As the fallout continues from the indefinite suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live! by Disney-owned ABC, celebrities and politicians are calling for a boycott of Disney-owned streaming services Hulu, Disney+ and ESPN.
The outcry comes after Nexstar Media announced Wednesday that it would not air episodes of Kimmel’s show across its ABC affiliate stations. Kimmel’s suspension comes two days after he made comments about the response to conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
The move followed Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr threatening to “take action” against both Disney and ABC over the comments, including possibly pulling ABC affiliate licenses.
“When government intimidation and corporate cowardice meet, free speech dies. Boycott ABC and Disney until they stand up to Brendan Carr’s censorship,” former Congressman Adam Kinzinger posted to his X account.
“It’s pretty easy to cancel your Disney+ subscription, and a coordinated, national day of cancellations would send a very clear message about our values as Americans,” actor Wil Wheaton posted Thursday to BlueSky.
Tatiana Maslany, who starred in Marvel’s “She-Hulk: Attorney at Law,” on Disney+, posted a call to her followers on Instagram to “cancel your @disneyplus @hulu @espn subscriptions!”
Actor Misha Collins posted on his X account that he will be canceling his Disney+ subscription “indefinitely.”
Social media users have been posting their cancellation notices of various Disney-owned services.
“Cancelled my Disney+ Plus and Hulu bundle. This isn’t a slippery slope, it’s a cliff, and Disney just went off it,” one Reddit user wrote.
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