Gina Carano stated in her first interview that she has not gone without a fight since she was fired from the Disney + series The Mandalorian, the company accuses her of bullying and having a double standard.
Carano breaks her silence towards her new boss Ben Shapiro and sits down with the conservative commentator for a special Sunday episode of The Ben Shapiro Show where she claims to have learned on social media that she Star Wars franchise earlier this month.
The former MMA fighter encountered widespread adversity when she reshuffled a post that was conservative in 2021, resembling Jews during the Holocaust. Lucasfilm quickly severed ties with her, saying Carano’s “posts on social media that demean people based on their cultural and religious identity are abhorrent and unacceptable.” Prior to the Holocaust post, Carano also mocked the trans usage of pronouns, shared QAnon and Pizzagate conspiracies, and is a recognized COVID skeptic who has repeatedly underestimated the pandemic as well as the masked wear.
There was radio silence from Carano over her shooting until Shapiro announced that she was teaming up with his conservative news and opinion website. The Daily Wire to produce a film in which she will play. He later said he would sit down with the camera to discuss her dismissal – news shared by Carano on Twitter, along with the message: “Become a member [of The Daily Wire] and get 25% off memberships by using the code: GINA. ”
Carano came out against Disney, admitting that the writing has been on the wall since she had crisis talks with higher endeavors last year after she was accused of being transphobic.
“I’ve been through so much and clearly seen how much the bullying has taken place, and I’ve seen it before,” she said. “I’m not the only one who’s ever been bullied by this company, and I know it so deeply.”
‘I was prepared to be released at any stage because I saw it happen to so many people. I saw the look on their faces. I saw the bullying going on and when it started … you know it’s just a matter of time. I saw it happen to so many people, and I just thought to myself ‘you are coming for me, I know you are’. ‘(Carano did not mention any of these alleged people.)
“Just a few weeks ago, Lucasfilm asked an artist to delete my character and post another character, and he proudly announces it on Twitter and deletes my character and puts another character in place, “Carano added.
She also accused Disney of having a double standard and said drivers ‘looked’ [her] like a hawk, “but other people” on the same production [could] say everything they want, and this is where I had a problem. ‘
“I had a problem because I did not go along with the narration,” Carano added. ‘I could share a story and turn things around in the media, but I can not do that because it would sell to a friend I do not really have the same view, but I’m not going to sell someone out. to take the attention away from me … everyone is afraid of losing their job. ”
‘I could share a story and would turn things around in the media, but I can not do that because it would sell to a friend who I do not really have the same view, but who I would not sell to anyone. take the attention away from me … everyone is afraid of losing their job.”
At the time of publication, Lucasfilm had not responded to The Daily Beast for comment.
Over the course of the hour-long interview, Carano said she considers herself a conservative, admitting that she was only recently interested in politics and that one of Shapiro’s books helped shape her opinions.
She just falls short of the post that fired her, which includes a photo of a Jewish woman in her underwear screaming as she ran away from men and young boys armed with clubs in Ukraine during the Lviv pogroms in 1941.
“Jews were beaten in the streets, not by Nazi soldiers, but by their neighbors … even by children,” reads the report, which originated elsewhere. ‘Because history is being edited, most people today do not realize that in order to reach the point where Nazi soldiers could easily gather thousands of Jews, the government first made their own neighbors hate because they were just Jews. How is it different from hating someone for their political views? ”
Carano insisted she did not want to make comparisons and said she was “so inspired by the gentle spirit of the Jewish people going through the Holocaust.”
She said her only intention was to “bring people together” and that she believes the message “is more about people tearing each other apart.”
When Shapiro tried to turn the conversation on a lighter tone and talk about her trip to Hollywood and her fitness regime, Carano made another attempt to do damage control.
“I want people to know it was not easy,” she said. “I am a human being, I have so much to learn and grow. I understand deeply, it’s like the curtains have been drawn and that I see so much. ”
‘Being canceled can become trendy one day, but do not think it’s going to be easy if it happens to you. This is probably going to be one of the hardest things you have ever been through. 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,” she added. ‘It’s devastating, but the thought of it happening to someone else, especially to someone who can not handle it like I can, no, they can not do it. They can not make people feel that way. ”
Again, after her shooting, Carano was immediately hired by Shapiro The Daily Wire, the first production of which is a very messy background art.