Gina Carano stated that she would not go down without a fight in her first interview since she was fired from the Disney + series The Mandalorian, accusing the company of intimidating her and having a double standard.
Carano broke the silence with his new boss Ben Shapiro, sitting with the Conservative commentator for a special episode of Sunday’s The Ben Shapiro show where he claimed that he had learned through social media that he had been destroyed by the Star Wars franchise earlier this month.
The former MMA fighter had faced widespread reaction when she again shared a post suggesting that being conservative in 2021 was similar to being Jewish during the Holocaust. Lucasfilm quickly severed ties and said Carano’s posts on social media that denigrate people based on their cultural and religious identity are nasty and unacceptable. Prior to this post about the Holocaust, Carano had also mocked the trans use of pronouns, shared QAnon and Pizzagate conspiracies, and is a declared COVID skeptic who has repeatedly downplayed both the pandemic and the use of masks. .
There was a radio silence from Carano about his dismissal until Shapiro announced that he had joined his place of conservative opinions and news. The Daily Wire to produce a film she would star in. He later said he would have an interview on camera and seat to talk about his dismissal – news shared by Carano on Twitter, along with the message: “Become a member [of The Daily Wire] and get a 25% discount on subscriptions with the code: GINA “.
Carano came out swinging against Disney, admitting the writing had been on the wall since he held crisis talks with seniors last year after he was accused of transphobia.
“I’ve experienced so many things, and now I’ve seen so many things, clearly, from the harassment that’s going on and I’ve seen it before,” he said. “I’m not the only one who’s been harassed by this company and I know that so deeply.”
“I was ready at any moment to let go because I saw that this was happening to so many people. I saw their faces. I’ve seen the harassment happen and so when it started … you know it’s a matter of time. I’ve seen it happen to so many people and I just thought, “Come get it, I know you are” (Carano didn’t name any of these supposed people).
“Just a couple of weeks ago, Lucasfilm asked an artist to use them to delete my character and put a different character, and he proudly announces it on Twitter, deletes my character and puts another character,” he added. Carano.
He also accused Disney of having a double standard, saying executives “were watching [her] like a hawk, “but other people” in the same production [could] they say whatever they want, and this is where I had a problem ”.
“I had a problem because it didn’t go along with the narrative,” Carano added. “I could share a story and change things in the media, but I can’t do it because it would be selling to a friend who I don’t really have the same opinions as but I won’t sell someone to get my attention … everyone has fear of losing my job “.
“I could share a story and change things in the media, but I can’t do it because it would be selling to a friend who I don’t really have the same opinions as but I won’t sell to anyone to get my attention … everyone has fear of losing your job.”
Lucasfilm did not respond to The Daily Beast’s request for comment by publication time.
Throughout the one-hour interview, Carano said she considers herself conservative, admitting that she recently became interested in politics and that one of Shapiro’s books had helped shape her views.
It only briefly touches on the place that made her say goodbye, which included a photo of a Jewish woman in her underwear screaming as she fled men and boys armed with clubs in Ukraine in 1941 during the Lviv pogroms.
“Jews were beaten in the streets, not by Nazi soldiers, but by their neighbors … even by children,” said the message that originated elsewhere. “Because the story is being edited, most people today don’t realize that, to get to the point where Nazi soldiers could easily gather thousands of Jews, the government made their own neighbors hate them simply for be Jewish. How is it different from hating someone for their political views? “
Carano insisted she was not trying to make comparisons, saying she is “so inspired by the gentle spirit of the Jewish people going through” the Holocaust.
He said his only intention was to “bring people together” and that he believed the post was “more than people breaking up.”
When Shapiro tried to pivot the conversation with a clearer tone and talk about his trip to Hollywood and his physical fitness, Carano made one more attempt to control the damage.
“I want people to know that this has not been easy,” he said. “I am a human being, I have a lot to learn and grow, and I am. I understand deeply, it’s as if the curtains have been drawn and I see so many things ”.
“Cancellation may become fashionable one day, but don’t think that when it happens to you, it will be easy because it is not. It may be one of the hardest things you’ve ever experienced. But every day that passes, you find your legs again and you stop feeling sorry for yourself and you show up. “
“My body is still shaking,” he added. “It’s devastating, but the idea of it happening to anyone else, especially to someone who couldn’t do it like I can, no, they can’t do it. They don’t make people feel that way. “
Again, after his dismissal, Carano was immediately hired by Shapiro’s The Daily Wire, the first production of which has a a lot messy background story.