Caitlyn Jenner Lashes Out at Disney
newsweek.comDisney, suggesting the entertainment giant is the reason she's not featured in The Kardashians.In a series of comments posted to X—formerly Twitter—on Saturday, the 74-year-old slammed Disney and its CEO Bob Iger.Jenner suggested that the family's decision to launch their latest reality show, The Kardashians, with Disney-owned Hulu is responsible for her exclusion from the series.The former Olympian appeared on the family's first reality show, Keeping Up with the Kardashians (KUWTK), between 2007 and 2021.
The program was broadcast on E! and ran for 20 seasons, but the Kardashian-Jenner clan signed a two-season deal with Hulu in 2022.Jenner's jab at Disney was in response to a post from X user Richard Grenell, who accused Disney of "being partisan.""I wonder if that's why they fired me from my family's reality show when it switched over to Hulu (@Disney), from E!" Jenner wrote on Saturday."I must not be woke enough.
Too bad... I remember when Bob Iger was a young, hard working, valet, carrying my bags, for me right after I won the Olympics."In another comment, Jenner claimed that her "About Bruce" specials earned KUWTK its highest viewing figures in "three years," insisting that "Disney dropping me was purely political.""I wasn't woke enough for them, and Bob had no sense of loyalty after I gave them highest rated 2 HOUR 20/20 special on ABC, and massive boost to their ESPY ratings YoY when I spoke," she said.Newsweek has reached out to Caitlyn Jenner for comment via Instagram and Disney via email.In recent years, several conservative figures have accused Disney of "going woke," after the studio began diversifying its characters and storylines.
ABC is under the Disney umbrella after the media behemoth acquired the network in 1995.In 2017, Jenner starred in an ABC special that focused on how her life had changed since coming out as transgender.
