Guardians of the Galaxy 3 director, James Gunn, has been fired by Disney after old tweets surfaced that featured the director joking about pedophilia and having sex with young boys. The anti-Trump, Liberal director was sent packing after he began to trend on social media when Conservative journalist Mike Cernovich made his followers aware of Gunn’s tweets.
The Hollywood Reporter has quotes from Walt Disney Studios chairman Alan Horn, who explained…
“The offensive attitudes and statements discovered on James’ Twitter feed are indefensible and inconsistent with our studio’s values, and we have severed our business relationship with him,”
This came after Mike Cernovich shared some of Gunn’s old tweets. You can view them below courtesy of An Open Secret.
1. James Gunn’s blog thanks Huston Huddleston for a video entitled
– Video: 100 Pubescent Girls Touch Themselves
Huddleston recently pled guilty to possessing child pornography. pic.twitter.com/YhZCw6nesR
— An Open Secret (@AnOpenSecret) July 20, 2018
2. James Gunn said it was “HILARIOUS” that a monkey masturbated on a child, on a film set
He took his entire blog down, but it has all been saved pic.twitter.com/On6c8IfPq3
— An Open Secret (@AnOpenSecret) July 20, 2018
— An Open Secret (@AnOpenSecret) July 20, 2018
— An Open Secret (@AnOpenSecret) July 20, 2018
— An Open Secret (@AnOpenSecret) July 20, 2018
— An Open Secret (@AnOpenSecret) July 20, 2018
— An Open Secret (@AnOpenSecret) July 20, 2018
After Cernovich brought the tweets to the wider public’s attention, the Left-wing members of the Intersectional Inquisition began targeting the author of Gorilla Mindset. This caused James Gunn, Mike Cernovich, and Guardians of the Galaxy all to trend on social media.
At the moment Cernovich’s Twitter account is protected due to dogpiling from Social Justice Warriors.
Patton Oswalt and other SJWs are claiming that it’s a #GamerGate-style smear campaign.
This is one of the LESS disgusting tweets from Mike Cernovich, the dude who, after running a Gamergate-style smear campaign, just got James Gunn fired from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3. Okay have a good weekend. https://t.co/7DYlin1zgO
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) July 20, 2018
Disney you fucked up letting Mike Cernovich successfully smear James Gunn; his old tweets are bad; Cernovich and everything he does is much worse
— Jacob Holdo (@Ailite) July 20, 2018
Reminder that Mike Cernovich is a rapist.
— TakedownMRAs (@TakedownMRAs) July 20, 2018
And we thought the Arenanet situation was bad… Disney caving to MIKE CERNOVICH of all people, and firing one of their most successful directors over the discovery that as an ex-Troma guy he once made stupid edgy jokes breaks our Gamergate Richter scale.
— Dominic Tarason (@dominictarason) July 20, 2018
Oh dear gosh. I’m team No Man Is Indispensable, but did Disney seriously just make a decision that affects one of their very successful film franchises’ long-term plans because fake lawyer/rape enthusiast Mike Cernovich ran a Gamergate smear campaign?
— Alexandra Erin (@alexandraerin) July 20, 2018
And yes, Social Justice Warriors really are blaming #GamerGate for James Gunn’s firing.
The former director of Guardians of the Galaxy 3 didn’t shy away from social media after his name began to trend. As noted by Bounding Into Comics, Gunn issued a statement clarifying himself and the situation on July 19th, 2018, writing across a series of tweets…
“Many people who have followed my career know when I started, I viewed myself as a provocateur, making movies and telling jokes that were outrageous and taboo. As I have discussed publicly many times, as I’ve developed as a person, so has my work and my humor.
“It’s not to say I’m better, but I am very, very different than I was a few years ago; today I try to root my work in love and connection and less in anger. My days saying something just because it’s shocking and trying to get a reaction are over.
“In the past, I have apologized for humor of mine that hurt people. I truly felt sorry and meant every word of my apologies.
“For the record, when I made these shocking jokes, I wasn’t living them out. I know this is a weird statement to make, and seems obvious, but, still, here I am, saying it.”
Well, Disney has parted ways with James Gunn while some are calling for an investigation into the director; others are attacking Mike Cernovich for bringing the tweets to light; Marvel fanboys are just worried about who is going to direct Guardians of the Galaxy 3 now?
(Thanks for the news tip Mike Cernovich)
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