{"id":2203256,"date":"2025-12-17T20:31:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T20:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2203256"},"modified":"2025-12-17T20:31:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T20:31:14","slug":"netflix-cancels-gay-military-series-the-pentagon-called-woke-garbage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/netflix-cancels-gay-military-series-the-pentagon-called-woke-garbage\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix cancels gay military series the Pentagon called &#8216;woke garbage&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft wp-block-nypost-editor-partner-article-links\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Netflix has canceled its gay military series \u201cBoots,\u201d which\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/tag\/the-pentagon\/\">the Pentagon<\/a>\u00a0previously labeled \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/17\/us-news\/pentagon-blasts-netflixs-gay-military-series-boots-as-woke-garbage\/\">woke garbage<\/a>,\u201d according to multiple reports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoots\u201d followed the story of Cameron Cope, played by Miles Heizer, a gay teen from Louisiana who is bullied and \u201cfinds new purpose \u2014 and unexpected brotherhood \u2014 with his motley team of fellow recruits,\u201d\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/81427990\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><u>according to Netflix<\/u><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The show, which premiered on Oct. 9, depicted Cope\u2019s experience joining the military in the 1990s under the \u201cDon\u2019t Ask, Don\u2019t Tell\u201d policy, which barred openly gay, lesbian or bisexual Americans from serving in\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/tag\/military\/\">the armed forces<\/a>. The policy remained in place from 1993 until 2011.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/12\/boots-canceled-netflix-the-pink-marine-miles-heizer-1236649503\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Deadline first reported<\/a>\u00a0the cancellation Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Critics largely praised the series. \u201cBoots\u201d earned a 90% positive rating on\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/tv\/boots\/s01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rotten Tomatoes<\/a>, with critics calling it \u201ca likable dramedy that explores masculinity and queerness to powerful effect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In October, Pentagon press secretary Kingsley Wilson condemned \u201cBoots\u201d as \u201cwoke garbage,\u201d in\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/pentagon-slams-netflix-gay-military-drama-boots-11831105\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><u>a statement<\/u><\/a>\u00a0to Entertainment Weekly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Wilson said that military officials\u00a0\u201cwill not compromise our standards to satisfy an ideological agenda, unlike Netflix whose leadership consistently produces and feeds woke garbage to their audience and children.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"37954459\"><br \/>\n\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<img style=\"aspect-ratio:2;display:block\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37954459\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/boots-miles-heizer-cameron-cope-117506255.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Miles Heizer 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class=\"credit\">Courtesy of Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cUnder President Trump and\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/16\/us-news\/us-not-planning-to-release-full-unedited-boat-strike-video-to-public-hegseth-says\/\">Secretary [Pete] Hegseth<\/a>, the US military is getting back to restoring the warrior ethos. Our standards across the board are elite, uniform, and sex-neutral because the weight of a rucksack or a human being doesn\u2019t care if you\u2019re a man, a woman, gay, or straight,\u201d Wilson added.<\/p>\n<p>Netflix and the Pentagon did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital\u2019s request for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Netflix has canceled its gay military series \u201cBoots,\u201d which\u00a0the Pentagon\u00a0previously labeled \u201cwoke garbage,\u201d according to multiple reports. \u201cBoots\u201d followed the story of Cameron Cope, played by Miles Heizer, a gay teen from Louisiana who is bullied and \u201cfinds new purpose \u2014 and unexpected brotherhood \u2014 with his motley team of fellow recruits,\u201d\u00a0according to Netflix.\u00a0 The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2203257,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25174],"tags":[21741,425326,23377,23191,384782,320249,425327,24638,404692],"class_list":["post-2203256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gossip","tag-entertainment","tag-lgb","tag-military","tag-netflix","tag-pete-hegseth","tag-rotten-tomatoes","tag-the-pentagon","tag-trump","tag-woke-culture"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Netflix-cancels-gay-military-series-the-Pentagon-called-woke-garbage.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2203256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2203256"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2203256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2203259,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2203256\/revisions\/2203259"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2203257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2203256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2203256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2203256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}