Gabrielle Union Slams Disney Over Handling of “Don’t Say Gay” Bill

E! News has reached out to Disney for comment on Union’s remarks and has not heard back.

During Disney’s annual call with shareholders on March 9, CEO Bob Chapek said, “We were opposed to the bill from the outset, but we chose not to take a public position on it because we thought we could be more effective working behind the scenes, engaging directly with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. And we were hopeful that our longstanding relationships with those lawmakers would enable us to achieve a better outcome. But despite weeks of effort, we were ultimately unsuccessful.”

Chapek said he called Florida Governor Ron DeSantis “to express our disappointment and concern that if legislation becomes law, it could be used to unfairly target” LGBTQ+ kids and families.” He said the governor agreed to meet with him and LGBTQ+ members of Disney’s senior team in Florida for further discussion and “committed to me that he wanted to make sure that this law could not be weaponized in any way by individuals in the state or groups in the state to unduly harm or target gay, lesbian, nonbinary, or transgender kids and families.”

“Disney contacted our office today to speak with the governor. This is the first time we have heard from Disney regarding [the bill],” a spokeswoman for DeSantis said in a statement to several outlets that day. “The governor did take the call from Mr. Chapek. The governor’s position has not changed. No in-person meeting has been scheduled yet.”