Disney is threatened with Bud Light-style boycott over hiring gender-fluid influencer Seann Altman
- Disney partnered with influencer Seann Altman, who identifies as a male but sometimes dresses up as a woman
- Social media users have expressed rage at the post on a Disney TikTok account
- Many are comparing the partnership to that of Bud Light and Dylan Mulvaney
Social media users have pledged to never give one more cent to Disney after the company partnered with a gender-fluid TikToker to promote girls’ clothing – a move that many are comparing to Bud Light’s disastrous partnership with Dylan Mulvaney.
Seann Altman, who sometimes dresses up as a woman but uses he/him pronouns, did a sponsored post for the Disney Style TikTok account showing how he put together a Minnie Mouse-inspired look.
‘I literally look like Minnie Mouse, and I fit in perfectly with Mickey and his friends,’ he said on the video that showed him dressing up. ‘The bow, with the dress, and the shoes really sealed the deal. Now I’m fashionable, bold, and fun, just like Minnie Mouse!’
Parents were quick to respond with rage to the ad, with many stating they will not do any kind of business with the company as a consequence, and asking others to follow.
‘Disney thinks parents and children are really dumb, and as evil as they are,’ said Christian Twitter personality Linda Marie Lovison. ‘PARENTS – Cut out all Disney from your family’s life.’
Social media users have pledged to never give one more cent to Disney after the company partnered with gender-fluid TikToker Sean Altman
Altman, who sometimes dresses up as a woman but uses he/him pronouns, did a sponsored post for the Disney Style TikTok account
One parent tweeted: ‘I’ve been saving for two years for a trip with my daughter to Disney World. I was hoping they would come to their senses on this crap, but they show no sign of it. Caribbean cruise, here we come. I can afford that easier, anyway.’
A second said: ‘I’m a parent of young children who’s proud to say… No, I will NOT be spending 10 grand (at least) to take my family on the “customary” trip to Disneyland to enrich that giant, heartless, globalist, nauseatingly-woke, mega-corporation.’
A third warned: ‘Parents: Time to wean your kids OFF of Disney. They are using an ADULT MAN to market clothes to little girls. The gender fluid MAN says he is a girl one day & a man other days. Disney is indoctrinating your kids.’
One grandfather also weighed in on Twitter: ‘I will say this every day until eternity. Disney is dangerous for children…. No way will my grandchildren ever set foot on a Disney property or watch Disney entertainment, they cannot be trusted with kids!’
Many are comparing the calls for a boycott to the aftermath of Bud Light’s now-infamous partnership with TikToker Mulvaney, which sparked a boycott that wiped more than $27 billion off the brand’s market value.
Cassandra MacDonald, editor in chief of the conservative online outlet TIMCAST News, said Disney ‘clearly learned nothing from the Bud Light fiasco.’
Another Twitter user said: ‘Disney is going FULL BUD LIGHT. And you never go full Bud Light.’
DailyMail.com has reached out to Disney and Altman for comment on this story.
Parents, including Christian Twitter personality Linda Marie Lovison, were quick to respond with rage to the ad, with many stating they will not do business with the company
Many took issue with the company using an adult male to market children’s clothes
Some said they will not take their family on the typical Disney trip as protest
The promotion for Disney Style, which advertises clothing and accessories from the Disney range, saw Altman begin by saying he would ‘look at the most iconic friend group’ and delve into the Mickey Mouse family.
Altman has over 700,000 followers on TikTok and over 157,000 on Instagram.
‘I play dress up, make lil edits, and sing sometimes…’ he wrote on his Instagram bio, where he lists his pronouns as he/him.
Disney Style’s marketing team will be hoping their partnership with Altman is more successful than their counterparts at Bud Light had earlier in the year.
It was the most popular beer in America for over two decades, but in April the brand released a promotion featuring transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney, sparking a huge boycott.
She was gifted a specialized can to celebrate 365 days of ‘being a girl’ – the phrase she used to describe her transition from male to female.
Anheuser-Busch InBev, the brand’s parent company, lost a staggering $390 million in US sales in the wake of the crisis.
The world’s largest brewer that sales to US retailers had plunged 14 percent, adding that it had been ‘underperforming the industry.’
Many are comparing the calls for a boycott to the aftermath of Bud Light’s now-infamous partnership with TikToker Mulvaney
Another Twitter user said : ‘Disney is going FULL BUD LIGHT. And you never go full Bud Light’
Disney’s partnership comes months after Bud Light collaborated with Dylan Mulvaney to celebrate her ‘365 days of girlhood’
In a statement, the company put the declining sales down to the backlash they faced for partnering with Mulvaney.
Disney’s move also came not long before Walt Disney reported a rare but large loss in its second quarter filings on Wednesday, as the woke-ridden brand lost a staggering $460 million while visits to Disney World slowed.
Moreover, the company has announced it’s hiking the price of its ad-free Disney+ subscription to $13.99 per month and plans to launch a premium duo that includes Hulu without commercials for $19.99.
The price hike represents a 27 percent jump from the current $10.99 cost and it will come into effect on October 12.
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