'Will & Grace' star Sean Hayes was gifted a Porsche after the success of season 1, however offered it 'straight away' as a result of he couldn't even afford to pay hire

• “Will & Grace” stars Sean Hayes and Eric McCormack mentioned they got Porsches after season one.
• Hayes mentioned throughout a reside recording of their new podcast that he needed to promote his Porsche.
• He added that he could not afford hire on the time.

“Will & Grace” stars Sean Hayes and Eric McCormack mentioned that they got free Porsches after the success of the present’s first season, however Hayes offered his “straight away.”

On Monday, the actors participated in a reside recording of their new podcast, “Simply Jack & Will,” on the Tribeca Movie Pageant in New York Metropolis.

In the course of the recording, Hayes and McCormack — who performed Jack and McFarland and Will Truman within the sitcom — mentioned the primary season was so profitable that the TV community executives determined to provide them a present as a reward.

“In the summertime, individuals had been lastly trying out the present, and our rankings stored going up and up and up. And I feel they realized that they had a success on their palms,” McCormack mentioned, as reported by Folks.

McCormack mentioned that NBC’s then-entertainment president Scott Sassa “took us out for lunch in Pasadena as a result of there was some form of press occasion after which we walked by way of the parking zone and another time Scott went, ‘Anyway, we simply wish to say thanks.’ And he retains gesturing and he gestures to the parking zone, and there are 4 Porsches with ribbons on them.”

Hayes then mentioned that he was unable to maintain his Porsche as a result of he “actually” could not pay hire on the time.

“Sean leaned over to me — I do not make this up — and mentioned, ‘Is it costly to insure a Porsche?’ ” McCormack mentioned. “And I mentioned, ‘It is not that costly when the Porsche is free! It amortizes.'”

Hayes mentioned he did not wish to take the danger and offered the automobile “straight away.”

 “I used to be like, ‘Effectively, I may drive a automobile or reside in an condominium and pay my hire,'” he added.

McCormack added that the forged solely realized that Hayes didn’t have his Porsche six weeks later after his outdated Camry was parked in his parking spot on the present’s set.

The 60-year-old actor recalled: “And I mentioned, ‘What occurred?’ and also you mentioned, ‘I like my Camry.'”