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Brooke Shields paid a stealthy visit to the South Park<\/em> creators\u2019 iconic Colorado theme restaurant to support unionized workers. <\/p>\n

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The Actors\u2019 Equity president took a trip earlier this year to Casa Bonita, a landmark Mexican restaurant owned by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, and delivered a letter asking for better wages for the restaurant\u2019s live performers, the union confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>. Shields made her booking under a fake name so Parker and Stone wouldn\u2019t know she was coming. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt was slightly an ambush,\u201d Shields told CNN. \u201cYou try doing things respectfully, and then you\u2019re not met with equal respect \u2026 so you have to resort to other tactics.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shields added she wasn\u2019t immediately recognized by the restaurant\u2019s management because, she suspected, \u201cthe place is so big.\u201d But then, \u201cword got out because, you know, I didn\u2019t have a hat on and mustache or anything.\u201d<\/p>\n

Casa Bonita employs 80 castmembers who unionized under Actors\u2019 Equity in 2024. The performers include cliff divers, puppeteers and magicians who have been in negotiations with management for more than a year, reportedly attending 14 bargaining sessions with management. The cast is demanding salary increases so they make as much as food servers (the performers are paid $21-$26 an hour).<\/p>\n

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The group has also complained about working conditions. One actor who dresses up as Moko the gorilla told CNN, \u201cI\u2019ve been grabbed sexually 20-plus times since working there,\u201d while a cliff diver claims the dive team have suffered injuries such as hypothermia and chlorine toxicity. <\/p>\n

Parker and Stone had no immediate comment. The restaurant\u2019s management released a statement to CNN saying, \u201cWe value all of our team members and their well-being. As a policy we do not comment on ongoing labor negotiations.\u201d<\/p>\n

Parker and Stone rescued the local institution from bankruptcy in 2021, and have said they have spent roughly $50 million renovating and improving the restaurant. The duo also struck a blockbuster five-year streaming deal with Paramount last year worth $1.5 billion, and told Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/em> in May, \u201cWe would be the richest comedians if it wasn\u2019t for Casa Bonita \u2026 We think we might make our money back sometime like 2040\/2045.\u201d <\/p>\n

The duo\u2019s struggles to revive the restaurant were chronicled in a 2024 Paramount+ documentary, \u00a1Casa Bonita\u00a0Mi Amor!<\/em><\/p>\n

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