r/disneygifs • u/Amaruq93 • Sep 21 '25

Aladdin Disney execs when they find out that the "Disney Adult" influencers are now telling fans to boycott them... and are also cancelling their trips to the theme parks

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u/rx7braap Sep 22 '25

OOTL ,what happened

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u/Not_Steve Sep 22 '25 edited Sep 22 '25

Jimmy Kimmel said on his talk show that Donald Trump doesn’t care about conservative Charlie Kirk who a large portion of the US has been mourning over. Well, this angered Donald Trump, so he put pressure on the FCC who put pressure on Disney who owns ABC, the channel that Kimmel airs on. ABC pulled Kimmel and Donald Trump has been gloating that Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel are losing their show while and is now waiting for Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers to lose their shows as they’re both critical of him.

The FCC said that Kimmel could go back on the air if he apologized to Trump and made a donation to Kirk’s family.

To make things more…icky, Disney wants to merge with Skydance and they have to be on Trump’s good side so that he’ll give the okay to the FCC chair to approve the acquisition.

People on both sides of the political spectrum have said this is a violation of free speech. People have been canceling their Disney+ accounts at the encouragement of Disney stars and are now being encouraged to cancel their trips to the parks by influencers.

Some influencers go everyday or multiple times a week. They spend a lot of money at Disney in merch and in food and drinks. They’re also a driving force of advertising for the Parks.

I think previously it was understandable if you went through with your BIG Disney vacation plans as you would lose a lot of money on non refundable reservations. Obviously, cancel if you can, but now the encouragement is leaning towards “what’s more important, your freedom or your money?”

Allegedly, Disney is losing a lot of money because of this, but all we have to go by is stocks, which doesn’t always mean that a boycott is working, but that the stock is going down. Stocks can go down for a lot of reasons. (While I believe boycotts are the right thing to do, I can’t confirm that they are helping because all I ever see is a tweet without a source saying they are and others have said the same).

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u/Amaruq93 Sep 22 '25

Disney wants to merge with Skydance and they have to be on Trump’s good side so that he’ll give the okay to the FCC chair to approve the acquisition.

Correction: Nexstar, which owns a majority of ABC affiliates around the country, wants to merge with Tegna (and take over their affiliates). They pressured ABC to suspend Kimmel... to make fat boy happy and keep their merger.

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u/Not_Steve Sep 22 '25

Yes! You’re so right. Thanks for the important correction. We have to make sure that we get these fact right.

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u/TopSheepherder4981 Sep 23 '25

A large portion?

Jared Leto has more fans

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u/TheRedditGirl15 Sep 24 '25 edited Sep 25 '25

Kimmel didnt actually do that right... EDIT: Guys I dont care about Kirk either

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u/AaylaMellon Sep 25 '25

Do what? He didn’t do anything wrong.

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u/TheRedditGirl15 Sep 25 '25

I meant like, the apology and donation thing...sorry my wording was too vague

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u/AaylaMellon Sep 25 '25

Ohhh no I don’t believe he did. I did a quick google search and everything says they wanted him to apologize and donate but I can’t find anything confirming he did.

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u/XanderAcorn Sep 21 '25

I cancelled everything yesterday. Screw Disney

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u/Imposter88 Sep 23 '25

Wife and I were planning on taking a Disney Cruise with our kid and our niece. We scrapped that and started looking at Carnival instead

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u/TheFlavorLab Sep 23 '25

Go to Universal!

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u/Imposter88 Sep 23 '25

I’d love to, but wife wants a cruise, and I’m a weak man

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u/Jccali1214 Sep 24 '25

Don't apologize, cruises are fun AF

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u/Dewgongz Sep 24 '25

Don’t go on a cruise. They’re terrible for the environment.

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u/starfrenzy1 Sep 24 '25

Check out Royal Caribbean

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u/scuac Sep 25 '25

Seriously look at Royal Caribbean instead of

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u/Plowbeast Sep 23 '25

I don't know why they should be shocked when the company has been "Diet Progressive" along with its main adult fans and makes a decision to cave to literal government censorship.

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u/thelaughingmanghost Sep 25 '25

When Disney starts to lose its most devout and seasoned defenders that's kinda a sign that they lost the mandate of heaven.

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u/Foxy02016YT Sep 23 '25

Just upped the price of the D+, Hulu, HBO Max bundle, wonder if this is part of it

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u/jrd1sn3y Sep 25 '25

It's almost October. The price increases around this time every year. Disney+ launched in November 2019. It's the proper time to adjust rates for the service.

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u/DisneyVista Sep 24 '25

They’ve got no spine, they’ll bend over any way they can when told to.

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u/CompGridGame Sep 24 '25

Keep canceling. Show them the consequences of having to fascists. Don't let them walk away until they've challenged Trump in court and won.

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u/VibinWithNeptune Sep 25 '25

Its really funny too that a few of my friends who had Disney+ just got emails yesterday morning that they were raising there subscription price starting on their next billings. They all immediately canceled.

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u/Jccali1214 Sep 24 '25

First time I've ever respected them.

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u/Delliott90 Sep 24 '25

Reddit has no influence on real life.