<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Season 31 of “</span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/television"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dancing With the Stars</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">” premiered Monday, showcasing its first-ever male same-sex dancing pair as </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/drag-queen"><span style="font-weight: 400;">drag queen</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Shangela joined the cast alongside professional dancer Gleb Savchenko.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The media had nothing but glowing reviews for the former “RuPaul’s Drag Race” contestant, who completed his </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/entertainment"><span style="font-weight: 400;">performance</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in drag. Born D.J. Pierce, the 40-year-old performer told </span><a href="https://people.com/tv/dancing-with-the-stars-shangela-talks-making-history-delivering-a-moment-people-could-cheer-about/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">People</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> how thrilled he was to be on the show. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;It was such a special moment to be here tonight,&#8221; he said following the season premiere. &#8220;I mean, in the rehearsals I could see this moment coming in my head, but I never could have imagined that it would be as awesome as it was. When the crowd started chanting and screaming for us … it was everything.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Shangela and Savchenko got a standing ovation Monday after dancing to the Pussycat Dolls song, &#8220;When I Grow Up.&#8221; </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;It was so incredibly special because I think about all the queens that ever wanted to be in this space that never got the opportunity,&#8221; Shangela told the publication. &#8220;Maybe by seeing me and seeing how we just showed up as our true authentic self tonight and were accepted and cheered on, that they know that they can do it, too.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">While speaking with </span><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2022/09/08/dancing-with-the-stars-cast-revealed-shangela-history/8006274001/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">USA Today</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, the performer spoke about what he hoped to bring this season.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;This is something totally different because I&#8217;m a drag entertainer who will be standing up there,&#8221; Shangela said. &#8220;On the dancing nights, I&#8217;m going to be dressed as the doll, honey. That&#8217;s my fiercest form as an entertainer. When I&#8217;m in drag, my pronouns are she/her. So seeing a drag queen with a male dancer is going to be something powerful. This is going to be a great space and an amazing platform to showcase that kind of representation.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">While Twitter was full of gushing reviews, some viewers pointed out that having a drag queen contestant on “Dancing With the Stars,” which is rated PG and popular with children, was not appropriate. It’s also the first live series for Disney+, which added more fuel to the fire.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I will [come back] when DWTS goes back to men being men and women being women,” one Facebook user </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/dwtsuniverse/posts/640744777690568/?comment_id=641169027648143&amp;__cft__%5B0%5D=AZWaJloS1KSST3_Mig80mGLQobz_HvuLU2xu1B10S_7755DSlbKlkxpNGygNpORWjSPwoHr_3SxbMBVxDyUfuF2_1-0uViArKlFeOzQbrM2gqscc9PKhAQxIYXKfTfy0crC3am-2BuY55GW93iNpGqNdoUF7vEBPcbDajTaQDEvvcMnNvJZ09uUZeLlLibKXAws&amp;__tn__=R%5D-R"><span style="font-weight: 400;">wrote</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I won’t pay Disney, not because of money but I don’t like that they’re now a ‘woke’ company. Their ethics, morale and politics are totally changed. Walt would be rolling over in his grave,” another </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/dwtsuniverse/posts/640744777690568/?comment_id=641581747606871&amp;__cft__%5B0%5D=AZWebJGqT8iWbwhBoSWpCb_wDj2Dtr1pvlIcsj-CAEEuy5VpvZ1QSEMKQuH4XQ6IW1abTo4JP0mDlS69BC7cu_RLqIwTYPb2VF0osHv9PT950MS6PBqD3j3Q3t-hAWkq3n9klx9xp9xczl8Adn37yyow&amp;__tn__=R%5D-R"><span style="font-weight: 400;">agreed</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">While Shangela and Savchenko are the first male-male pair on the show, they’re not the first same-sex couple to get cast. JoJo Siwa, a former child star who recently came out as a lesbian, was paired with professional dancer Jenna Johnson during the 2021 season.</span></p>
<p><em>Disclosure: The Daily Wire has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/videos/introducing-dw-kids">announced plans</a> for kids entertainment content.</em></p>


2020 GayVN Awards

‘Dancing With The Stars’ Debuts First Ever Drag Queen Contestant, Shangela, This Season

'Dancing With The Stars' Debuts First Ever Drag Queen Contestant, Shangela, This Season

Disney

Drag Queens

Entertainment

Television

<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/author/matt-walsh"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Matt Walsh</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is trending on Twitter again for convincing hapless Media Matters that he’s deeply concerned about the rights of translucent individuals being represented in </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/disney"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Disney</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">’s new live-action “The Little Mermaid.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The saga began when Media Matters journalist Jason Campbell </span><a href="https://twitter.com/JasonSCampbell/status/1570156771016065025"><span style="font-weight: 400;">shared</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> a clip from Walsh’s show featuring the podcaster complaining that it’s “unscientific” to cast a black </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/entertainment"><span style="font-weight: 400;">actress</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> as Ariel in the new </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/watch/movies"><span style="font-weight: 400;">movie</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“From a scientific perspective, it doesn&#8217;t make a lot of sense to have someone with darker skin who lives deep in the ocean,” the Daily Wire host said. “I mean if anything, not only should the little mermaid be pale, she should also be translucent.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Walsh continued, saying deep sea creatures are “horrifying” and “like skeletons” at the bottom of the ocean, before confirming that he’d actually watch a version of the movie where he could see Ariel’s skull through her face.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Anyone accustomed to Walsh’s deadpan humor immediately recognized this comment as a joke. However, Media Matters, the tax-exempt liberal organization whose mission is to attack conservative news sites, and other outlets took it as truth and have been reaching out to the host for comment on what has become a parody campaign for the rights of translucent skinned individuals.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I said Ariel should be played by someone with translucent skin like a real deep-sea fish and thousands of Leftists took me seriously and are calling me racist because of it,” Walsh </span><a href="https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1570194290219036673"><span style="font-weight: 400;">shared</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> later. “I’m actually being accused of harboring racial favoritism for translucent people. I love it. This is great.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When asked for a comment from GRV Media on his recent remarks about mermaids, Walsh kept up the act, writing in part that he’s “long been an advocate for the rights of translucent people.” </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I believe it is time we start giving these casting opportunities to this marginalized community. Translucent rights are human rights. Please include this entire statement in your report,” Walsh replied to the request. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Other Daily Wire podcast hosts also got in on the joke. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I, for one, consider it homophobic, transphobic, and misogynistic that @JasonSCampbell would question the scientific perspective of a beloved LGBTQ children&#8217;s  author and gender studies scholar such as @MattWalshBlog,” Michael Knowles</span><a href="https://twitter.com/michaeljknowles/status/1570213780696748033"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> tweeted</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;I&#8217;m sure @MattWalshBlog was absolutely serious when he suggested that the only scientifically accurate Little Mermaid would be a translucent, skeletal, gill-possessing being. You nailed him,&#8221; Ben Shapiro wrote.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Absolutely disgusted by all this translucentphobia (transphobia for short). The systemic forces against our see-through friends are simply unacceptable,” one follower joked. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Major outlets like </span><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/matt-walsh-slammed-online-saying-black-little-mermaid-not-scientifically-accurate-1743240"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Newsweek</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> picked up on the story, acknowledging that Walsh was joking but still accusing him of being racist for suggesting a translucent skinned person should play Ariel.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The Little Mermaid” trailer has spurred a lot of positive and negative reactions across the internet with the casting of Halle Bailey as Ariel. The live action version of the 1989 Disney classic will be released in May 2023. </span></p>


Matt Walsh

Matt Walsh Fishes In Humorless Media Matters With Joke About ‘Little Mermaid’ Casting

Matt Walsh Fishes In Humorless Media Matters With Joke About 'Little Mermaid' Casting

Media Matters For America

Movies

<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gina-carano" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gina Carano</a>, star of The Daily Wire’s “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/subscribe-totp?utm_campaign=totp&amp;utm_medium=paid&amp;utm_source=googlesearch&amp;utm_content=na_subscriptions&amp;cid=totp&amp;mid=g&amp;xid=0&amp;utm_term=terror%20on%20the%20prairie&amp;utm_campaign=dw_conversions_subscriptions_totp_na&amp;utm_source=adwords&amp;utm_medium=ppc&amp;hsa_acc=6411461344&amp;hsa_cam=17480832228&amp;hsa_grp=138501562515&amp;hsa_ad=603753465797&amp;hsa_src=g&amp;hsa_tgt=kwd-1463972212076&amp;hsa_kw=terror%20on%20the%20prairie&amp;hsa_mt=p&amp;hsa_net=adwords&amp;hsa_ver=3&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjwh-CVBhB8EiwAjFEPGeDwXh_IMPPr189k2vVEk-09KanxQpKadL34OXvQZ8vu6qhap5B9DRoCY38QAvD_BwE" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Terror on the Prairie</a>,” joined <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tucker-carlson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tucker Carlson</a> for a long-form interview that will air Thursday morning, and the Fox News host gave his audience a teaser Wednesday night of what to expect from the actress.</p>
<p>In the short clip of the interview played by Fox News, Carano discussed the leftist demands Lucasfilm allegedly gave her when she starred in Disney’s “The Mandalorian.” Carano was let go by Disney in February 2021 after she criticized draconian COVID lockdowns and mask mandates, but she revealed to Carlson that Lucasfilm also wanted her to get in line on transgender issues.</p>
<p>“When I wouldn’t hashtag ‘trans rights,’ when I wouldn’t put my pronouns in [my bio], they kept on like pressuring me, and finally I just said ‘I’m not doing this.’” the actress said.</p>
<p>“Well, then I put ‘beep, bop, boop,’” Carano explained. “That just meant I could put anything I want in my bio, I can do whatever I want.”</p>
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<p>Soon after being cut by Disney, Carano partnered with The Daily Wire to produce and develop her own film, which debuted June 14. “Terror on the Prairie” is a Western starring Carano as a frontier woman fighting for survival against a ruthless gang of outlaws, which is kind of perfect considering what she’s been through.</p>
<p>The “Terror on the Prairie” star told Carlson how she was among the first to speak out against mask mandates and transgender pronouns. Carano said taking a stand on those issues put a target on her back, especially in Hollywood.</p>
<p>She told the story of her former employer allegedly asking her to get on a Zoom call with 45 members from the LGBTQ community and watch documentaries on the lives of transgender people. Carano said she was willing to watch the films and talk with LGBTQ individuals, but asking her to get on a live Zoom call was too much.</p>
<p>“I’m not going to get on a Zoom call with 45 different people who can have their phones out videotaping me. I feel like that’s extremely abusive,” the actress explained.</p>
<p>“That’s a brave woman,” Carlson said after playing the clip from his pre-recorded interview with Carano. The full interview will be released Thursday at 7:00 a.m. ET on Fox Nation, where the conservative host will talk with Carano on the circumstances around her Disney firing and triumphant return to the screen in “Terror on the Prairie.”</p>
<p><em>Disclosure: The Daily Wire has announced plans for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/videos/introducing-dw-kids" target="_blank" rel="noopener">kids entertainment content</a>.</em></p>
<p><em>Amanda Harding contributed to this report.</em></p>


Gina Carano

Tucker Carlson Teases Interview With Gina Carano On Trans Pronouns, Mask Mandates, Star’s Return To The Screen

Tucker Carlson Teases Interview With Gina Carano

Terror on the Prairie

Transgender

Tucker Carlson

<p>Former Disney star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/demi-lovato">Demi Lovato</a> announced that &#8220;this next tour&#8221; will be her last one — because she &#8220;can&#8217;t do this anymore&#8221; — in a since-deleted post on her Instagram Stories.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/demi-lovato">30-year-old</a> actress/pop singer definitely got everyone&#8217;s attention on Tuesday when she made posts on social media about how she was feeling sick and couldn&#8217;t tour any longer, <a href="https://pagesix.com/2022/09/13/sick-demi-lovato-announces-holy-fvck-tour-will-be-her-last/?utm_source=P6Twitter&amp;utm_campaign=SocialFlow&amp;utm_medium=SocialFlow">Page Six</a> noted.</p>
<p>In the first one, the &#8220;Camp Rock&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sobriety-is-what-works-for-me-and-nothing-else-former-disney-star-says-shes-done-making-excuses">star</a> shared a snap that appeared to be taken from a hotel room. She wrote that &#8220;I&#8217;m so f***ing sick I can&#8217;t get out of bed,&#8221; the outlet noted.</p>
<p>A second one read, &#8220;I can&#8217;t do this anymore. This next tour will be my last. I love and thank you guys,&#8221; the outlet noted.</p>
<p>A short time later, the &#8220;Sober&#8221; hitmaker posted another message on her Instagram Stories that read, &#8220;Gonna power through it for you guys. I&#8217;ll need help singing so sing loud for me bb&#8217;s.&#8221; Her post also included a black heart emoji and sick face emoji.</p>
<p>There was no further information provided from Lovato as to what she meant by &#8220;this next tour.&#8221; It comes ahead of her concert in Tuesday night in Santiago, Chile, and she&#8217;s scheduled to kick off her &#8220;Holy Fvck&#8221; tour in the United States on September 22 in <a href="https://www.bandsintown.com/a/22843-demi-lovato">Wheatland, CA.</a> The dates included on her website for the tour show more than two dozen concerts she currently has scheduled across the country from September through November.</p>
<p>It is unclear from all the posts what health issues the superstar singer is ailing from.</p>
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<p>In August, Lovato released her eighth album, &#8220;Holy Fvck,&#8221; and announced a world tour to support the new album.</p>
<p>The &#8220;Sorry Not Sorry&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nobodys-perfect-disney-star-demi-lovato-explains-why-shes-going-back-to-she-her-pronouns">hitmaker</a> recently opened up about her longtime battle with alcohol and drugs and said it started when she was 13 because she was already being &#8220;bullied&#8221; and was &#8220;looking for an escape,&#8221; as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/looking-for-an-escape-former-disney-star-says-she-started-getting-into-alcohol-and-drugs-at-13">The Daily Wire</a> previously reported.</p>
<p>&#8220;I started experimenting for the first time when I was 12, or 13,&#8221; Lovato explained during her appearance on the &#8220;Call Her Daddy&#8221; <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/0z8lON88xftN1xP161drGS?si=DG3lm8hbRcSAQwiYC8Lc7Q&amp;nd=1">podcast</a> with host Alex Cooper. &#8220;I got into a car accident and they prescribed me opiates.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;My mom didn&#8217;t think she would have to lock up the opiates from her 13-year-old daughter, but I was already drinking at that point,&#8221; she added. &#8220;I had been bullied and was looking for an escape.&#8221;</p>
<p><em>(Disclosure: The Daily Wire has announced plans for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/videos/introducing-dw-kids">kids entertainment content</a>.)</em></p>
<p><strong>RELATED: &#8216;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/barricaded-me-into-my-hotel-room-former-disney-star-details-terrifying-efforts-to-control-her-image-to-look-thin">Barricaded Me Into My Hotel Room&#8217;: Former Disney Star Says Her Team Went To Extreme Measures To Make Her &#8216;Look Thin&#8217;</a></strong></p>


Demi Lovato 8-25-2

‘I Can’t Do This Anymore’: Former Disney Star Makes Huge Career Announcement

Celebrities

Demi Lovato

Music

<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/disney"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Disney</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> just released the trailer for its newest live-action remake, “</span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/watch/movies"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Little Mermaid</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">,” and reactions have been strong from the get-go. Like with other projects, detractors are being told it’s racist to dislike this new version.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The studio chose </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/entertainment"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Halle Bailey</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to portray the finned princess. Because the actress is black, many are already saying any criticism must be racially motivated. However, early critics have plenty of complaints about the movie that have nothing to do with Ariel’s skin color.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">First and foremost is the fact that “The Little Mermaid” is being remade at all. The original 1989 cartoon version is considered a true triumph of the Disney catalog. Fans are confused that a movie mostly set under the sea is now being told in live-action form. Plus, there’s the question of what value can be added from telling the same story that’s already been told. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The Little Mermaid” is the latest in a long line of remakes from the studio. Most of them haven’t been well-received by fans. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“NOPE. just NOPE. STOP RUINING OLD CLASSICS WITH REMAKES!” one viewer </span><a href="https://twitter.com/WWAZman/status/1568422171869085696"><span style="font-weight: 400;">exclaimed</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Other viewers were confused with how Bailey interpreted the classic song, “Part of Your World.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Okay, we need to talk about her singing. Part of your world is supposed to be a song of longing and a light quiet end to her voice. Why is she mixing it up? Like why?” another <a href="https://twitter.com/chrisDmaster13/status/1568415653987774465">responded</a> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">when the trailer came out. </span></p>
<p><iframe loading="lazy" title="The Little Mermaid - Official Teaser Trailer" width="500" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0-wPm99PF9U?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There were a lot of negative comments about how dark the movie appears, at least from the trailer. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Halle sounds beautiful singing Part of Your World. No complaints about Halle at all. The movie just looked so dark,&#8221; one person <a href="https://twitter.com/Dylanstromo/status/1568390086135533568">wrote</a>. &#8220;You may say &#8216;it&#8217;s under the sea&#8217; yes that&#8217;s true, but it&#8217;s also about a Mermaid. I&#8217;d just like to see a bright colorful film. It&#8217;s shot SO dark!” </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Some commenters couldn’t understand why the red-headed mermaid princess Ariel switched ethnicities. In response to those questions, one person </span><a href="https://twitter.com/Thots_byDev/status/1568472715740446720"><span style="font-weight: 400;">said</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, “Everybody is forgetting that the red head Ariel Is NOT the ORIGINAL little mermaid. A lot of things were changed from that film and nobody argues. She had blonde hair and her name was Marina. So why should it matter if her race changes. It just sounds like racism to me.” </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">YouTube no longer shows dislikes on videos, but those with the extension that tracks downvotes say negative reactions far outnumber likes. As of Monday, the </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-wPm99PF9U"><span style="font-weight: 400;">trailer</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> had 9.4 million views and only 359,000 likes. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The Little Mermaid” will premiere in May 2023.</span></p>
<p><em>(Disclosure: The Daily Wire has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/videos/introducing-dw-kids">announced plans</a> for kids entertainment content.)</em></p>


REVOLVE x The h.wood Group Present REVOLVE FESTIVAL -¬†Day 2

Disney’s ‘The Little Mermaid’ Live Action Trailer Dropped, And Fans Are Getting Called Racist For Hating It

Disney's 'The Little Mermaid' Live Action Trailer Dropped, And Fans Are Getting Called Racist For Hating It

<p>Disney Plus&#8217; new series “She-Hulk: Attorney at Law” has  introduced the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) to the idea of twerking after superstar Megan Thee Stallion made a cameo appearance.</p>
<p>On the latest episode of the streaming site&#8217;s new <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mark-ruffalo-quotes-claim-she-hulks-bad-reviews-come-from-woman-haters-racists">Marvel show</a>, Tatiana Maslany, who plays <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/laughably-terrible-twitter-mocks-clip-of-she-hulk-complaining-about-being-cat-called">She-Hulk</a>/Jennifer Walters, gets a lesson on twerking when the “Savage” hitmaker showed up on the third episode of the series.</p>
<p>The rapper officially became part of the Marvel Universe when she made an appearance in a court room scene on an episode dealing with an elderly Asgardian shapeshifter who&#8217;s been accused of taking the form of the “Shot&#8217;s Fired” hitmaker in an effort to seduce Walters&#8217; co-worker, the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/comics/2022/09/02/she-hulk-megan-thee-stallion-twerking/">Washington Post</a> reported in a piece published Thursday.</p>
<p>On the show, the real Megan Thee Stallion shouts out loud in the court room to declare herself the one and only.</p>
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<p>&mdash; mcu reactions &amp; clips (@reactmcu) <a href="https://twitter.com/reactmcu/status/1565270222050934785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 1, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>She is later spotted during a post-credits scene where she is joined by Maslany after the rapper hires She-Hulk to be her lawyer. The pair then celebrate with a lesson on twerking as She-Hulk and the “Thot S***” hitmaker shake their backsides.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">She-Hulk: &quot;Women shouldn&#39;t be treated like pieces of meat by gross men.&quot;</p>
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<p>In the clip, Megan declares that the She-Hulk is “way more fun than my last lawyer.”</p>
<p>“I will kill for you, Megan Thee Stallion,” Maslany&#8217;s character replied.</p>
<p>“<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/she-hulk-promotional-benches-slammed-over-anti-homeless-architecture">She-Hulk</a>” head writer Jessica Gao talked about the inclusion of the rapper in the MCU and shared that when they were working on the script, they “knew that we needed a famous, beautiful, successful female celebrity for the story to work, but we didn&#8217;t know what type [of celebrity],” <a href="https://decider.com/2022/09/01/she-hulk-attorney-at-law-megan-thee-stallion-cameo/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&amp;utm_medium=SocialFlow&amp;utm_source=DeciderFacebook&amp;fbclid=IwAR1XqriAr31SyWAH1cdoPoxi-nGXk8eN4k_GlLfzDahAYsNQiNjCJhAZYtg">Decider</a> noted.</p>
<p>Gao explained that actress Jameela Jamil, who plays She-Hulk&#8217;s nemesis, suggested Megan Thee Stallion and that was it.</p>
<p>“Jameela was the one who brought up Megan because she knew her from working on Legendary,” Gao said, referencing the HBO Max reality competition series where Jamil and the rapper were judges. “The moment we knew that we could get Megan, then we were like, &#8216;There&#8217;s no other discussion.&#8217; It has to be her.&#8217;”</p>
<p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/marvels-new-she-hulk-attorney-at-law-trailer-gets-mixed-reviews-especially-about-cgi">Marvel&#8217;s New &#8216;She-Hulk: Attorney At Law&#8217; Trailer Gets Mixed Reviews, Especially About CGI</a></strong></p>
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Disney’s ‘She-Hulk’ Introduces Twerking To The MCU With Superstar Rapper Cameo

Disney's 'She-Hulk' Introduces Twerking To The MCU With Superstar Rapper Cameo

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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Hundred Acre Wood from the classic children’s book “Winnie the Pooh” is about to become a nightmare.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fans of the fictional teddy bear created by English author A. A. Milne were shocked to see the trailer released for the new </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/horror-movies" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">horror movie</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey.” This new </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/movies"><span style="font-weight: 400;">project</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> will twist the innocent childhood tale into a grotesque story that’s not suitable for children.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The trailer shows a grown-up Christopher Robin returning to his childhood home only to discover Pooh and Piglet have become deranged, bloodthirsty killers after Robin abandoned them and went to college. They murdered Eeyore and Tigger at some point and, per the trailer, are seeking to continue their killing spree. They target their former friend and college girls staying in a nearby cabin. One scene shows the murderous pair mixing blood and honey together in a giant vat.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Development for the film began when the original book became a public domain work in the United States in January 2022, meaning </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/disney" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Disney</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> no longer held exclusive film rights to the characters from the 1926 novel as it originally did.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The movie is being directed by Rhys Frake-Waterfield, produced by Jagged Edge Productions, and distributed by ITN Studios and MovieCompany.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Frake-Waterfield told </span><a href="https://variety.com/2022/film/news/winnie-the-pooh-blood-and-honey-director-1235278405/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Variety</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in May, “Christopher Robin is pulled away from them, and he&#8217;s not [given] them food, it&#8217;s made Pooh and Piglet&#8217;s life quite difficult. &#8230; Because they&#8217;ve had to fend for themselves so much, they&#8217;ve essentially become feral. So they&#8217;ve gone back to their animal roots. They&#8217;re no longer tame: they&#8217;re like a vicious bear and pig who want to go around and try and find prey.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The film has been met with mixed reactions since it was announced, with many fans predicting it will be a giant fail.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Producer Scott Jeffrey and director Frake-Waterfield had a chat with </span><a href="https://www.tmz.com/2022/08/31/winnie-the-pooh-blood-and-honey-trailer-scary/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">TMZ</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, saying their inbox was “absolutely flooded” with hate mail from Winnie the Pooh fans, who accused them of ruining the original story. He said there was no in-between and that people either loved the new project and were excited about its release, or claimed the horror film&#8217;s existence was “destroying their lives.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The duo mentioned that other projects are in the works as well, including a potential new spin on Thor, since Marvel does not own the name of the Norse god, and a new version of Peter Pan where Neverland is a “circus.”</span></p>
<p><em>Disclosure: The Daily Wire has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/videos/introducing-dw-kids" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced plans</a> for kids entertainment content.</p>
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“Winnie The Pooh” Los Angeles Premiere – Red Carpet

‘Winnie The Pooh: Blood And Honey’ Horror Movie Trailer Drops After Copyright Lapses

’Winnie The Pooh: Blood And Honey’ Horror Movie Trailer Drops After Copyright Lapses

Hollywood

Horror Movies

<p>Former Disney star Demi Lovato said she wished she had waited until she got her &#8220;s*** figured out&#8221; before releasing her documentaries detailing her battle with addiction and said &#8220;sobriety&#8221; is the only thing for her.</p>
<p>During the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/demi-lovato">30-year-old</a> singer/actress interview with <a href="https://www.altpress.com/demi-lovato-holy-fvck-interview/">Alternative Press</a>, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/survivors-guilt-disney-star-demi-lovato-talks-sobriety-battle-and-rough-time-after-overdose">Lovato</a> talked about her ongoing battle that she&#8217;s detailed in three different documentaries.</p>
<p>&#8220;Honestly, I&#8217;m really sick of watching myself, and I think other people probably are too,&#8221; the &#8220;Camp Rock&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/looking-for-an-escape-former-disney-star-says-she-started-getting-into-alcohol-and-drugs-at-13">star</a> admitted. &#8220;And if they aren&#8217;t, then they can watch my music videos.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I wish I would have waited until I had my s*** figured out more because now it&#8217;s cemented,&#8221; she added. &#8220;Sobriety is what works for me and nothing else.&#8221;</p>
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<p>In the &#8220;Sober&#8221; hitmaker&#8217;s documentary &#8220;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvxtPm4OGJ4">Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil</a>,&#8221; she opened up about her drug overdose and just how close she came to death, <a href="https://pagesix.com/2022/08/29/demi-lovato-says-she-regrets-making-her-documentaries/">Page Six</a> noted. Around the same time, she also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/demi-lovato-gets-giant-spider-tattoo-on-head-after-reported-rehab-stay">shared</a> that she was &#8220;California Sober&#8221; when asked about her sobriety, meaning only smoking marijuana and drinking occasionally.</p>
<p>During a recent appearance on &#8220;The Zane Lowe Show on Apple Music,&#8221; Lovato talked about her sobriety, going back to rehab in 2021, and how she&#8217;s been dealing with the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/survivors-guilt-disney-star-demi-lovato-talks-sobriety-battle-and-rough-time-after-overdose">guilt of surviving</a> the overdose she had in July 2018.</p>
<p>&#8220;Everything that I write about comes from personal experiences, and I had gone through a rough time last year,&#8221; Lovato shared. &#8220;And I went back to treatment, and when I came out, I had all of this unresolved trauma that like I hadn&#8217;t dealt with, or that I started to deal with in treatment. And then when I came out, I was like, &#8216;It&#8217;s OK to be angry and feel those things.'&#8221;</p>
<p>However, for those that are still hoping to hear more about what the pop singer&#8217;s gone through in her struggle to go from Disney Channel star to now, she shared that that book has not been written, yet.</p>
<p>&#8220;My story&#8217;s not done, so I want to be able to say by the time I&#8217;ve written a book, ‘OK, this is me grown up.'&#8221;</p>
<p><em>(Disclosure: The Daily Wire has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/videos/introducing-dw-kids">announced plans</a> for kids entertainment content.)</em></p>
<p><strong>RELATED: &#8216;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/barricaded-me-into-my-hotel-room-former-disney-star-details-terrifying-efforts-to-control-her-image-to-look-thin">Barricaded Me Into My Hotel Room&#8217;: Former Disney Star Says Her Team Went To Extreme Measures To Make Her &#8216;Look Thin&#8217;</a></strong></p>


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‘Sobriety Is What Works For Me And Nothing Else’: Former Disney Star Says She’s Done Making Excuses

Demi Lovato Says She’s Done Making Excuses: 'Sobriety Is What Works For Me'

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<p>The Washington Post resorted to using a Disney movie as a reference in an article explaining the significance of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) with regard to the recent <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/doj-says-fbi-seized-possible-attorney-client-privileged-information-in-trump-raid/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FBI raid</a> of former President Donald Trump&#8217;s Mar-a-Lago home.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/27/trump-archives-records-war/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">article</a>, titled &#8220;Inside Trump&#8217;s War on the National Archives,&#8221; dug into some of the threats and hate that have reportedly been directed toward NARA in the three weeks since FBI agents raiding Mar-a-Lago and removed a number of boxes of documents that had been stored there.</p>
<p>But while attempting to explain the back-and-forth between the NARA and Trump — who is certainly not the first former president to find himself at odds with the administration over ownership of records — the authors of the article included a reference to Disney&#8217;s &#8220;<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/aaron-rodgers-shows-up-for-training-camp-dressed-as-nic-cage-from-con-air/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Treasure</a>&#8221; in an effort to paint a clearer picture of the Archives.</p>
<p>The Post shared a portion of an internal email from acting archivist Debra Steidel Wall to NARA staffers, which read in part, &#8220;NARA has received messages from the public accusing us of corruption and conspiring against the former President, or congratulating NARA for &#8216;bringing him down.&#8217; Neither is accurate or welcome.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;The email capped a year-long saga that has embroiled the Archives — widely known for being featured in the 2004 Nicolas Cage movie, &#8216;National Treasure&#8217; — in a protracted fight with Trump over classified documents and other records that were taken when he left office,&#8221; the Post added in the following paragraph.</p>
<p>&#8220;This is the funniest possible bit of context to include when explaining what the national archives actually is,&#8221; Texas Monthly Senior Editor Dan Solomon said of the reference.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is the funniest possible bit of context to include when explaining what the national archives actually is <a href="https://t.co/Yd9hpqGeDI">pic.twitter.com/Yd9hpqGeDI</a></p>
<p>&mdash; dan solomon (@dansolomon) <a href="https://twitter.com/dansolomon/status/1564036884548009986?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 28, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>&#8220;&#8216;The Archives — widely known for being featured in the 2004 Nicolas Cage movie, &#8216;National Treasure&#8221; is one of the weirder asides I&#8217;ve seen in WaPo. Maybe say it&#8217;s best known as the home of the Declaration and Constitution. But Nic Cage?&#8221; Michael Jacobs added.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;The Archives — widely known for being featured in the 2004 Nicolas Cage movie, &#39;National Treasure&#39;” is one of the weirder asides I&#39;ve seen in WaPo. Maybe say it&#39;s best known as the home of the Declaration and Constitution. But Nic Cage?<a href="https://t.co/jsVvYHqonV">https://t.co/jsVvYHqonV</a> <a href="https://t.co/EyERODJPia">pic.twitter.com/EyERODJPia</a></p>
<p>&mdash; (((Michael Jacobs))) (@ChipJake) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChipJake/status/1563918537021857793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 28, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>NARA has previously contested the <a href="https://www.voanews.com/a/why-presidential-papers-don-t-belong-to-presidents-/6694170.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">possession of records</a> removed from the White House, arguing that presidential records belong to the United States government.</p>
<p>&#8220;Presidential records are the property of the United States government and are administered by the National Archives,&#8221; Meghan Ryan Guthorn, acting deputy chief operating officer of the agency explained. &#8220;So, all presidential papers, materials and records in the custody of the National Archives, whether donated, seized or governed by the Presidential Records Act, are owned by the federal government.&#8221;</p>
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“National Treasure” World Premiere – Red Carpet

WaPo References Disney Flick To Explain What The National Archives Are To Readers

WaPo References Disney's 'National Treasure' To Explain What The National Archives Are To Readers

Donald Trump

Mar-a-Lago

Nicolas Cage

Washington Post

<p>Former Disney star Dove Cameron won Best New Artist at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday and dedicated the honor to &#8220;all of the queer kids who don&#8217;t feel that they can take up space and inhabit the fullness of who they are.&#8221;</p>
<p>During her acceptance speech, the <a href="https://twitter.com/vmas/status/1564093066218295296?s=20&amp;t=d2hJ1NOrH5Qar2LL9R2PyA">26-year-old pop singer/actress</a> thanked fans for getting her &#8220;overtly queer song&#8221; &#8220;Boyfriend&#8221; on the airwaves.</p>
<p>&#8220;This is so wild to be up here with so many artists that I worship,&#8221; Cameron told the crowd at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. &#8220;These are some of my all-time favorite artists up here. This year has been so wild and I have no explanation for it, except for that I have you guys to thank. I know that.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I wanna dedicate this to all of the queer kids out there,&#8221; she added. &#8220;Who don&#8217;t feel that they can take up space and inhabit the fullness of who they are. Thank you for getting an overtly queer song on to mainstream radio. Thank you for supporting me for the person and artist that I am. I hope in that way, you&#8217;ve also given that privilege to yourself.&#8221;</p>
<p>In 2021, the Disney star came out as &#8220;super queer,&#8221; <a href="https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/dove-cameron-covers-gay-times-magazine-i-felt-like-i-wouldnt-be-accepted/">Gay Times</a> noted.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sending major congratulations your way, <a href="https://twitter.com/DoveCameron?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DoveCameron</a>! </p>
<p>Dove took home the moon person for Best New Artist at the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/VMAs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#VMAs</a>! <a href="https://t.co/yYRh9QyWCD">pic.twitter.com/yYRh9QyWCD</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Video Music Awards (@vmas) <a href="https://twitter.com/vmas/status/1564093066218295296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 29, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The former star of the Disney Channel show &#8220;Liv and Maddy&#8221; wasn&#8217;t the only person at the awards show Sunday to mention LGBTQ issues.</p>
<p>Actor Billy Eichner took the stage to introduce Panic! At The Disco and promote his upcoming gay rom-com. He then took a swipe at United States Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, calling him a &#8220;homophobe&#8221; and claiming that same-sex marriage is under attack.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/billyeichner?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@billyeichner</a> calls out Justice Clarence Thomas while promoting the first gay rom-com with an all openly LGBTQ+ cast:</p>
<p>“We need to show all the homophobes like Clarence Thomas and all the homophobes on the Supreme Court that we want gay love stories and we support LGBTQ people.” <a href="https://t.co/3Yro1VwcT9">pic.twitter.com/3Yro1VwcT9</a></p>
<p>&mdash; The Recount (@therecount) <a href="https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1564089675756732416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 29, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>&#8220;&#8230;We need to show all the homophobes like Clarence Thomas and all the homophobes on the Supreme Court that we want gay love stories and we support LGBTQ people,&#8221; Eichner told the MTV VMA crowd.</p>
<p>&#8220;And we are not letting them drag us back into the last century,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Because they are in the past and [his movie] is the future.&#8221;</p>
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<p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nobodys-perfect-disney-star-demi-lovato-explains-why-shes-going-back-to-she-her-pronouns">&#8216;Nobody&#8217;s Perfect&#8217;: Disney Star Demi Lovato Explains Why She&#8217;s Going Back To &#8216;She/Her&#8217; Pronouns</a></strong></p>


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‘Overtly Queer’: Former Disney Star Dedicates MTV Award To ‘All Of The Queer Kids’

Former Disney Star Dove Cameron Dedicates MTV Award To ‘All Of The Queer Kids’

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<p>Former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/disney" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Disney</a> star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/demi-lovato" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Demi Lovato</a> said her team took extreme measures to make her image “look thin,” which she said included barricading her into her hotel room once.</p>
<p>During the 30-year-old actress&#8217; Tuesday appearance on the “Call Her Daddy” <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/0z8lON88xftN1xP161drGS?si=SFPVKg9DSjScHuYGM4xpig">podcast</a> with Alex Cooper, the host asked Lovato in what ways her management team was “controlling her life” from “18 to 25.”  The superstar said that when “someone” came into the picture every aspect of her life “was controlled,” including what she was allowed to eat, which she said ultimately lead to her near-fatal overdose in July 2018.</p>
<p>“It became controlling around my food and for someone in recovery from an eating disorder, that&#8217;s so dangerous,” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/survivors-guilt-disney-star-demi-lovato-talks-sobriety-battle-and-rough-time-after-overdose">Lovato</a> shared. “It actually exacerbated my eating disorder to the point where I became bulimic again. From 2016 to 2018 I was dealing with that.”</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Demi Lovato opens up to Alex Cooper from ‘Call Her Daddy’ about the abuse they endured from their old manager that led to their relapse in 2018. <a href="https://t.co/Dc3kAs969i">pic.twitter.com/Dc3kAs969i</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Buzzing Pop (@BuzzingPop) <a href="https://twitter.com/BuzzingPop/status/1562293483905421312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 24, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>“I&#8217;ve never talked about this before but there was one time when I had binged and purged one night,” she added. “I came clean to my team and said, ‘Hey this happened.’ You know I snuck out of my hotel room because they didn&#8217;t let me have phones in my hotel rooms because they didn&#8217;t want me to call room service.”</p>
<p>“I didn&#8217;t have food in my hotel room, like snacks in the mini bar, because they didn&#8217;t want me to eat the snacks,” the singer continued. “After I told them what had happened, my security guard walked by my room, or was made aware that they had built, they&#8217;d like barricaded me into my hotel room. They&#8217;d put furniture outside of my door so that I couldn&#8217;t get out and sneak out and eat if I wanted to. So it was that level of controlling when it came to my food, which just made my eating disorder worse.”</p>
<p>The “Sober” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/you-call-me-they-but-im-still-daddys-girl-demi-lovato-confuses-twitter-with-pronouns-again">hitmaker</a> said in 2017 things got worse and she said she knew she needed to go back to treatment to “get help.” But this same controlling person on her team told her, “‘You&#8217;re not sick enough.’” That was his way of saying, ‘No, you&#8217;re not going back to treatment because that&#8217;ll look bad on me.’ So I didn&#8217;t. I didn&#8217;t go back into treatment.”</p>
<p>Lovato explained how at that point, she “felt trapped” and decided the only way she could “get out” was to overdose and blow “everything up,” which is exactly what happened in 2018.</p>
<p>“You know, less than a year later I ended up overdosing,” the “Heart Attack” hitmaker said. “And so I think it was like, I felt trapped. I felt like I couldn&#8217;t get out of this situation. And my way of blowing everything up was relapsing on drugs and alcohol. Because they always said, ‘If you use, we&#8217;re out,’ and I was like, alright, time to get out. Bye.”</p>
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‘Barricaded Me Into My Hotel Room’: Former Disney Star Says Her Team Went To Extreme Measures To Make Her ‘Look Thin’

Former Disney Star Says Her Team Went To Extreme Measures To Make Her ‘Look Thin’

<p>Disney voice star Irene Bedard is reportedly in trouble with the law again after being arrested in Xenia, Ohio, for disorderly conduct on August 19.</p>
<p>The 55-year-old actress, known for her work in such movies as “Pocahontas” and “Ralph Breaks the Internet,” reportedly got into an argument with another woman before Bedard “walked out into the street screaming, without any regard for traffic,” according to a police report obtained by <a href="https://people.com/movies/irene-bedard-voice-of-disney-pocahontas-arrested-for-disorderly-conduct-in-ohio/">People magazine</a>.</p>
<p>In the report from the Xenia Police Division, “as [Bedard] spoke, there was a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage on her breath.”</p>
<p>“When asked if she drank anything today, she said that she didn&#8217;t,” <a href="https://www.eonline.com/news/1343233/disney-s-pocahontas-star-irene-bedard-arrested-for-disorderly-conduct?content=organic&amp;medium=link-post&amp;source=twitter-enews&amp;cmpid=social">E! News</a> noted about the report it obtained. “But, she did say that she drank a whole bottle of vodka yesterday.”</p>
<p>The officer wrote that they “attempted to try to get her to give” them a “name of someone who could come and care for her,” but she refused. The report also said police “offered to take her to the hospital,” but the star said “the hospital wouldn&#8217;t help her.”</p>
<p>The “Smoke Signals” star reportedly told police that her pal, Sheila Johnson, was trying to help Bedard into her “studio,” though she couldn&#8217;t locate her keys.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Disney&#39;s Pocahontas Star Irene Bedard Arrested for Disorderly Conduct <a href="https://t.co/L3X85bIy9f">https://t.co/L3X85bIy9f</a></p>
<p>&mdash; E! News (@enews) <a href="https://twitter.com/enews/status/1562242643387895811?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 24, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The report also stated that the actress was calm at points, though her “emotions changed rapidly” and she would become upset — even crying — while talking to the police.</p>
<p>It also read that, at one point, Johnson tried to give the name of someone they could call for Bedard, but the latter “yelled that she didn&#8217;t want that person called and ran away from us screaming.”</p>
<p>The report from the officer explained that Irene got angry at them “about a previous incident where she said the police didn&#8217;t help her.” It also claimed the star “backed into a large glass window as she continued” to yell at authorities. Police said Bedard was then placed under arrest after it was determined that there was no one else to call on Irene&#8217;s behalf, E! News noted.</p>
<p>“While escorting Irene to my cruiser, she became dead weight and had to be held up,” the officer added, E! News noted. “Due to Irene&#8217;s uncooperativeness, I transported her directly to the Greene County Jail.”</p>
<p>Bedard was previously arrested twice in 2020 over a three-day period, <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2020/12/02/pocahontas-voice-actor-irene-bedard-arrested-disorderly-conduct/">TMZ</a> reported. The first time, she was reportedly booked on several charges, including assault and domestic violence, before she was out on bond. The second time, she was reportedly booked for disorderly conduct before she was released again.</p>
<p>Her arraignment has been set for August 29.</p>
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Film Actress In Trouble With The Law Again After Being Arrested For Disorderly Conduct: Report

Film Actress Irene Bedard In Trouble With The Law Again After Being Arrested For Disorderly Conduct: Report

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