labour. In spite of this criticism, the phrase became popular. It was quoted by President Barack Obama in a speech at the United State of Women Summit in 2016. In 2017 two photographers, Carey Lynne Fruth and Sophie Spinelle, launched a photo series with subjects holding signs bearing the slogan. Equal pay support in Hollywood Five original stars from The Big Bang Theory including four men (Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki, Kunal Nayyar and Simon Helberg) decided to take a pay cut so that their two female co-stars who joined later could earn a higher wage for seasons 11 and 12. The current wage gap sits at $900,000, with the original cast making one million dollars per episode, while Mayim Bialik and Melissa Rauch earn $100,000 per episode. Emmy Rossum from Shameless put production of season 8 on hold when she was renegotiating her contract for equal pay as her co-star William H. Macy. She also requested a little more money to make up for the years of work where she was making less. When confronted by TMZ with this reality, William H. Macy responded, "It's about f--king time, don’t you think?” and “She works as hard as I do, she deserves everything." Bradley Cooper responded to his frequent co-star Jennifer Lawrence’s “Why Do These Dudes Make More Than Me?” essay by vowing to share his salary information with his female co-stars during the preproduction negotiation stage in an effort to reduce the gender gap. Men supporting the Women's March 2017 John Legend attended the Women's March on Main Street Park City in Utah on January 21, 2017. In an interview he revealed that he joined the march to show solidarity with everyone marching all around the world, and to raise awareness on equality to ensure that all the progress that women and people of colour have made over the past century is not diminished under President Donald Trump's administration. Many male liberal leaders and politicians took part in the march as well. Among them, Bernie Sanders took the stage at the Vermont Women's March on January 21, 2017. He spoke in support of equal work for equal pay, health care, Planned Parenthood and unifying the country. Former Secretary of State John Kerry also joined the Women's March in Washington, D.C. Pro-feminist campaign There is also the United Nations' women's solidarity movement for gender equality, which encourages boys and men to