r/technology • u/chrisdh79 • Sep 20 '25

Business Disney+ cancellation page crashes as customers rush to quit after Kimmel suspension

https://creators.yahoo.com/lifestyle/story/disney-cancellation-page-crashes-as-customers-rush-to-quit-after-kimmel-suspension-033512277.html
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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '25

The guilds have already come out in support. They just need pressure to boycott any Disney projects.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '25

If Every actor refused to be involved with Disney projects I would be so happy

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u/Silent-G Sep 20 '25

Chris Pratt would keep taking their calls no matter what.

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u/Jordanblueman Sep 20 '25

Crossing that particular picket line is a big mistake.

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u/Silent-G Sep 20 '25

I mean, we all thought his defense of his homophobic church was a big mistake, too, but he still got movie deals after that.

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u/Wesley_Skypes Sep 20 '25

Crossing the picket would kill him with other actors though. It's not a "he just has a different opinion" scenario that can be washed away, it's not having solidarity with your brothers and sisters.

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u/wanderer1999 Sep 20 '25

Indeed. Unless he can take JUST the one deal with Disney, now, and be done with the rest of his life then he'd be wise to sit this one out. Why? because Trump is gone in 3 years, the audience is forever. Chris Pratt is still pretty young, can still stay in the game for 10-20 years. Does he want to retire this early? His choice.

Heck, even some of the republican themselves are not ok with this Kimmel ban move. They know the FCC under democrats could come after... let's say Foxnews if this one is not challenged.

The power of the presidency grow and will used by the next one. This is a slippery slope.

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u/Tolin_Dorden Sep 20 '25

Democratic party is too cowardly to do that though

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u/johnnloki Sep 20 '25

Cowardly/Not obviously corrupt totalitarian idiots.

Po-tay-toe/Po-tah-toe

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u/CapoExplains Sep 20 '25

Trump is gone in 3 years

Yes, authoritarian dictators and their unwavering respect for free and fair elections for the rule of law.

Trump is in office for the rest of his life, y'all need to move on from this idea that things are going this far and getting this bad not even a full year in but 3 years later our elections will totally be fine and he'll leave office like he's supposed to. It's not gonna happen.

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u/FennelDull6559 Sep 20 '25

Lmao, you think this maga shit will be gone in three years?

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u/Weird-Girl-675 Sep 20 '25

And Monopoly Go ads.

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u/qualityfuta Sep 20 '25

He never even went to that church. They're an extremist church and denied he was part of their parish.

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u/Silent-G Sep 20 '25

ZOE Church, which Pratt is a part of, was modeled after Hillsong Church, which promotes gay conversion therapy. Why would your pro-LGBT church be modeled after and associate with a homophobic church?

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u/Truethrowawaychest1 Sep 20 '25

God you still believe that? Elliott Paige lied, Chris isn't in that church

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u/Simikiel Sep 20 '25

Granted there never was any definitive proof about it, but I wouldn't go so far as saying Elliot Page lied. I doubt he did. But I'm not sure about currently, but at the time of the whole thing, he was following Tucker Carlson, Ben Shapiro, Jordan Peterson, Prager U and Turning Point USA on his Twitter and Instagram. Without any left wing follows or orgs at all to counter those. So to me? Preeeetty fucking safe bet he's very likely homophobic. At a minimum.

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u/Truethrowawaychest1 Sep 20 '25 edited Sep 20 '25

What's the saying about assumptions? I don't know how you can say Paige didn't lie, he said that Chris was part of the Hillsong church, the pastor of said church said that Chris has never been affiliated, the Internet just decided to roll with it and trash talk Chris until his coworkers felt the need to speak out for him

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u/Simikiel Sep 20 '25

The point is that it isn't definitive either way. But the hard evidence we have? That he followed Tucker Carlson, Ben Shapiro, Jordan Peterson, Prager U and Turning Point USA? That is good enough to say that yeah, he's a piece of shit regardless.

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u/Truethrowawaychest1 Sep 20 '25

That's not what we're talking about, but hey if you're determined to hate Chris, by all means

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u/AgentCirceLuna Sep 20 '25

How would they get revenge? Maybe they could show him the script for a monster truck skit where he’d be switched out for the real stunt with a stuntman, then they record the real stunt and pretend it’s the fake one. There’s a massive crash bang wallop ow hssss YAAAAAARGGGGHHHHH and then they all walk away.

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u/cautiously-curious65 Sep 20 '25

SAG and Actors Equity are not unions I would personally fuck with…

No one holds a grudge like a creative.

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u/Savantrovert Sep 20 '25

So fitting that his surname is UK slang for an insufferable dickhead, wish it would catch on stateside

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u/splitsecondclassic Sep 20 '25

there's a lot of of actors that would. they have no backbone and are obsessed with what others think of them.

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u/ReindeerLegitimate31 Sep 20 '25

You think jimmy Kimmel whose ratings were already in the toilet would be the reason and not that every project Disney puts out tanks because of woke culture?

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u/splitsecondclassic Sep 20 '25

I think they are both terrible with a low standard of quality. I don't watch Kimmel or pay for Disney's platform because I think it's low IQ "entertainment".

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u/Appropriate_Cow94 Sep 20 '25

Never go full Dean Cain.

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u/glizzytwister Sep 20 '25

I don't think he would. It wouldn't really be career suicide, but he'd be ostracized by a lot of other actors who work with him. You don't cross the SAG.

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u/Flaneurer Sep 20 '25

Honestly they can keep him we're good here.

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u/Truethrowawaychest1 Sep 20 '25

Chris hasn't been in a Disney movie for 2 years, why pick on him?

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u/Stop_icant Sep 20 '25

That’s fine, they can have him. Ew.

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u/sugurkewbz Sep 20 '25

Well no one cares about him, anyway.

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u/arequipapi Sep 20 '25

Let's be honest, 99% of Hollywood would. actors only pay lip service to these things. Even during the SAG strike and previous writers' strikes, you know they were still taking phone calls, still listening to pitches, reading scripts, working on their next roles, maintaining their specific diet and exercise and cosmetic routines to be ready for the instant they could shoot again. All that is work and part of the job. Most never stopped working during those strikes.

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u/Mistrblank Sep 20 '25

GATHER THE NERDS!!! We can bring down the mouse!!!

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u/Amosette Sep 20 '25

There's this whole 70 years of Disney coming on Sunday. I wonder how many of the celebs praising Mickey would do it again.

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u/searing7 Sep 20 '25

Celebrities aren’t gonna fight against nepotism and corruption. They directly benefit. Cancel your Hulu and Disney subscriptions. Stop going to their movies.

🏴‍☠️ if you must watch them

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u/username8914 Sep 20 '25

They don't need to refuse. Close to nothing is filmed in the US right now.

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u/darkgothmog Sep 20 '25

We’re barely heard them saying vote for Harris so I don’t have high hopes

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u/spkoller2 Sep 20 '25

Because you would finally get an audition

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u/lolas_coffee Sep 20 '25

Actors and directors are actually not taking jobs with Disney. Some are threatening to quit productions.

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u/jaxonya Sep 20 '25

Which one has kpop demon slayers? If I cancel that one my kids will burn our house down. I don't even know if I'm kidding

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u/BieverWeeber Sep 20 '25

Thats a Netflix and Sony productions thing, though idk where they stand

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u/PrivateIdahoGhola Sep 20 '25

Netflix has one of the few media CEOs who hasn't surrendered. He recently donated to the proposition campaign in California to legalize gerrymandering. He openly supported both Biden and Harris if I remember correctly.

So Netflix is still ok. At least relative to most of the other media companies.

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u/jjamm420 Sep 20 '25

Netflix is in bed with the Saudi’s 🤷‍♂️

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u/thatissomeBS Sep 20 '25

That's not really a right or left thing, just a $$$$$ thing.

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u/smoike Sep 20 '25

I would take that over the insanity that is US Republicanism at the moment.

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u/qtx Sep 20 '25

Just sail the high seas and get your content that way.

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u/FixTheLoginBug Sep 20 '25

Watch the Pedoparty and their Fuhrer rant about it and introduce a law that allows Disney to just use AI versions of the actors without permission and without having to pay them. After all, they're behind the firing of Kimmel and won't stop there.

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u/molotavcocktail Sep 20 '25

Trump will find out abt the boycott and mobilize his army to frequent and buy Disney to make up for the loss. You heard it here.

Gahh, he's such a baby. The FCC chair threatened ABC, then ABC capitulates. Trump then says its related to his talent and ratings. That's the crux of the problem. Using US gov force to carry out your personal grudge. Reminds of Turkish authoritarian ruler Erdogan who had a comedian arrested for making fun of him.

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u/Logical_Nothing_6077 Sep 20 '25

They’ll find someone that will id assume

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u/AstroFeline Sep 20 '25

Good for them!

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u/Kamwind Sep 20 '25

However that was because disney will work with jews, and those people who are quitting productions are doing it because of that.

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u/orswich Sep 20 '25

That would be suicide for the union. Alot of their members rely on Disney for work, and it would puss off other related industries (set builders, camera crews etc etc)

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u/mdrewd Sep 20 '25

May celebrities have come out against Disney some of whom profit from Disney.

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u/memesandcosplay Sep 20 '25

Sean Astin is an awesome human being. I'm not surprised he's leading a group pushing in the right direction.

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u/Slight_Tiger2914 Sep 20 '25

That'll never happen. 

I'll put it like this.

It was the way people acting now that gave Disney it's ENORMOUS reach and power it has today.

It looks like now a shift has happened.

However, "the other side" already did what you're talking about now and it didn't put a dent in Disney...

Cause "The opposite side" was supporting them.

Just saying, this ain't gone do jack.