Steve Burns Opens Up About Just How Little He Made When He Started Out On 'Blue's Clues'

Steve Burns Opens Up About Just How Little He Made When He Started Out On 'Blue's Clues'

Younger Gen-Xers, older Gen-Zs, and all the Millennials who watched Blue's Clues growing up can attest to the influence the first host, Steve Burns, had on our childhoods, and we had endless questions when he suddenly left "for college." Fortunately for all of us, we've been getting an increasing amount of closure over the years as Steve reveals more about his time during and after the show. Back in 2021, for the 25th anniversary of the show, S…

Millions Watched, but He Was Broke: Steve Burns Says 'Blue's Clues' Fame Left Him Living In a Hallway

Steve Burns never expected to become the face of one of Nickelodeon’s most beloved children’s shows — and certainly not while living in a hallway and scraping by on voiceover gigs. American actor Steve Burns, wearing an orange Nickelodeon ‘The Big Help’ t-shirt, attends Nickelodeon’s 5th Annual ‘Big Help-A-Thon,’ held at Pan Pacific Park in Los Angeles, California, 6th September 1998. Burns holds a toy figure of ‘Blue,’ the character from ‘Blue’…