John Krasinski defends Some Good News move after he’s accused of ‘selling out’

hollywood.com:

John Krasinski has defended his decision to sell his lockdown web series Some Good News to Viacom. The A Quiet Place star announced last week (May 24, 2020) that the network would host the program with a new host after a bidding war, with many people accusing him of “selling out” by moving the show from its former free platform to a bigger organization.

However, speaking to former The Office co-star Rainn Wilson on his Hey There, Human live broadcast, John explained it wasn’t a matter of money, but of how little time he knew he’d have once the coronavirus lockdown comes to an end. “I knew the two options were always gonna be that I leave it off with eight in my office — which I would love to keep doing this show from my office forever,