were younger, we used to run around and hang out with Blue and find clues and talk to Mr. Salt and freak out about the mail and do all the fun stuff? 'And then one day, I was like, 'Oh hey, guess what? Big news. I'm leaving! This is my brother Joe, he's your new best friend.' 'Then I got on a bus and I left, and we didn't see each other for, like, a really long time. Can we just talk about that?' He pointed how 'abrupt' it was, before reflecting on how far viewers have come since he 'went to college'. 'Look at you! And look at all you have done and all you have accomplished in all that time! It's just so amazing, right? 'I mean, we started out with clues and now, it's what? Student loans, and jobs, and families. And some of it has been kind of hard, you know? I know you know,' he continued. More Trending ''I guess I just wanted to say that, after all these years, I never forgot you…ever. And I'm super glad we're still friends. 'Thanks for listening. You look great, by the way. Whatever it is you're doing, it's working.' View More » Has has since written and directed some episodes for the Blue's Clues revival, and appeared with Donovan on Paramount+'s Blue's Big City Adventure. Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. MORE: David Hyde Pierce gives blunt verdict on possible return for Frasier reboot MORE: Netflix series scores 10,000,000 views in 4 days despite 'infuriating' ending MORE: Former WWE champion, 46, 'knows retirement is coming' in near future
Sky News AU
23-04-2025
- Politics
- Sky News AU
‘The Office' star pushes back on MSNBC host blaming media distrust on Trump and Musk
'The Office' star Rainn Wilson has shut down an MSNBC host's claim that Donald Trump and Elon Musk are at fault for the lack of trust in the media. MSNBC host Stephanie Ruhle sat down with the actor on his 'Soul Bloom' podcast on April 17, where she made her claim. Ruhle suggested that the mistrust in the press came from US President Donald Trump's election win and Musk's 'media machine'. Rainn pushed back on Ruhle's comments, arguing that the lack of media trust is due to left-wing networks not covering issues during the Biden Administration. 'This is where I would push back when I see this kind of insight and passion being directed at the current administration and the lack of this kind of insight and passion being directed at the previous administration, where again, I'm not talking about you, I'm talking about left-leaning news media organizations were kind of like, 'La la la la, everything's fine',' Wilson said.
