Gina Carano Is Still Begging Us to Care That Disney Fired Her
Disney filed a court motion stating it has a “constitutional right” to not work with a transphobic actress. Carano disagrees. How is this still going on in the Year of Our Lord 2024??
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Once upon a time, Gina Carano played a character on Disney’s The Mandalorian. Then, Disney, a private corporation, decided to cut ties with Carano in 2021 over a series of wildly offensive comments about trans people and other issues, all while her Mandalorian co-star Pedro Pascal has a trans sister. And now, three years later, Carano is still begging us to care.
In February, with the backing of noted transphobe Elon Musk, Carano filed a lawsuit against Disney for firing her, prompting something very funny to happen on Tuesday: Disney filed a motion in court to dismiss her suit, stating that it has a “constitutional right” to not work with the actress. Specifically, Disney asserted it “has a constitutional right not to associate its artistic expression with Carano’s speech, such that the First Amendment provides a complete defense to Carano’s claim.”