Gabrielle Union Slams Disney Over 'Don't Say Gay' Bill: 'The Damage Is Done'
Gabrielle Union is putting the Walt Disney Company on blast over their stance on the new anti-LGBTQIA+ legislation in Florida.
If you don’t know, the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which passed through the Senate and House, would ban teachers from discussing LGBTQ topics like gender identity with students until after third grade. Disney’s CEO faced weeks of public scrutiny for not speaking out about the bill.
Gabrielle is now starring in a new Disney+ movie, Cheaper by the Dozen, and on the red carpet at the premiere, she was asked if she was “disappointed.”
Click inside to read Gabrielle Union’s response…
“Somebody asked me, ‘Are you disappointed?’ I’m disappointed when my order isn’t right at In-N-Out. I don’t even think that’s a word that you could use for something like this, where children’s lives are literally hanging in the balance,” she told Variety. “We need to own that if you truly are taking stands against hate and oppression, you should not fund hate and oppression. Period. The damage is done.”
“There are so many states that are following suit [with Florida’s legislation], because there is no pushback, because no one in positions of power [or] corporations are taking a hard stance,” she added. “Let’s look who’s donating to what and let’s call people out… I think a lot of people like to confuse accountability and consequences for cancel culture. And as long as you have a microphone and a stage that’s not cancel culture, honey… We have to campaign and fund for those people who stand for all of us.”