{"id":196758,"date":"2025-10-02T21:18:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T21:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/02\/cancel-netflix-campaign-backed-by-elon-musk-may-have-led-to-stock-decline\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T21:18:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T21:18:12","slug":"cancel-netflix-campaign-backed-by-elon-musk-may-have-led-to-stock-decline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/02\/cancel-netflix-campaign-backed-by-elon-musk-may-have-led-to-stock-decline\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Cancel Netflix&#8217; Campaign Backed By Elon Musk May Have Led to Stock Decline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve noticed the phrase \u201ccancel Netflix\u201d on your social media feeds today, you\u2019re certainly not alone.<\/p>\n<p>The streaming giant is at the center of a new controversy involving a little-known animation series, which recently came under fire from Tesla CEO Elon Musk.<\/p>\n<p>The show, <em>Dead End: Paranormal Park<\/em>, was canceled by Netflix in 2023, but Musk recently joined the campaign to punish the service for ever carrying it at all.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2217854935-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks alongside U.S. President Donald Trump to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. \" class=\"wp-image-536741 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2217854935-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2217854935-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2217854935-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2217854935-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2217854935-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2217854935-1-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2217854935-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2217854935-1-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks alongside U.S. President Donald Trump to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Musk\u2019s complaint stems from the fact that the series featured a character named Barry Guttman, who, at one point, comes out as transgender.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-elon-musk-lashes-out-at-canceled-netflix-series\">Elon Musk lashes out at canceled Netflix series<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cThis is not ok,\u201d Musk tweeted, along with a clip from the show. \u201cCancel Netflix for the health of your kids,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The billionaire X owner then posted a screenshot to prove that he had canceled his own Netflix account.<\/p>\n<p>He later kept up his assault on the service, tweeting scenes from other shows that featured storylines featuring trans characters and repeating his calls for a boycott.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2202898259-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"White House Senior Advisor to the President and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk departs the U.S. Capitol Building on March 5, 2025 in Washington, DC. Musk was meeting with Republican senators at a closed door lunch. \" class=\"wp-image-536742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2202898259-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2202898259-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2202898259-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2202898259-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2202898259-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2202898259-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2202898259-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2202898259-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"White House Senior Advisor to the President and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk departs the U.S. Capitol Building on March 5, 2025 in Washington, DC. Musk was meeting with Republican senators at a closed door lunch. \" class=\"wp-image-536742 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2202898259-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2202898259-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2202898259-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2202898259-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2202898259-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2202898259-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2202898259-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2202898259-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">White House Senior Advisor to the President and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk departs the U.S. Capitol Building on March 5, 2025 in Washington, DC. Musk was meeting with Republican senators at a closed door lunch. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Andrew Harnik\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Not surprisingly, \u201ccancel Netflix\u201d quickly became the top trending topic on X, and the situation led to harassment directed at <em>Dead End: Paranormal Park<\/em> showrunner, Hamish Steele.<\/p>\n<p>Steele initially took the situation in stride, joking that Netflix is in no way promoting his canceled series.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s all lies and slander! Netflix is NOT promoting at the moment!\u201d he wrote (via <em><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/10\/elon-musk-netflix-dead-end-paranormal-park-1236568763\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Deadline<\/a><\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>Just hours later, Steele reported that the situation had escalated to a frightening degree.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have mostly been very ok today and found it all quite funny, while really appreciating everyone who has reached out, but the extremely nasty weird homophobic and antisemitic emails have started rolling in and it is getting a little scary so I apologize if I take longer to respond to stuff,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-1821113896-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"Elon Musk speaks onstage during The New York Times Dealbook Summit 2023 at Jazz at Lincoln Center on November 29, 2023 in New York City. \" class=\"wp-image-536743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-1821113896-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-1821113896-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-1821113896-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-1821113896-2048x1539.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-1821113896-728x546.jpg 728w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-1821113896-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-1821113896-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-1821113896-960x721.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-1821113896-1080x811.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-1821113896-1200x902.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-1821113896-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"Elon Musk speaks onstage during The New York Times Dealbook Summit 2023 at Jazz at Lincoln Center on November 29, 2023 in New York City. \" class=\"wp-image-536743 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-1821113896-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-1821113896-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-1821113896-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-1821113896-2048x1539.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-1821113896-728x546.jpg 728w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-1821113896-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-1821113896-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-1821113896-960x721.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-1821113896-1080x811.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-1821113896-1200x902.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-1821113896-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Elon Musk speaks onstage during The New York Times Dealbook Summit 2023 at Jazz at Lincoln Center on November 29, 2023 in New York City. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Slaven Vlasic\/Getty Images for The New York Times)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI will just say today is much much worse and I am going to basically be on the down low for the foreseeable,\u201d Steele continued, adding, \u201cMy apologies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk has a long history of opposing trans rights, seemingly stemming from his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/09\/vivian-wilson-disguises-feud-elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fractured relationship with daughter Vivian Wilson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2022\/06\/elon-musks-daughter-comes-out-as-trans-cuts-ties-with-transphobic-father\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wilson says she is no longer on speaking terms with her father<\/a> after coming out as trans.<\/p>\n<p>While it\u2019s impossible to say how much of an impact Musk\u2019s boycott has had in terms of subscribers, Netflix\u2019s stock slid roughly two percent in the day since he launched his war against the brand.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/10\/cancel-netflix-campaign-backed-by-elon-musk-may-have-led-to-stock-decline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes If you\u2019ve noticed the phrase \u201ccancel Netflix\u201d on your social media feeds today, you\u2019re certainly not alone. The streaming giant is at the center of a new controversy involving a little-known animation series, which recently came under fire from Tesla CEO Elon Musk. The show, Dead End: Paranormal Park, was canceled [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":196759,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-196758","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196758\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}