“Who's the Boss?” Star Danny Pintauro Says Taking on 'Five Different Gig Jobs' is a Reality of Acting Industry After Revealing He Drives for Amazon
“Who's the Boss?” Star Danny Pintauro Says Taking on 'Five Different Gig Jobs' is a Reality of Acting Industry After Revealing He Drives for Amazon
Angela AndaloroWed, June 24, 2026 at 9:34 PM UTC
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Danny Pintauro today (left) and in 1987Credit: Danny Pintauro/instagram; ABC/getty -
Fans recently learned that Danny Pintauro works as a driver for Amazon
The Who's the Boss? actor, 50, opened up about the reaction to his admission while appearing on Pod Meets World
Pintauro explained the nature of gig work and why he's not bothered by doing what he needs to do to get by
Danny Pintauro is opening up about life as a working actor.
The Who's the Boss? star, 50, appeared on Pod Meets World, where he talked about the surprising response from fans upon learning he works as an Amazon driver outside his acting career.
"When I posted the picture for [Amazon] Flex, I really didn't, it did not cross my mind because everybody knows that I'm working," he explained. "It's one of the five different gig jobs that I'm doing right now. We're gig actors. Acting is one of the six gigs."
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Pintauro admitted that while he couldn't believe the reaction fans had, it wasn't the first time he'd had such an experience, sharing a story of his decision to get an average part-time job after Who's the Boss? concluded in 1992.
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"Near the end of the show, I wanted a summer job just for fun," Pintauro recalled.
"So I worked at The Gap, and somebody brought in a hidden camera and took pictures of me folding clothes and said 'He's already lost all his money, the downfall of Danny Pintauro! Series regular on Who's the Boss?, and he's working at The Gap.' I don't know what it is. I think it's the idea that 'regular people,' for a long time, they love to see the downfall. Humans love to see other people being miserable."
In a statement to PEOPLE, Pintauro expanded on his motivation for working as an Amazon driver. “Returning to acting after a ten-year break is an uphill battle. I'm reintroducing myself as an adult actor in an industry that looks very different than it once did. Since 2021 alone, television production in Los Angeles has dropped dramatically, and even pilot season is a fraction of what it used to be," he pointed out.
Pintauro also addressed those who ask about how much money he made from Who's the Boss? and its residuals. “People overestimate what residuals from a sitcom in the '80s and '90s look like,” he continued. “I invested a good portion of that money, but I also used a lot of it to pay for Stanford and to get through my early twenties, so it's not like there's just been endless money sitting there.”
Shortly after Who's the Boss ended, Pintauro left the television industry to attend Stanford; he graduated in 1998. He wed husband Wil Tabares in 2014, and, in 2022, he returned to acting with his first major role in Lifetime's A Country Christmas Harmony.
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