Thank You, Disney Adults!!!

I don't even like Jimmy Kimmel, but for this display of collective financial resistance? I might just fuck around and wear a pair of my Mickey ears out tonight. 

By Audra Heinrichs  |  September 22, 2025 | 5:26pm
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Thank You, Disney Adults!!!

After less than a week off the airwaves, Jimmy Kimmel Live! is back. On Monday afternoon, ABC parent company, The Walt Disney Company, issued a statement confirming that after “thoughtful conversation” with the late-night host, they reached a decision to “return the show.”

“Last Wednesday, we made the decision to suspend production on the show to avoid further inflaming a tense situation at an emotional moment for our country,” the statement reads. “It is a decision we made because we felt some of the comments were ill-timed and thus insensitive. We have spent the last days having thoughtful conversations with Jimmy, and after those conversations, we reached the decision to return the show on Tuesday.”

For what it’s worth, Kimmel’s “comments” were a joke about Trump answering a question about Charlie Kirk’s assassination by talking about his plans for the White House’s ballroom. But it’s not really a surprise the network brought the show back—since the news broke on September 17, everyone from the ruling class to the plebeians began boycotting Disney and its subsidiaries (Hulu, ESPN, ABC, Marvel, and more). On Monday morning, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) published an open letter signed by 400 industry members including Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, and Florence Pugh; Sarah McLachlan and Jewel refused to play at Hulu’s premiere of Lilith Fair: Building A Mystery; and NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani refused to participate in a Town Hall event with the local ABC affiliate. But another—more specific—class of people hit the company where it really hurt: Disney Adults.

“Cancelled my Hulu & Disney+ and mostly def won’t be planning any Disney trips soon fuck them,” one person tweeted. “My friend who is a Disney Adult just turned on them. Disney+ cancelled. Her trip every other month to Disneyland? Also cancelled. If Disney lost her, you know they’re cooked. #CancelDisney“ wrote another. As of Saturday, the billion-dollar company is currently facing a reported $3.89 billion in losses.

In addition to scores of celebrities, politicians (including some Republicans like Senate Commerce Committee chair and all-around ghoul or something Ted Cruz), the Writers Guild of America, and thousands of other Americans speaking out, the Disney adults were on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok, boasting about cancelling their subscriptions and calling for others to do the same.


Other Disney Adults revealed that they’d canceled their upcoming Disney cruises or trips to Disney amusement parks. To encourage their followers to participate, one Disney Adult (who most definitely watched Andor) read On Tyranny to their followers. Another user posted a video entitled “Cancelling Our Disney Cruise…” which shows her doing just that. The comment sections of these posts are currently rife with the same sentiments. “My cousins cancelled both their Disney trips,” one user commented. Another woman even purportedly cancelled her $150,000 wedding at Disney World. These are drastic measures given that anyone who has planned a pilgrimage to a Disney park in the last five years knows how much effort and expense are required. As a proud Disney Adult myself, I should know.

“With a single post or video, we can influence thousands of guests to try a food, drink, or experience in the parks,” Stephanie Cuevas, a queer and Latina Disney Adult, told Glamour on Friday. “I couldn’t, in good conscience, keep giving them free publicity knowing they don’t support free speech and are willing to bow to fascism. I had to make my stance clear and hope that this starts a movement and gets Disney to make some changes.”

Well, shoutout to my people! In the House of Mouse, we’re all comrades, etc., etc. Now let’s not stop at a middling white man…

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