As soon as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gina-carano">Gina Carano</a> saw one of the world’s richest men post this message on X, formerly known as Twitter, she knew the time had come to take her fight to court:
<blockquote>If you were unfairly treated by your employer due to posting or liking something on this platform, we will fund your legal bill. No limit. Please let us know.</blockquote>
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If you were unfairly treated by your employer due to posting or liking something on this platform, we will fund your legal bill.
No limit. 
Please let us know.
&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1688022163574439937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 6, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Almost no one in the country has a clearer or higher-profile claim to Elon Musk’s offer than the actress who became a breakout star on Disney’s hit Star Wars series, “The Mandalorian.”
In 2020, when Carano began sharing political opinions criticizing COVID mask mandates and poking good-natured fun at online bullies who demand others state their preferred pronouns, the studio forced her to undergo <a href="https://fandomwire.com/i-feel-like-thats-extremely-abusive-gina-carano-claims-lucasfilm-ordered-her-to-watch-trans-documentaries-attend-zoom-call-with-45-lgbtq-members/">reeducation training</a>. But when she suggested that Holocaust-era hatred might provide a cautionary tale for America’s increasing atmosphere of intolerance and division, the company fired her.
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“They just dehumanized me,” said Carano.
In our interview for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/podcasts/morning-wire/border-bill-fails-nevada-primary-result-afternoon-update-2-7-24" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Morning Wire</a>, Carano speaks in soft tones that belie the tough fights — both <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Lc9eWglEI8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">literal</a> and <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/actress-gina-carano-defies-hollywood-vaccine-mandate-non-union-project-1639076" target="_blank" rel="noopener">figurative</a> — she’s been willing to take on over the course of her career.
“Basically, what Disney and Lucasfilm said to the rest of [the industry], is, ‘Hey, don&#8217;t work with this person.’ And, you know, who&#8217;s not gonna listen to Disney, the most powerful entertainment company in the world?”
Ironically, <a href="https://nypost.com/2021/02/11/see-gina-caranos-tweets-and-posts-that-got-her-fired/">the 2021 post</a> that proved to be Carano’s undoing was a screenshot of a meme meant to encourage acceptance of one another’s differences. Below an historical image of a gang of Nazi youngsters attacking a bloodied and fleeing Jewish woman, the caption read: 
<blockquote>Jews were beaten in the streets, not by Nazi soldiers but by their neighbors…. even by children. Because history is edited, most people today don’t realize that to get to the point where Nazi soldiers could easily round up thousands of Jews, the government first made their own neighbors hate them simply for being Jews. How is that any different than hating someone for their political views?</blockquote>
Disney wildly mischaracterized the post, calling it “abhorrent and unacceptable,” claiming Carano had “denigrat[ed] people based on their cultural and religious identities.” But worse, Carano says news outlets like <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/11/arts/television/gina-carano-lucasfilm.html?smtyp=cur&amp;smid=tw-nytimes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Times</a> dutifully spread the company’s false narrative. 
“When I was going through it, I was like, ‘These people are telling such lies. How are they getting away with this?’” the former MMA fighter wondered. “The media was sick at that time. They would just try to twist everything that I posted into something racist. And it&#8217;s really been kind of humorous now, because people are waking up, and they&#8217;re like, ‘wait a second, what did she say?’”
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Yet, for three years, Carano, who starred in the Daily Wire’s “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/videos/terror-on-the-prairie" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Terror On The Prairie</a>,” lacked the resources to counter the destructive message Disney had peddled about her, making it next to impossible for her to find work in mainstream Hollywood.
“I had to, you know, completely move my life out of California and [the question] was, where am I going to put my funds? In trying to battle Disney for years and years? Or am I going to just try to restart my life? I had spoken to some lawyers, and they said how expensive it was going to be. And I was like, oh my gosh, well, I need to get stable and in a safe place first.” 
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Musk’s willingness to foot the legal bill for anyone who had a legitimate discrimination claim changed her timeline. 
As soon as she saw it, she reached out to X executives and almost immediately heard back from lawyers asking for more information. Carano sent over her story, including a detailed timeline, email records, and text communications she’d kept from her time working on &#8220;The Mandalorian.&#8221; Then she held her breath for the short time it took them to reply back, “Yes, we want to take this on.”
If successful, Carano’s suit, filed February 6 in a California federal court, will force Lucasfilm to recast her and compensate her for lost wages. And she doesn’t believe she’ll be the last wrongful termination complainant Disney will face, especially given that Musk put out a <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1755007753289134162?s=46&amp;t=mc2vHozZJYYzru9DdSGqTQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">second call</a> urging other current and former Mouse House employees to come forward if they believe the company has discriminated against them.
“I think [the lawyers X has provided to pursue cases against Disney] are probably getting flooded,” Carano says. “There’s needed to be a reckoning in that company, I believe, for a long time. Because for a long time, it&#8217;s been like, ‘Well, we&#8217;re Disney. We&#8217;re Lucasfilm. You should just be honored to be here. And that kind of mentality really led to disrespect of people from every single department, not just actors … And everybody who&#8217;s worked in that company knows that there&#8217;s a problem, and it needs to be fixed.”
So far, Disney executives are staying as quiet as mice about Carano’s allegations, with CEO Bob Iger saying he has <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/bob-iger-gina-carano-mandalorian-lawsuit-1235818809/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">no comment</a>.
But X is making it clear it’s in the actress’ corner for the long haul. The same day Carano filed her suit, Joe Benarroch, the platform’s head of business operations, made this statement to <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/gina-carano-sues-disney-mandalorian-firing-lawsuit-elon-musk-1235817466/">The Hollywood Reporter</a>: “As a sign of X Corp’s commitment to free speech, we’re proud to provide financial support for Gina Carano’s lawsuit, empowering her to seek vindication of her free speech rights on X and the ability to work without bullying, harassment, or discrimination.”
One thing is certain: If Musk and Carano are successful, it could have huge implications for the entertainment industry. And for the First Amendment rights of all American workers.

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Gina And Elon Fight The Power In Hollywood

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Our friend Gina Carano, whom The Daily Wire hired after Disney fired her from “The Mandalorian” for the great sin of saying that people should not dehumanize one another, is suing The Walt Disney Company.
Gina was fired from “The Mandalorian” after she posted a meme saying, essentially, that othering can end with murder. I thought that was a mainstream point of view, but Disney fired her. So, we hired her and she was in “Terror on the Prairie,” a big win for all involved.
According to <a href="https://deadline.com/2024/02/gina-carano-sues-disney-mandalorian-1235816821/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Deadline Hollywood</a>:
<blockquote>Three years after ex-MMA fighter <a href="https://deadline.com/2021/02/mandalorian-gina-carano-lucas-film-responds-to-controversial-statement-1234691898/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Carano was axed by the then Bob Chapek-run Disney</a> for comparing the political climate in America to Nazi Germany, Carano on Tuesday sued Disney and Star Wars shingle <a href="https://deadline.com/tag/lucasfilm/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lucasfilm</a> for dropping her from the bounty-hunter series – and the X/Tesla owner is paying for her lawyers.</blockquote>
Elon is paying for her lawyers.
I love it.
According to <a href="https://www.starwarsnewsnet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GinaCarano-v-Disney.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the complaint</a> filed in federal court:
<blockquote>A short time ago in a galaxy not so far away, Defendants made it clear that only one orthodoxy in thought, speech, or action was acceptable in their empire, and that those who dared to question or failed to fully comply would not be tolerated. And so it was with Carano. &#8230; The rule of law still reigns over the Defendants’ empire … and Carano has returned to demand that they be held accountable for their bullying, discriminatory, and retaliatory actions — actions that inflicted not only substantial emotional harm, but millions of dollars in lost income.</blockquote>
You&#8217;ll recall that it was in February 2021, not long after she had been in “The Mandalorian,” that Lucasfilm put out a <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/mandalorian-star-gina-carano-out-lucasfilms-after-abhorrent-social-media-n1257429" target="_blank" rel="noopener">scathing statement</a> on their business with her: “Gina Carano is not currently employed by Lucasfilm and there are no plans for her to be in the future. Nevertheless, her social media posts denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities are abhorrent and unacceptable.”
By the way, there was no social media post denigrating anyone based on cultural or religious identity at all.
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“Defendants also discriminated against Carano by treating her differently from her male co-stars who also made public, political statements on social media,” the lawsuit states.
That is absolutely true. Pedro Pascal, who is the star of “The Mandalorian,” put out a meme basically about how illegal immigrants were being held in detention facilities like concentration camps.
He put out that tweet — nothing.
“Her male co-stars were not disciplined, let alone terminated in a way to destroy their careers even though some would find their statements ‘abhorrent,’” the lawsuit states. The lawsuit notes Pascal’s statements as well as guest star Mark Hamill comparing Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler.
So Carano is amplifying all that. And then Elon Musk <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1754956541252263941" target="_blank" rel="noopener">put out</a> a statement <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-offers-more-legal-support-for-anyone-discriminated-against-by-disney-as-gina-carano-is-cheered-for-her-lawsuit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a>, “Please let us know if you would like to join the lawsuit against Disney.”
Revenge is best served cold.
Elon tweeted, <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1755007753289134162" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a>, “If you were discriminated against by Disney or its subsidiaries (ABC, ESPN, Marvel, etc), just reply to this post to receive legal support,” because he received from an anonymous source evidence that showed Disney general entertainment content and inclusion standards that looked like they violated basic civil rights law and seemed to create all sorts of racist hiring practices.
People are going to take him up on that. I would not be surprised to see Disney sued from a thousand different directions over that because DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion) must, in fact, die.
Elon is doing God&#8217;s work on that one.

Gina Carano Sues Disney. Elon Does God’s Work, Pays For Her Lawyers

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After actress Gina Carano <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gina-carano-sues-disney-after-elon-musk-offers-legal-help" target="_blank" rel="noopener">filed a wrongful termination lawsuit</a> against Disney on Tuesday with support from Tesla and X owner Elon Musk, the tech billionaire has offered legal help to anyone “discriminated against by Disney or its subsidiaries.”
Carano <a href="https://twitter.com/ginacarano/status/1754952279646437655" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> on X on Tuesday that her lawsuit, filed in the U.S. federal court for the Central District of California, was prompted in part by an offer from Musk who said in August of last year that X would fund the legal bill of anyone who was “unfairly treated by your employer due to posting or liking something on this platform.” The “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/videos/terror-on-the-prairie">Terror on the Prairie</a>” actress’ lawsuit was cheered by many people, especially conservatives who have long called out Disney’s leftward drift.
Musk <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1755007753289134162" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> on Tuesday evening offering legal support for anyone who has faced discrimination from the media giant. “If you were discriminated against by Disney or its subsidiaries (ABC, ESPN, Marvel, etc), just reply to this post to receive legal support,” he wrote.
The X owner’s post was a follow-up to a previous post in which he pointed to an ABC chart reportedly sent to showrunners, including producers at Disney, that listed its so-called &#8220;inclusion standards.&#8221; Musk called the standards “institutionalized racism and sexism.”
The inclusion chart, which was <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/abc-unveils-ambitious-set-of-inclusion-standards-exclusive-4069409/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> on by The Hollywood Reporter in September 2020, sought to increase the inclusion of “Underrepresented Groups” in both on-screen and behind-the-scenes roles. The chart pushed the company to meet inclusion quotas, such as requiring that “50% or more of regular and recurring written characters come from Underrepresented Groups” and “50% or more of regular and recurring actors come from Underrepresented Groups.”
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An anonymous source just sent me this from Disney. It is mandatory, institutionalized racism and sexism! <a href="https://t.co/npMy8YfA1j">pic.twitter.com/npMy8YfA1j</a>
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Carano’s <a href="https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24410222/gina-carano-disney.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lawsuit</a> alleges that she was wrongfully terminated, losing millions of dollars in income, and seeks to force Lucasfilm to recast her. The actress was axed by Disney in 2021 after she posted a screenshot of another social media post that warned of the current political climate resembling Nazi Germany.
Her post read, “Jews were beaten in the streets, not by Nazi soldiers but by their neighbors…even by children. Because history is edited, most people today don’t realize that to get to the point where Nazi soldiers could easily round up thousands of Jews, the government first made their own neighbors hate them simply for being Jews. How is that any different from hating someone for their political views?”
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Disney faced massive backlash for its actions against Carano, while some of the actress’s fellow castmates <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gina-caranos-former-mandalorian-co-star-speaks-up-for-her-calls-cancel-culture-baffling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defended</a> her “gracious” character. Shortly after the high-profile termination, The Daily Wire announced that it had partnered with the former mixed martial artist for a movie deal that resulted in the feature film “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/videos/terror-on-the-prairie" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Terror on the Prairie</a>,” which premiered in June 2022.
“Today is an important day for me–I am filing a lawsuit against @lucasfilm &amp; @Disney,” Carano wrote in her announcement of the lawsuit against Disney. “After my 20 years of building a career from scratch, and during the regime of former Disney CEO Bob Chapek, Lucasfilm made this statement on Twitter, terminating me from The Mandalorian: ‘Gina Carano is not currently employed by Lucasfilm &amp; there are no plans for her to be in the future. Nevertheless, her social media posts denigrating people based on their cultural &amp; religious identities are abhorrent &amp; unacceptable.’”
“Nothing could be further from the truth. The truth is I was being hunted down from everything I posted to every post I liked because I was not in line with the acceptable narrative of the time,” the actress continued. “My words were consistently twisted to demonize &amp; dehumanize me as an alt right wing extremist. It was a bullying smear campaign aimed at silencing, destroying &amp; making an example out of me.”
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Today is an important day for me&#8211;I am filing a lawsuit against <a href="https://twitter.com/Lucasfilm?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@lucasfilm</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/Disney?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Disney</a>   After my 20 years of building a career from scratch, and during the regime of former Disney CEO Bob Chapek, Lucasfilm made this statement on Twitter, terminating me from The Mandalorian: “Gina…
&mdash; Gina Carano 🕯 (@ginacarano) <a href="https://twitter.com/ginacarano/status/1754952279646437655?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 6, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Elon Musk Offers More Legal Support For Anyone ‘Discriminated Against By Disney’ As Gina Carano Is Cheered For Her Lawsuit

Elon Musk Offers More Legal Support For Anyone 'Discriminated Against By Disney' As Gina Carano Is Cheered For Her Lawsuit

Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI)

Gina Carano filed a lawsuit against Disney on Tuesday, three years after the entertainment giant <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disney-cancels-gina-carano-over-tweets-while-ignoring-far-worse-from-others" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cut ties</a> with the star actress from its “Star Wars” spinoff show “The Mandalorian” after what it deemed “offensive” social media posts.
Carano <a href="https://twitter.com/ginacarano/status/1754952279646437655" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> on X on Tuesday that her lawsuit, filed in the U.S. federal court for the Central District of California, was prompted in part by an offer from Elon Musk. The billionaire entrepreneur <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1688022163574439937" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in August of last year that X would fund the legal bill of anyone who was “unfairly treated by your employer due to posting or liking something on this platform.” The <a href="https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24410222/gina-carano-disney.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lawsuit</a> alleges that Carano was wrongfully terminated, losing millions of dollars in income, and seeks to force Lucasfilm to recast her.
Musk responded to Carano&#8217;s post, writing, &#8220;Please let us know if you would like to join the lawsuit against Disney.&#8221;
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Please let us know if you would like to join the lawsuit against Disney <a href="https://t.co/FnMxhUQvVA">https://t.co/FnMxhUQvVA</a>
&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1754956541252263941?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 6, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The actress was axed by Disney after she <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gina-carano-to-produce-and-star-in-upcoming-film-for-the-daily-wire" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> a screenshot of another social media post that warned of the current political climate resembling Nazi Germany. Her post read, “Jews were beaten in the streets, not by Nazi soldiers but by their neighbors…even by children. Because history is edited, most people today don’t realize that to get to the point where Nazi soldiers could easily round up thousands of Jews, the government first made their own neighbors hate them simply for being Jews. How is that any different from hating someone for their political views?”
Disney faced massive backlash for its actions against Carano, while some of the actress’s fellow castmates <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gina-caranos-former-mandalorian-co-star-speaks-up-for-her-calls-cancel-culture-baffling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defended</a> her “gracious” character. Shortly after the high-profile termination, The Daily Wire announced that it had partnered with the former mixed martial artist for a movie deal that resulted in the feature film “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/videos/terror-on-the-prairie" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Terror on the Prairie</a>,” which premiered in June 2022.
“Today is an important day for me&#8211;I am filing a lawsuit against @lucasfilm &amp; @Disney,” Carano wrote in her announcement of the lawsuit against Disney. “After my 20 years of building a career from scratch, and during the regime of former Disney CEO Bob Chapek, Lucasfilm made this statement on Twitter, terminating me from The Mandalorian: ‘Gina Carano is not currently employed by Lucasfilm &amp; there are no plans for her to be in the future. Nevertheless, her social media posts denigrating people based on their cultural &amp; religious identities are abhorrent &amp; unacceptable.’”
“Nothing could be further from the truth. The truth is I was being hunted down from everything I posted to every post I liked because I was not in line with the acceptable narrative of the time,” the actress continued. “My words were consistently twisted to demonize &amp; dehumanize me as an alt right wing extremist. It was a bullying smear campaign aimed at silencing, destroying &amp; making an example out of me.”
Her post <a href="https://twitter.com/ginacarano/status/1754952279646437655" target="_blank" rel="noopener">continued</a>:
“The thing is I never even used aggressive language. I shared thought provoking quotes, pictures, memes &amp; occasionally I used my own words, not with aggression but with respect &amp; the occasional comedy to keep the mood light in dark times.”
“Look with your own eyes at what I posted and ask yourself, for example, where did I compare Republicans to the Jewish people in the holocaust? I didn’t. Ask yourself why they were calling me a racist, was there any merit behind that or history of it whatsoever? No. Look at why I was called a transphobe&#8211;for making droid noises from Star Wars? ‘Beep, bop, boop’ was obviously directed to the online bullies and did not in any way denigrate transgender people.”
“Were my questions about masks, lockdowns &amp; forced vaccines ok to ask &amp; push the subject into the light? Should we have been allowed to publicly discuss those topics at that time without being harassed or censored? Absolutely.”
“Hollywood says they support female representation &amp; equal rights. Why then were my male co-stars permitted to speak without harassment &amp; re-education courses or termination, but I was not afforded the same right to exercise my freedom of speech.”
“Artists do not sign away our rights as American citizens when we enter into employment. I have spoken to all my co-stars since I was fired &amp; there is nothing but care and kind words between us. I respect their right to free speech &amp; do not have to think the same on every issue to be their friends &amp; work with them &amp; I know they feel the same towards me.”
“A couple months ago @ElonMusk tweeted that if you had been fired from using the platform (X) for exercising your right to free speech, he would like to offer these people legal representation. Quite the noble offer, but never in my wildest dreams would I have thought anyone would take on my case against Lucasfilm/Disney. Still, I did respond back &#8216;I think I qualify&#8217; &amp; thousands of people agreed&#8211;but I did not expect anything.”
“To my surprise, a few months ago I received an email from a lawyer who had been hired by X to look into my story &amp; many others. Turns out after sending them as much information as I could gather these past few months, my now lawyers &amp; X believe whole-heartedly in my case &amp; are moving forward.”
“I would like to express my deepest gratitude &amp; thank you to @ElonMusk &amp; @X for giving me an opportunity to bring my case to light.”
“As for me, I would love to pick up where I left off &amp; continue my journey of creating &amp; participating in story-telling, which is my utmost passion &amp; everything I worked so hard for. It has been difficult to move forward with the lies &amp; labels stuck on me, backed &amp; encouraged by the most powerful entertainment company in the world. I am grateful someone has come to my defense in such a powerful way &amp; look forward to clearing my name.”
“Thank you to all the people who have supported me &amp; made your voices heard. I pray God blesses each &amp; every one of you.”

Gina Carano Sues Disney After Elon Musk Offers Legal Help

In 2020, Rachel Zegler, currently starring as Snow White in the upcoming live-action film version of the story, ripped actress Gina Carano for writing “beep/bop/boop” in her Twitter bio after people online demanded Carano list her pronouns.
“I won’t put pronouns in my bio to show my support for trans lives. After months of harassing me in every way. I decided to put 3 VERY controversial words in my bio.. beep/bop/boop,” Carano explained. “I&#8217;m not against trans lives at all. They need to find less abusive representation.”
Zegler tweeted, “Don’t make fun of pronouns,” catalyzing her followers to attack Carano.
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Here is Rachel Zegler sending her stan army to bully Gina Carano. <a href="https://t.co/dVI9tJ2h7Z">pic.twitter.com/dVI9tJ2h7Z</a>
&mdash; Dataracer (@Dataracer117) <a href="https://twitter.com/Dataracer117/status/1407470142154579969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 22, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Zegler made it clear she was referring to Carano by adding, “It’s a fun time to remind you all to love Pedro Pascal.” Pascal was Carano’s co-star on “The Mandalorian” before Disney fired Carano. Pascal did use pronouns in his Twitter bio.
Carano <a href="https://boundingintocomics.com/2023/08/17/gina-carano-calls-out-rachel-zeglers-hypocrisy-after-snow-white-actress-engaged-in-hate-campaign-against-her/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">got even</a> this week, responding to Zegler after Zegler wrote on Twitter, “I hope the world becomes kinder.”
Zegler’s tweet came in response to the harsh criticism leveled at her for referring to the Prince in the Snow White story as a “stalker” and declaring that the fairy tale was not a love story.
Carano replied with a GIF from “Schitts Creek” of a character tapping her screen to trigger the word “boop.”
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<a href="https://t.co/tQSTzxC3qY">https://t.co/tQSTzxC3qY</a> <a href="https://t.co/b5cK4psdSd">pic.twitter.com/b5cK4psdSd</a>
&mdash; Gina Carano 🕯 (@ginacarano) <a href="https://twitter.com/ginacarano/status/1691948987606286661?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 16, 2023</a></blockquote>
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That reportedly prompted Zegler to<a href="https://youtu.be/c9RPDBbhXdM" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> block her</a>.
Zegler had said about the Snow White story:
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I mean, you know, the original cartoon came out in 1937, and very evidently so. There’s a big focus on her love story with a guy who literally stalks her. Weird! Weird. So we didn’t do that this time. We have a different approach to what I’m sure a lot of people will assume is a love story just because, like we cast a guy in the movie …  It’s one of those things that I think everyone’s going to have their assumptions about what it’s actually going to be, but it’s really not about the love story at all, which is really, really wonderful.
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 In February 2021, Disney cut Carano from her role on “The Mandalorian” they had <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/final-straw-hollywood-reporter-sources-say-disney-wanted-to-fire-carano-in-november" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> been planning for months over right-wing views Carano had expressed over social media. Two days later, Carano and The Daily Wire announced a new partnership.
“The Daily Wire is helping make one of my dreams — to develop and produce my own film — come true. I cried out and my prayer was answered,&#8221; Carano said in a statement. &#8220;I am sending out a direct message of hope to everyone living in fear of cancellation by the totalitarian mob. I have only just begun using my voice which is now freer than ever before, and I hope it inspires others to do the same. They can’t cancel us if we don’t let them.&#8221;
Daily Wire co-founder and Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro pointed out, “Social movements have consequences, and we are now in the middle of a mass social movement to expel half of the American population from the body politic &#8230; It is not about an honest attempt to cleanse the culture. It is not about an honest attempt to have discussion or conversation. It is about, can we wrong-foot you so that we have an excuse to say that your entire career has been completely and utterly garbage and that you are a bad person, and so we feel good about excising you from the body politic. That’s all that is happening right now in the culture, and that is a big deal.”

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The list of people punished for sharing the “wrong” opinion on social media keeps growing.
<a href="https://nypost.com/2023/08/05/nascars-noah-gragson-suspended-after-liking-george-floyd-meme/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NASCAR just suspended driver Noah Gragson</a> for “liking” a cruel meme tied to George Floyd, the black man whose 2020 death following a police encounter sparked protests and riots nationwide.
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NASCAR’s Noah Gragson suspended after reportedly liking George Floyd meme <a href="https://t.co/XTow5f0duW">https://t.co/XTow5f0duW</a> <a href="https://t.co/Xsxrxv3B65">pic.twitter.com/Xsxrxv3B65</a>
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It’s part of the New Normal, where select views (either unkind or deemed politically unacceptable) crush someone’s career. Ask Justine Sacco how that works. Her 2013 cancellation over a <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2955322/Justine-Sacco-reveals-destroyed-life-racist-tweet-trip-Africa.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bleakly comic Tweet</a> is considered a pivotal point in modern culture.
Now, <a href="https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/elon-musk-elton-john-twitter-misinformation/">Elon Musk</a> wants to do something about it.
The man who oversees X (formerly Twitter) vowed to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-vows-to-go-to-war-against-companies-that-punish-employees-for-activity-on-x" target="_blank" rel="noopener">battle on behalf of those unfairly punished</a> for their social media views.
<blockquote>“If you were unfairly treated by your employer due to posting or liking something on this platform, we will fund your legal bill,” Musk said. “No limit. Please let us know… and we won’t just sue, it will be extremely loud and we will go after the boards of directors of the companies too.”</blockquote>
Musk is one of the world’s richest people, but even his deep pockets could take a hit from the declaration. Many people have faced punishment for their digital actions. The cases we hear about likely represent the tip of the proverbial iceberg.
One of the most prominent victims of social media culture quickly weighed in on the matter.
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I think I qualify. ☺️ <a href="https://t.co/t2MryUFLtS">https://t.co/t2MryUFLtS</a>
&mdash; Gina Carano 🕯 (@ginacarano) <a href="https://twitter.com/ginacarano/status/1688041994952814592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 6, 2023</a></blockquote>
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She does, of course.
Even the <a href="https://movieweb.com/why-gina-carano-deserves-to-return-to-star-wars/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">liberal film site MovieWeb said as much.</a>
The “<a href="https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/terror-on-the-prairie-montana-shoot/">Terror on the Prairie</a>” star lost her gig on Disney+’s “The Mandalorian” because her <a href="https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2022/01/19/excerpt_how_mma_fighter-turned-action_star_gina_carano_punched_back_at_hollywoods_cancel_culture_812507.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">social media views didn’t align with her woke bosses</a>. Carano questioned pandemic lockdown protocols, poked fun at 21st century pronoun use and, infamously, compared elements of modern culture to 1930s Germany.
<blockquote>“Jews were beaten in the streets, not by Nazi soldiers but by their neighbors…even by children. Because history is edited, most people today don’t realize that to get to the point where Nazi soldiers could easily round up thousands of Jews, the government first made their own neighbors hate them for simply being Jews. How is that any different from hating someone for their political views?”</blockquote>
Her co-star, Pedro Pascal, <a href="https://nypost.com/2021/02/11/fans-raise-pedro-pascal-tweets-amid-gina-carano-firing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">also made Nazi comparisons</a> on social media, but in a much crueler fashion. He kept his gig. Disney fired Carano (who was promptly offered a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gina-carano-to-produce-and-star-in-upcoming-film-for-the-daily-wire">deal with The Daily Wire</a>).
It’s also noteworthy that many people post cruel messages brimming with threats and never face punishment by their employers.
Why?
They’re often shared by liberals, for starters. The former owners of Twitter gave preferential treatment to progressive voices while punishing right-leaning views.
<a href="https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/aclu-silent-on-mcinnes-free-speech-lawsuit-twitter-files/">The Twitter Files</a> confirmed that reality.
Most social media platforms today lean to the Left, and it shows in what views they punish and which ones are allowed to bloom.
Another reason social media giants ignore hateful comments? The user’s targets are conservative. It explains why <a href="https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/disney-cancel-bette-midler-hocus-pocus-2/">Bette Midler remained gainfully employed by Disney+</a> despite a history of thuggish, indefensible Twitter commentary attacking GOP Sen. Rand Paul.
Musk’s promise will be difficult to keep.
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Holy smokes. YUGE <a href="https://t.co/2mYKJIfNjK">pic.twitter.com/2mYKJIfNjK</a>
&mdash; Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href="https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1688084906696695808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 6, 2023</a></blockquote>
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He may take on some higher-profile cases or move on to other efforts. His public persona is both funny and fickle.
This fight may be too large even for him.
Carano’s unfair dismissal would be a fine place to start, even if it can’t be won in a court of law. The American public needs to be reminded of how Disney fired her and why it remains the wrong decision.
It could prevent similar firings down the road. That would be a victory for both Musk and society.
Editor&#8217;s note: The Daily Wire and Gina Carano announced a partnership in February, 2021 — after which Carano <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gina-carano-to-produce-and-star-in-upcoming-film-for-the-daily-wire" target="_blank" rel="noopener">produced and starred</a> in the film &#8220;Terror on the Prairie.&#8221;
Christian Toto is an award-winning journalist, movie critic and editor of <a href="http://www.hollywoodintoto.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HollywoodInToto.com</a>. He previously served as associate editor with Breitbart News’ Big Hollywood. Follow him at <a href="https://twitter.com/HollywoodInToto?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@HollywoodInToto</a>. 
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disgustingly-abusive-gina-carano-defends-swim-champ-riley-gaines-after-attack-from-left-wing-campus-mob" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gina Carano</a> said &#8220;tears definitely flowed&#8221; while watching the emotional &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sound-of-freedom-tops-10m-in-box-office-presales" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sound of Freedom</a>&#8221; film and called on everyone to see the movie which deals with the horrors of human trafficking.
The 41-year-old actress <a href="https://twitter.com/ginacarano/status/1676732066829062144?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a> on Wednesday to her 1.2 million followers about the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/absolutely-appalling-jim-caviezel-slams-christian-bigotry-happening-around-the-world" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jim Caviezel</a>-led movie and urged people to support the film from Angel Studios — the company responsible for the popular faith-based television series &#8220;The Chosen.&#8221;
&#8220;Just got out of the movie theater where I watched [SoundofFreedom] by [AngelStudiosInc] starring [JimCaviezel] based on the true story of TimBallard,&#8221; Carano tweeted.
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Just got out of the movie theater where I watched <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SoundofFreedom?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SoundofFreedom</a> by <a href="https://twitter.com/AngelStudiosInc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AngelStudiosInc</a> starring <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/JimCaviezel?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#JimCaviezel</a> based on the true story of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TimBallard?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TimBallard</a> .
It is a movie that is speaking about one of the most important topics in the world today.. child slavery, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HumanTrafficking?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HumanTrafficking</a> 
I… <a href="https://t.co/6Np5rwNHVd">https://t.co/6Np5rwNHVd</a>
&mdash; Gina Carano 🕯 (@ginacarano) <a href="https://twitter.com/ginacarano/status/1676732066829062144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 5, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;It is a movie that is speaking about one of the most important topics in the world today&#8230; child slavery, [HumanTrafficking],&#8221; she added. &#8220;I was grateful to watch it in a theater full of other human beings. The theater was packed. It was a beautiful thing to see the support.&#8221;
&#8220;Tears definitely flowed throughout the film, with a heavy enlightening of what is happening in the world today but also with hope that this topic is finally gaining more traction and touching the hearts of people who can help make a difference,&#8221; Carano continued. &#8220;Maybe we all can just by becoming more aware. Support this movie. Go see it.&#8221;
Country superstar <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/john-rich-discusses-how-americans-can-fight-child-trafficking-touts-movie-every-parent-in-america-needs-to-watch" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John Rich</a> also took to Twitter to celebrate that the movie was &#8220;smashing box office expectations&#8221; amid reports that it was projected to score $20 million during its opening week.
&#8220;SoundOfFreedom is smashing box office expectations!&#8221; Rich tweeted. &#8220;That&#8217;s a GREAT thing to see. Please share this tweet, the link below is where you go to find theaters near you.&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SoundOfFreedom?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SoundOfFreedom</a> is smashing box office expectations! That’s a GREAT thing to see. Please share this tweet, the link below is where you go to find theaters near you👇 <a href="https://t.co/eMyM6nDmri">https://t.co/eMyM6nDmri</a>
&mdash; John Rich🇺🇸 (@johnrich) <a href="https://twitter.com/johnrich/status/1676219048621744129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 4, 2023</a></blockquote>
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In the film, Caviezel portrays Tim Ballard in the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sound-of-freedom-film-based-on-a-true-story-exposes-horror-of-human-trafficking" target="_blank" rel="noopener">true story</a> of a federal agent who quits his job and embarks on a dangerous mission to rescue a young girl from sex slavery in South America.
The movie opened in theaters in the U.S. on July 4th and took the number one spot at the domestic box office, beating out Disney&#8217;s highly-anticipated &#8220;Indiana Jones and The Dial of Destiny,&#8221; among others, <a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/date/2023-07-05/weekly/?sort=2023-07-04&amp;ref_=bo_da__resort#table" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Box Office Mojo</a> reported.
The film scored $14.2 million at the box office ($11.5 million at the direct box office combined with another $2.6 million from <a href="https://www.angel.com/pay-it-forward/sound-of-freedom?utm_medium=direct&amp;utm_source=angel-freedom&amp;utm_campaign=sound-of-freedom-theatrical" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PAY IT FORWARD</a> tickets sold), per a release from Angel Studios.
The box office report showed that &#8220;Sound of Freedom&#8221; grossed $14,242,063 after the movie&#8217;s opening on Tuesday while Disney&#8217;s &#8220;Indiana Jones&#8221; sequel, which opened on June 30, earned $11,698,989 from more than 4,000 theaters.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gina-carano-starts-trending-on-twitter-ahead-of-her-terror-on-the-prairie-premier-on-daily-wire" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gina Carano Starts Trending On Twitter Ahead Of Her &#8216;Terror On The Prairie&#8217; Premiere On Daily Wire</a>

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Actress and former mixed martial artist <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gina-carano" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gina Carano</a> came to the defense of champion collegiate swimmer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/riley-gaines" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Riley Gaines</a> after she was forced to barricade herself in a safe room to protect herself from a threatening crowd of students at <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/san-francisco" target="_blank" rel="noopener">San Francisco</a> State University.
Gaines, a recent University of Kentucky graduate who tied for fifth place with self-identified transgender swimmer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lia-thomas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lia Thomas</a> at the NCAA Championship last year, spent a harrowing night <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/swim-champ-riley-gaines-attacked-by-radical-trans-mob-forced-to-barricade" target="_blank" rel="noopener">barricaded</a> at the California school where she had been scheduled to deliver a talk for Turning Point USA. She reported on social media that she was “ambushed and physically hit twice by a man” as she attempted to leave the room.
Students demonstrating against Gaines shouted slogans such “trans rights are human rights” and demanded that she pay them in order to secure safe passage off of the campus.
Carano <a href="https://twitter.com/ginacarano/status/1644393765069783041" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> on social media that the campus leftists were entirely out of line for their attack against Gaines, a leading proponent of protecting female sports leagues from men who identify as women. “This is so disgustingly abusive and harmful and it is encouraging acts of violence against women,” Carano remarked. “These protestors cannot debate this with logic or words so they resort to bullying and violence. Cowards.”
Carano, who maintained a 7-1 record when she competed in mixed martial arts league Strikeforce, added that female sports leagues promote wellbeing among their participants and that permitting men to compete in the events could eliminate such opportunities.
“The knowledge that comes with training, the excitement of getting a college scholarship to go play for a team or go to the Olympics and compete on a fair stage, the ability to make money and support themselves, sponsorships, entire futures are built on women competing in sports,” she continued. “Even if someone doesn’t end up becoming a professional, just playing for a team in high school can be life changing.”
Rising backlash against opponents of radical gender theory comes as Republican governors and legislators advance bills to protect female sports leagues and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tennessee-gov-signs-bills-protecting-children-from-sex-change-procedures-drag-shows" target="_blank" rel="noopener">outlaw</a> sex change procedures for minors, noting the permanent damage that surgeries and cross-sex hormones can render upon patients. Other bills passed by Republican states prohibit sexually suggestive and explicit drag shows in public or near children.
Gaines presently <a href="https://www.iwf.org/people/riley-gaines/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">works</a> with the Independent Women’s Forum to raise awareness about the risks that the erosion of female spaces by radical gender theorists poses to women. The organization condemned the violence against Gaines and <a href="https://twitter.com/IWF/status/1644260315071127559" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lauded</a> the courage she demonstrated in order to advocate for “truth, science and common sense.”
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Carano, who starred in the film “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/videos/terror-on-the-prairie" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Terror on the Prairie</a>” released by The Daily Wire and Bonfire Legend last year, also warned that violence against women who support sports leagues protected from males is “going to get worse” unless more people “speak out.”
Gaines had started her speech on protecting female athletes from unfair competition when demonstrators burst into the room. She said she was assaulted while police escorted her to safety.
“The prisoners are running the asylum,” Gaines <a href="https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_/status/1644206766165737472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1644206766165737472%7Ctwgr%5E23b193cb150a4af57dabb18ada1c2f395ce2b48e%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Fswim-champ-riley-gaines-attacked-by-radical-trans-mob-forced-to-barricade" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on social media. “This is proof that women need sex-protected spaces. Still only further assures me I’m doing something right. When they want you silent, speak louder.”

‘Disgustingly Abusive’: Gina Carano Defends Swim Champ Riley Gaines After Attack From Left-Wing Campus Mob

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“Top Gun: Maverick” is the kind of smash people can’t stop talking about months after its release.
The box office receipts! The cool jets! A story so apolitical it’s … political! And yet a key player in the original franchise didn’t join Team “Maverick.”
Kelly McGillis.
She played the stoic instructor who melted over Pete “Maverick” Mitchell in the 1986 original. Yet while the sequel brought back Val Kilmer despite health woes that robbed him of his voice, McGillis didn’t get the nod.
Could it be that McGillis, in her early 60s now, is not as conventionally beautiful as she appeared in the original story? The actress explained in 2019 why <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/video/why-kelly-mcgillis-isn-t-174010220.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">she didn’t get the call</a>, taking it in good stride.
<blockquote>“I mean, I’m old and I’m fat, and I look age-appropriate for what my age is, and that is not what that whole scene is about.”</blockquote>
Why would Hollywood, and its female empowerment agenda, let that happen? Perhaps because the industry’s treatment of women isn’t nearly as woke as it wants us to think.
Consider the 2020 sequel “Bill &amp; Ted Face the Music.” The film reunited Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves, and early scenes in the film showed their characters with their respective brides. Said brides first appeared in the first “Bill &amp; Ted’s Excellent Adventure,” and the actresses in question are still very much alive — Diane Franklin (Princess Joanna) and Kimberley Kates (Princess Elizabeth).
Yet the studio behind the film hired younger starlets, Jayma Mays and Erinn Hayes, to play Joanna and Elizabeth, respectively.
Perhaps the most dramatic blast from inside Hollywood came from “The Mandalorian” standout Gina Carano. She gave the Disney+ show a jolt, but when she refused to self-censor her social media posts the Mouse House saw fit to fire her.
Her dismissal was more about politics than Carano’s gender, but an industry that believed in female empowerment wouldn’t have treated her so capriciously. It’s worth noting that none of Hollywood’s feminist heroines — like Scarlett Johansson, Alyssa Milano, or Kerry Washington — rallied to Carano’s defense.
The same held true for Roseanne Barr, who shattered a few glass ceilings with her blue-collar smash “Roseanne.” Barr’s 2018 Tweet against Obama senior advisor Valerie Jarrett, sent after the show’s reboot scored with audiences, was both gross and racially charged, but her pioneering efforts on behalf of female artists got pushed aside, in part, because Barr embraced Trump voters.
Once again, Hollywood feminists stood down.
The same feminists laid low when Tara Reade delivered a credible, and scary, account of then-Sen. Joe Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-accuser-tara-reade-willing-to-testify-under-oath-about-sexual-assault-allegation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">allegedly sexually assaulting her</a> when she worked for him in the early 1990s.
Even the horror genre, known for promoting female stars, has shown an ugly side.
The horror genre has been ahead of the curve on sexual politics, making the “Final Girl” trope an essential part of the business. Think Laurie Strode from the “Halloween” saga and Neve Campbell’s Sidney Prescott of the “Scream” saga.
Except Campbell is nowhere to be found in the newest “Scream” entry. She apparently wanted too much money, and the studio behind the film decided to slash her iconic role down to a quick mention. The actress, now 49, told People Magazine a male actor anchoring a profitable series would <a href="https://people.com/movies/neve-campbell-sad-to-leave-scream-6-but-couldnt-bear-feeling-undervalued-exclusive/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">have been treated differently.</a>
<blockquote>“I did not feel that what I was being offered equated to the value that I bring to this franchise, and have brought to this franchise, for 25 years … in my soul, I just couldn’t do that. I couldn’t walk on set feeling that — feeling undervalued and feeling the unfairness, or lack of fairness, around that.”</blockquote>
It IS show business, after all, but dismissing a franchise’s key player over a contract dispute seems, well, less than empowering.
The MeToo movement started and partially wrecked by Hollywood due to politics, was meant to not just stop serial predators but give women a better part of the Hollywood dream machine. Tell that to Mia Wasikowska, the in-demand star who pulled away from the industry in recent years.
She told the Sydney Morning Herald last year one reason why she <a href="https://www.smh.com.au/culture/movies/it-doesn-t-feel-worth-it-mia-wasikowska-on-hollywood-acting-and-her-next-move-20221215-p5c6na.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dialed back her work schedule.</a>
<blockquote>“I think you would be hard-pressed to find any young woman who hasn’t experienced a level of abuse or inappropriate experiences or behavior towards them.”</blockquote>
That isn’t a quote tied to the casting couch from another era. It’s not even hearkening back to Harvey Weinstein’s reign of terror in the 1990s. Wasikowska is 33 years old, and the allegations she’s making date back a few years, at best.
“Beverly Hills 90210” alum <a href="https://www.insider.com/shannen-doherty-says-actresses-with-botox-facelifts-fillers-arent-relatable-2021-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Shannen Doherty blasted the industry’s double standard</a> over looks two years ago, and her comments still smart today. She used her Instagram account to share how actresses feel the need to use Botox and other plastic surgery-style practices to stay forever young, while men are allowed to age, and wrinkle up, just as in years past.
<blockquote>“You know, women without fillers, without Botox, without a facelift. Women who embraced their face and all the experience it showed … I have lived. I love that I&#8217;ve lived and that my face reflects my life. I survived a lot yes cancer but more than that. I embrace me now. Finally. … I want to see women like me. Women like us.”</blockquote>
One star who thinks little of Hollywood’s new feminism is actress and <a href="https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/sue-costello-metoo-moonves-weinstein/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">comic Sue Costello</a>. The star of Fox’s “Costello” sitcom recently filed a lawsuit against Paramount Global Inc., formerly ViacomCBS Corporation, charging the company wouldn’t honor a contract for her to write and star in a TV project.
The twist? Costello responded to a call out from then-CBS head Les Moonves in 2017 seeking more female-driven projects. Costello met with Moonves, impressing him and leading to the deal in question.
Now, Costello is looking for a jury trial on the matter, declaring serial mistreatment including a physical attack.
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69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards – Arrivals

Hollywood’s Treatment Of Women Isn’t Nearly As Woke As It Wants Us To Think

Feminism

Actress Susan Sarandon, an ardent leftist during her professional life who routinely retweets other ardent leftists, posted a message on social media akin to the message that actress Gina Carano posted in early 2021 that got her canceled.
In early 2021, Carano, then starring in Disney’s “The Mandalorian,”  posted a message on Instagram to illustrate her feelings about the hate directed toward political conservatives. She posted a photo with the caption:
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Jews were beaten in the streets, not by Nazi soldiers but by their neighbors…even by children. Because history is edited, most people today don’t realize that to get to the point where Nazi soldiers could easily round up thousands of Jews, the government first made their own neighbors hate them simply for being Jews. How is that any different from hating someone for their political views?
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The very next day Lucasfilm <a href="https://gizmodo.com/gina-carano-is-no-longer-a-part-of-star-wars-1846244896">issued a statement</a> saying, “Gina Carano is not currently employed by Lucasfilm and there are no plans for her to be in the future. Nevertheless, her social media posts denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities are abhorrent and unacceptable.”
The same day, UTA<a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/the-mandalorian-star-gina-carano-fired-amid-social-media-controversy-4131168/"> dropped</a> Carano as a client.
Carano was fired on February 10, 2021. Two days after she was canceled, Carano <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gina-carano-to-produce-and-star-in-upcoming-film-for-the-daily-wire">announced a partnership</a> with The Daily Wire in a deal where she could produce and star in her own film.
“I cried out and my prayer was answered. I am sending out a direct message of hope to everyone living in fear of cancellation by the totalitarian mob,” Carano said. “I have only just begun using my voice which is now freer than ever before, and I hope it inspires others to do the same. They can’t cancel us if we don’t let them.”
Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro added, “This is what Daily Wire exists to do: provide an alternative not just for consumers, but for creators who refuse to bow to the mob.”
On Monday, Sarandon posted, in a reference to the Holocaust, “It didn&#8217;t start with gas chambers. It started with one party controlling the media. One party controlling the message. One party deciding what is truth. One party censoring speech and silencing opposition. One party dividing citizens into ‘us’ and ‘them’ and calling on their supporters to harass ‘them.’ It started when good people turned a blind eye and let it happen.”
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&mdash; Susan Sarandon (@SusanSarandon) <a href="https://twitter.com/SusanSarandon/status/1584519874310963200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 24, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Last February, in an act for which she later apologized after severe blowback ensued, Sarandon sparked rage on social media after she mocked the massive funeral procession along New York City’s Fifth avenue for slain NYPD detective Jason Rivera, 22, by tweeting, “I’m gonna tell my kids this is what fascism looks like.”
That caption accompanied a photo of the funeral procession. Above the photo, she taunted, “’So, if all these cops weren’t needed for CRIME that day, doesn’t that mean they aren’t needed ANY day?”
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Susan Sarandon shares post comparing NYPD funeral turnout to &#39;fascism&#39; in latest example of anti-cop vitriol <a href="https://t.co/pMRslGLZ4r">https://t.co/pMRslGLZ4r</a> <a href="https://t.co/x4pglbe7pn">pic.twitter.com/x4pglbe7pn</a>
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Rivera and his partner Wilbert Mora, 27, who also died, were ambushed and shot in Harlem while responding to a domestic call.
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Susan Sarandon Posts Holocaust Reference. Gina Carano Got Canceled For Similar Message.

Cancel Culture

Holocaust

Susan Sarandon

<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.
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.
“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.
“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.”
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Gina Carano tells Tucker Carlson what she did when Disney told her that she had to provide her pronouns. <a href="https://t.co/R7wUAkQ0gq">pic.twitter.com/R7wUAkQ0gq</a>
&mdash; The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) <a href="https://twitter.com/TPostMillennial/status/1570225277761998850?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 15, 2022</a></blockquote>
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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.
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.
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.
“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.
“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.”
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Amanda Harding contributed to this report.

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

Transgender

Tucker Carlson

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gina-carano" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gina Carano</a>, incensed that tennis legend <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/novak-djokovic" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Novak Djokovic</a> is not playing at the US Open because of travel restrictions due to his refusal to be vaccinated with a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/covid-19" target="_blank" rel="noopener">COVID</a> vaccine, blasted Djokovic’s fellow tennis pros for not supporting him on Thursday.
Djokovic <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/unvaxxed-tennis-great-novak-djokovic-makes-decision-on-u-s-open" target="_blank" rel="noopener">withdrew</a> on Thursday because of travel restrictions into the United States imposed because he is not vaccinated.
“Sadly, I will not be able to travel to NY this time for US Open. Thank you #NoleFam for your messages of love and support. ❤️ Good luck to my fellow players! I’ll keep in good shape and positive spirit and wait for an opportunity to compete again. 💪🏼 See you soon tennis world!” Djokovic tweeted.
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Sadly, I will not be able to travel to NY this time for US Open. Thank you <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NoleFam?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NoleFam</a> for your messages of love and support. ❤️ Good luck to my fellow players! I’ll keep in good shape and positive spirit and wait for an opportunity to compete again. 💪🏼 See you soon tennis world! 👋🏼
&mdash; Novak Djokovic (@DjokerNole) <a href="https://twitter.com/DjokerNole/status/1562806952136085504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 25, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Furious at the absence of Djokovic, Carano fired on Twitter, “If all the tennis players boycotted the @usopen until @DjokerNole was permitted to play it would cause change. The silence of our colleagues, countrymen, media, family &amp; friends is what hurts the most. THIS ALL FALLS APART WHEN WE STAND TOGETHER. When will you have had enough?”
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If all the tennis players boycotted the <a href="https://twitter.com/usopen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@usopen</a> until <a href="https://twitter.com/DjokerNole?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DjokerNole</a> was permitted to play it would cause change. The silence of our colleagues, countrymen, media, family &amp; friends is what hurts the most. THIS ALL FALLS APART WHEN WE STAND TOGETHER. When will you have had enough?
&mdash; Gina Carano 🕯 (@ginacarano) <a href="https://twitter.com/ginacarano/status/1562843102724755456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 25, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Carano ripped the US Open for “virtue signaling,” snapping, “The @usopen should’ve taken a stand by opposing this criminal mandate. But that would be way too much to ask from an organization who only intends on virtue signaling they represent the USA &amp; human rights.. We see clearly what you represent now. Enjoy how you will be remembered.”
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The <a href="https://twitter.com/usopen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@usopen</a> should’ve taken a stand by opposing this criminal mandate. But that would be way too much to ask from an organization who only intends on virtue signaling they represent the USA &amp; human rights.. We see clearly what you represent now. Enjoy how you will be remembered.
&mdash; Gina Carano 🕯 (@ginacarano) <a href="https://twitter.com/ginacarano/status/1562872808043991040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 25, 2022</a></blockquote>
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In July, John McEnroe ripped the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for its policy barring Djokovic from entering the U.S. for the US Open. “These politicians are getting in the way too much,” McEnroe <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/john-mcenroe-blasts-politicians-for-vax-mandate-blocking-novak-djokovic-from-u-s-open" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fulminated</a> on ESPN. “They did it in Australia. Let’s let the guy come in and play in the U.S. I mean, come on. This is ridiculous.”
McEnroe’s brother, Patrick, echoed, “Whatever you think the government should or should not do, it’s a bummer for tennis.”
Djokovic has amassed 21 career Grand Slam victories after having won Wimbledon for the seventh time in July. After his victory he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/with-days-left-for-turnaround-tennis-great-novak-djokovic-still-barred-from-u-s-open-for-refusing-covid-vax" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated</a>:
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I&#8217;m not vaccinated and I&#8217;m not planning to get vaccinated so the only good news I can have is them removing the mandated green vaccine card or whatever you call it to enter United States or exemption. &#8230; 
I don&#8217;t know. I don&#8217;t think exemption is realistically possible. If that is possibility, I don&#8217;t know what exemption would be about. &#8230; Then I&#8217;ll wait hopefully for some good news from USA because I would really love to go there. That would be probably the next big tournament, the next big swing, playing a tournament or two before US Open and US Open. If that doesn&#8217;t happen, then I have to see what the schedule will look like.
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Last February, he told the BBC, “That is the price that I’m willing to pay. Because the principles of decision making on my body are more important than any title or anything else. I’m trying to be in tune with my body as much as I possibly can.”
Related: <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/john-mcenroe-blasts-politicians-for-vax-mandate-blocking-novak-djokovic-from-u-s-open/">John McEnroe Blasts Politicians For Vax Mandate Blocking Novak Djokovic From US Open</a>
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Gina Carano Blasts Tennis Pros For Not Supporting Djokovic At US Open: ‘This All Falls Apart When We Stand Together’

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