{"id":2317723,"date":"2026-03-08T00:20:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T00:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2317723"},"modified":"2026-03-08T00:20:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T00:20:21","slug":"pixars-pete-docter-defends-cutting-lgbtq-elements-from-elio-sparking-fan-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/pixars-pete-docter-defends-cutting-lgbtq-elements-from-elio-sparking-fan-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"Pixar\u2019s Pete Docter Defends Cutting LGBTQ+ Elements From \u2018Elio,\u2019 Sparking Fan Backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0230032\/\">Pete Docter<\/a>, the chief creative officer of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0348691\/\">Pixar<\/a>, defended the studio\u2019s 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admission sparked a range of responses from fans of the movie, many of whom&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/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 www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pete Docter, the chief creative officer of Pixar, defended the studio\u2019s decision to cut LGBTQ+ storylines from \u201cElio,\u201d saying they were \u201cmaking a movie, not hundreds of millions of dollars of therapy.\u201d While some were disappointed by this decision \u2014 as well as the decision to remove references to a character being transgender in Disney+\u2019s 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