{"id":124670,"date":"2021-02-11T14:21:05","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T19:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=124670"},"modified":"2021-02-11T14:27:29","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T19:27:29","slug":"final-straw-hollywood-reporter-sources-say-disney-wanted-to-fire-carano-in-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/final-straw-hollywood-reporter-sources-say-disney-wanted-to-fire-carano-in-november\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Final Straw\u2019: Hollywood Reporter Sources Say Disney Wanted To Fire Carano In November"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffinal-straw-hollywood-reporter-sources-say-disney-wanted-to-fire-carano-in-november%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=124670&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1137220889-1-978x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/the-mandalorian-star-gina-carano-fired-amid-social-media-controversy\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>, LucasFilms wanted to fire actress Gina Carano from \u201cThe Mandalorian\u201d series before controversy surrounded the actress this week. The company took final steps to remove her from the popular Disney+ show on Wednesday after social media users expressed their disapproval of one of her recent social media posts.<\/p>\n<p>As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/disney-fires-actress-gina-carano-after-post-comparing-hating-someone-over-politics-to-nazi-germany\">The Daily Wire<\/a>,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cDisney reportedly fired conservative actress Gina Carano on Wednesday because of a series of posts she made on social media that critics claimed were offensive.<\/p>\n<p>The post that generated the most controversy was a screenshot of another person\u2019s post that she then posted onto her own Instagram account\u2026The screenshot stated:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018Jews were beaten in the streets, not by Nazi soldiers but by their neighbors\u2026even by children.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Because history is edited, most people today don\u2019t 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?\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On Wednesday night, a Lucasfilm spokesperson confirmed in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/the-mandalorian-star-gina-carano-fired-amid-social-media-controversy\">statement<\/a>,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cGina Carano is not currently employed by Lucasfilm and there are no plans for her to be in the future\u2026Nevertheless, her social media posts denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities are abhorrent and unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But a source with knowledge of Lucasfilm\u2019s thinking told THR this was not a new idea. \u201cThey have been looking for a reason to fire her for two months,\u201d the person said, \u201cand today was the final straw.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>THR cited Carano\u2019s previous \u201ccontentious tweets,\u201d including one in which she commented on the integrity of elections.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We need to clean up the election process so we are not left feeling the way we do today.<br \/>Put laws in place that protect us against voter fraud.<br \/>Investigate every state.<br \/>Film the counting.<br \/>Flush out the fake votes.<br \/>Require ID.<br \/>Make Voter Fraud end in 2020.<br \/>Fix the system. \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gina Carano \ud83d\udd6f (@ginacarano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ginacarano\/status\/1324385598539399168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 5, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As noted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/disney-fires-actress-gina-carano-after-post-comparing-hating-someone-over-politics-to-nazi-germany\">The Daily Wire<\/a>,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201c\u2026many of the things that Carano said in [the above] tweet have been things that conservatives have long championed, like requiring voter ID laws. In that tweet, Carano did not promote the claim that the election was stolen and rather appeared to focus on how people did not feel confident in the outcome of the election.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Hollywood Reporter described the election tweet as a time in which the actress \u201cfalsely suggested voter fraud occurred during the 2020 presidential election.\u201d Another tweet that allegedly made Carano the \u201cfocus of social media ire for her political comments\u201d was one in which she posted a meme about masks and Democratic leaders, described by the outlet as \u201cmock[ing] mask-wearing.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yJnnKVjume\">pic.twitter.com\/yJnnKVjume<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gina Carano \ud83d\udd6f (@ginacarano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ginacarano\/status\/1327806477923323904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to THR\u2019s sources, Lucasfilm had previously decided against announcing Carano as the star of her own Disney+ series in November after she posted the above tweets. On Wednesday, the hashtag #FireGinaCarano was trending on Twitter, and the company did so. THR writes that after Carano\u2019s most recent social media posts, \u201cthe decision to cut ties with the actor came swiftly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carano played the strong, female character of Cara Dune on the <em>Star Wars\u2019&nbsp;<\/em>series. Dune was seen as a way in which the show was promoting inclusivity.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.app.com\/story\/entertainment\/television\/2019\/11\/22\/gina-carano-the-mandalorian-star-wars-cara-dune\/4258783002\/\">2019 interview<\/a>, Carano describes her experience portraying Dune.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201c[The showrunner] Jon was like, \u2018OK, I want your arms to show,\u2019 and I was like, \u2018Oh, I don\u2019t like to show my arms.\u2019 And he was like, \u2018No, I want your arms to show. I want people to see a strong woman. I want them to see you and everything you are.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Carano says she had to \u201clook inside\u201d and \u201cembrace\u201d herself.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201c\u2018And that\u2019s what Cara Dune has done for me. She\u2019s helped me embrace myself. She\u2019s helped me be confident.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Carano was also dropped as a client from United Talent Agency following Disney\u2019s actions.<\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to The Hollywood Reporter, LucasFilms wanted to fire actress Gina Carano from \u201cThe Mandalorian\u201d series before controversy surrounded the actress this week. 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