‘The Office’ Actor Is Giving Back $110,000 Worth of Fan Donations for Stalled Stanley Spinoff, Says Funds Were Never Used for Personal Matters
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Leslie David Baker, who starred as Stanley Hudson on all nine seasons of NBC’s popular sitcom “The Office,” announced on social media that he is returning all of the donations fans sent it via Kickstarter for his proposed Stanley spinoff.
The exact donation total being returned is $110,629.81, Baker said. Back in 2020, Baker went viral for launching a Kickstarter campaign in an effort to create a spinoff of “The Office” centered around Stanley Hudson.
The project, “Uncle Stan,” launched with a crowdfunding goal of $300,000. The show was to center around Stanley as he comes out of his retirement in Florida and travels to Los Angeles to help his nephew save a fledgling motorcycle/flower shop business.
The campaign earned $336,450 from 1,640 by the end of its run. In recent weeks, some fans took to social media to question what Baker did with the money as his “Uncle Stan” show never got made in the three years since the Kickstarter campaign reached its goal.
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