“Yes, it impacted me financially,” Owens exclusively tells PEOPLE. “At the time that the show was pulled, that did make a difference in our income. That was one of the elements that led to my getting to the place where I said to myself, ‘I have to do something’ and I was thinking, ‘What can I do?’ and the answer ended up being Trader Joe’s, which is actually a wonderful situation for me in many ways. But I got to the point, I just had to do something to support myself and my family.”
“I felt really humiliated,” Owens says of the photo. “From the time that I heard that the article might be done to the time it came out, I tried to envision the worse case scenario just to prepare myself and then it was just a little bit worse. If that was possible. They went out of their way to find the very worst picture of me, in the worst shirt and the worst posture. The words they used to describe me were so demeaning. It hurt.”
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Owens, who has since appeared on a number of shows includingDivorce,It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,The Secret Life of the American TeenagerandBuilt to Last,says steady roles are few and far between.
“The funny thing is, I never go too long without booking something, which is not a suprprise, the only issue is, the things that I book last one day or two days at the most,” he says. “I’ll book something for one day but then not work three or four months.”
But he couldn’t be more content with the life he’s leading now.
“No, I wouldn’t [change my life],” he adds, saying acting is “my calling. I’m going to keep pursuing it. I’m going to persevere. And even if that means, that eventually when all this hoopla dies down, I might need to take another job outside of the business. I’m still willing to do that.”
source: people.com
