Disney faces growing challenges to boycott after his network ABC indefinitely suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live! Given the host comments Jimmy Kimmel about the recent assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
Many critics argue that ABC’s decision violates freedom of expression and determines the disturbing precedent for censorship of comments, especially from comedians when some consider it controversial.
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One User on X posted a screenshot of his Disney+ account and said he had canceled his subscription in protest and wrote, “He just canceled my Disney+ and Hulu subscription because ABC got to Trump and Carr’s fascism.”
Another user repeated this sentiment and urged others to “hit them where it hurts: $$$.”
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The user said, “I canceled my Disney+ subscription and canceled the upcoming trip. Just as I loved Disney in my life, the first amendment and the Constitution mean more to me than any entertainment company.
The user wrote: “Hello @hulu, now that you are a personal lapdog Donald Trump, I see people cancel their subscriptions.
The protestor holds the sign during the protest in El Capitan Entertainment Center, where he was recorded for “Jimmy Kimmel Live”, after his suspension, which he did regarding the assassination of Charlie Kirk, at the Hollywood Bullevard in Los Angeles, the USA, the USA 1825.
Similar challenges for action also spread to Reddit.
What did Trump said?
US President Donald Trump supported ABC’s decision to suspend Jimmy Kimmel live! Under the host’s notes on the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
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Trump said that the suspension was powered by evaluations rather than wider issues of “freedom of expression”.
“Jimmy Kimmel was released because he had a bad rating more than anything else and said a terrible thing about a big gentleman known as Charlie Kirk,” Trump said on Thursday during a press conference with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, as Bloomberg says.
“Jimmy Kimmel is not a talented man,” Trump continued. “He had a very bad rating and should have fired it long ago. So, you know, you can call freedom of speech or not. He was released because of the lack of talent.”
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Trump’s remarks came to the question of whether freedom of expression was threatened in the US or the UK, because the controversy is still swirling around the decision of ABC to pull Jimmy Kimmel live! indefinitely.
Walt Disney Co. She made a step after the conservative resistance of Kimmel’s commentary about the death of Charlie Kirk’s activist.
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In addition, Trump said that US broadcast networks should have their licenses reviewed if they are too critical of it, which means its most sweeping threat for the freedom of the press.
What ABC did yesterday is disgusting and finally unamerican.
“When you have a network and have evening performances and everything they do is hit Trump,” Trump told reporters on board Air Force One on Thursday, as Bloomberg says, “I would think their license should be taken.”
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