{"id":237585,"date":"2024-06-28T15:36:52","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T15:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/28\/musk-continues-his-campaign-against-disney\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:15:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:15:54","slug":"musk-continues-his-campaign-against-disney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/28\/musk-continues-his-campaign-against-disney\/","title":{"rendered":"Musk continues his campaign against Disney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/img-assets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-2158243766-e1719497131448.jpg?w=2048\" \/><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"article-content\">\n<p>Elon Musk is not letting his grievances with <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/company\/disney\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/fortune.com\/company\/disney\/\" class=\"sc-80b85506-0 pUpMT\" rel=\"noopener\">Disney<\/a> die.<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n<p>The owner of Twitter\/X, last week, aimed his wrath at Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, saying she was \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1804191833553277113\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1804191833553277113\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-80b85506-0 pUpMT\">more deadly than the Death Star<\/a>\u201d and was \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1804530990800310362\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1804530990800310362\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-80b85506-0 pUpMT\">super bigoted against men<\/a>\u201d in a pair of tweets over several days. He also agreed with a post lampooning Disney CEO Bob Iger for not firing Kennedy, saying \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1805099891854561727\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1805099891854561727\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-80b85506-0 pUpMT\">it is beyond parody at this point<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>This particular round of ire comes as some groups have criticized the latest Star Wars program on Disney+, <em>The Acolyte<\/em>, saying its lead characters were spawned by \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/06\/23\/entertainment\/leslye-headland-creator-of-the-star-wars-series-the-acoltye-responds-to-critics\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/06\/23\/entertainment\/leslye-headland-creator-of-the-star-wars-series-the-acoltye-responds-to-critics\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-80b85506-0 pUpMT\">lesbian space witches<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy has headed Lucasfilm at Disney since the film studio was acquired. Disney <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2018\/10\/30\/six-years-after-buying-lucasfilm-disney-has-recouped-its-investment.html\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2018\/10\/30\/six-years-after-buying-lucasfilm-disney-has-recouped-its-investment.html\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-80b85506-0 pUpMT\">made back its $4 billion investment<\/a> in George Lucas\u2019s studio by 2018, six years after the acquisition closed. It has been dubbed \u201cone of the smartest acquisitions in history\u201d by analysts, despite some missteps. <em>The Acolyte<\/em> is Disney+\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/tv\/news\/the-acolyte-ratings-viewers-biggest-disney-2024-1236028166\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/tv\/news\/the-acolyte-ratings-viewers-biggest-disney-2024-1236028166\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-80b85506-0 pUpMT\">biggest series premiere of the year<\/a>, gathering 11.1 million views in its first five days, according to <em>Variety<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Musk has <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2023\/12\/07\/elon-musk-x-bob-iger-fight-disney-pulls-ads\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/fortune.com\/2023\/12\/07\/elon-musk-x-bob-iger-fight-disney-pulls-ads\/\" class=\"sc-80b85506-0 pUpMT\" rel=\"noopener\">held a grudge<\/a> against Disney since the company pulled its advertising from Twitter\/X last year. At the DealBook conference where he told Andrew Ross Sorkin \u201cIf somebody is going to try to blackmail me with advertising, blackmail me with money, <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2023\/11\/29\/elon-musk-curses-adverisers-x-boycott-disney-dealbook-conference\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/fortune.com\/2023\/11\/29\/elon-musk-curses-adverisers-x-boycott-disney-dealbook-conference\/\" class=\"sc-80b85506-0 pUpMT\" rel=\"noopener\">go f\u2013k yourself<\/a>. Go f\u2013k yourself. Is that clear? I hope it is.\u201d Musk then singled out Iger, saying \u201cHey Bob, if you\u2019re in the audience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk has also said he would <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2024\/02\/07\/elon-musk-gina-carano-disney-lawsuit-mandalorian\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/fortune.com\/2024\/02\/07\/elon-musk-gina-carano-disney-lawsuit-mandalorian\/\" class=\"sc-80b85506-0 pUpMT\" rel=\"noopener\">back a lawsuit<\/a> by actor Gina Carano, who was fired from <em>The Mandalorian<\/em> following social media posts that included one comparing the U.S. political climate in 2021 to Nazi Germany.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-83cd12c6-0 dTdzGq article\" data-cy=\"subscriptionPlea\">Subscribe to the Fortune Next to Lead newsletter to get weekly strategies on how to make it to the corner office. <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/newsletters\/next-to-lead?&amp;itm_source=fortune&amp;itm_medium=article_tout&amp;itm_campaign=next_to_lead\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/fortune.com\/newsletters\/next-to-lead?&amp;itm_source=fortune&amp;itm_medium=article_tout&amp;itm_campaign=next_to_lead\" class=\"sc-80b85506-0 pUpMT\" rel=\"noopener\">Sign up for free<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2024\/06\/28\/elon-musk-lucasfilm-president-woke\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Elon Musk is not letting his grievances with Disney die. 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