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BumRushDaShow

(160,898 posts)
Sat Sep 20, 2025, 06:09 AM Sep 20

Pressure mounts on Disney over Kimmel suspension as some boycott calls spread

Source: NBC News

Sept. 19, 2025, 6:31 PM EDT


Disney is under siege from all sides.

Within 48 hours of its decision to pull late-night host Jimmy Kimmel off the air indefinitely, the parent company of ABC has once again found itself at the center of a bitter political battle. The company now faces protests outside its studios, celebrities threatening to break ties and political pressure from Republicans and Democrats.

Kimmel’s removal came Wednesday after he commented on Charlie Kirk’s killing. ABC’s decision has further amplified a free speech debate that began in the immediate aftermath of Kirk’s assassination, with some on the left claiming that people on the right were engaging in the “cancel culture” they once said they loathed. Others on the right sought to dub Kimmel’s removal as “consequence culture.”

A spokesperson for Disney did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Friday.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/pressure-mounts-disney-kimmel-suspension-boycott-calls-spread-rcna232396

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Pressure mounts on Disney over Kimmel suspension as some boycott calls spread (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Sep 20 OP
I would love to know BonnieJW Sep 20 #1
Disney does not refund theme park tickets. nt BWdem4life Sep 20 #4
"Fuck the duck", Donald Duck, that is. republianmushroom Sep 20 #2
I dont know about cancelled, but... Mawspam2 Sep 20 #3
bottom line is Skittles Sep 21 #5

BonnieJW

(3,023 posts)
1. I would love to know
Sat Sep 20, 2025, 10:05 AM
Sep 20

how many Disney subscriptions have been canceled. How many Disney vacation plans and reservations have been canceled

Mawspam2

(1,039 posts)
3. I dont know about cancelled, but...
Sat Sep 20, 2025, 12:55 PM
Sep 20

I will not be subscribing to the new ESPN app where the WWE has moved all their Premium Live Events. Screw you Bob Iger/Disney/ESPN/Hulu.

In the immortal words of Paul 'Thiple H' Levesque, "I got two words for you, SUCK IT!"

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Skittles

(167,742 posts)
5. bottom line is
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 12:04 AM
Sep 21

you are either comfortable with a president weaponizing branches of the government to target people they do not like or you are NOT

PICK A FUCKING SIDE

there is NO QUESTON which side a true patriot would choose

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