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On today’s list we are talking about times that celebrities were fired.
Maybe you’ve been fired from a job.
The reason could’ve been valid or just one big misunderstanding, but either way, the
company let you go.
But can you imagine being fired from a company like Disney?
Probably not, but the people on our list can.
Let’s jump into it with today’s list of Top 10 Celebrities Who Were Fired By Disney.
10) Starting off the list at number 10 is Chloe Grace Moretz.
The poor girl was forced out of Disney even though she had a squeaky clean record.
It was for a pretty simple reason; they found someone better.
Well, in their opinion that is.
If you remember the 2008 Disney movie Bolt, you will remember that Miley Cyrus was the
voice of the main character named Penny.
However, Miley wasn’t originally supposed to have the role, it was actually given to
Chloe first.
She did all of her recordings for the entire movie before Disney decided to replace her
last minute.
The reasoning was that Miley’s fame was on the rise at that time and they wanted to
use a bigger star.
The only good news to this story is that even though they fired her from her role, they
kept some of her voice work to use as Younger Penny, and still gave her a credit in the
movie.
But the majority of her hard work was wiped out which she may still be holding a grudge
towards because years later she was attached to the new live-action Little Mermaid film,
but left the project on her own because she was too busy.
Too busy?
Or a little bitter?
We may never know.
9) At number 9 is Jake Paul.
You would know him as one of the most famous, loudest, and most obnoxious youtubers in the
whole world.
He’s both loved and hated by many people, it really just depends if you can handle his
personality or not.
Outside of his Youtube career he started to get involved in other projects and one of
them led him to starring on the Disney show: Bizaardvark.
The show actually helped him reach some legitimate fame but some of his behaviour on Youtube
led him to getting fired from the show.
They simply couldn’t support the incidents he was getting himself involved in.
The thing is, Jake went on to say that leaving the show was his decision, but I feel like
we all know what’s up and what really went down.
However, i’ll let you guys decide the truth.
Tell me down in the comments which story you believe; was he fired?
Or did he quit?
8) Up next at number 8 is Mitchel Musso.
People fell in love with this Disney star when he took on the role of Oliver in the
Hannah Montana series; he was Miley Cyrus’ hilarious best friend.
From there, he continued a successful career with Disney doing voiceover work in the show
Phineas and Ferb, and then went on to star on another Disney show called Pair of Kings.
He had a great reputation in the Disney universe but things started to go south.
He was forced to leave earlier than planned after he was arrested for a DUI back in 2011.
The arrest itself was bad enough but what made everything worse was that his blood alcohol
level was significantly over the limit and he was only 20 years old at the time.
So he wasn’t even old enough to be drinking.
Turns out that he spent a few hours in the drunk tank and was released when he was in
a better state.
He was fired from the show immediately and hasn’t worked with them ever since.
He hasn’t done much work in general ever since.
Which is a shame, I loved him on Hannah Montana.
7) Sliding into the number 7 spot is Megan Mullally.
Depending on how old you are, you might know her from a few different TV shows.
Younger fans probably know her as Tammy from the show Parks and Recreation, and older fans
know her as Karen Walker from Will & Grace.
I am older fans.
I only know her from Will & Grace.
Most people don’t know that she was actually attached to a Disney project during her time
on that show.
She was hired to do voiceover work for a character in Finding Nemo.
It’s been reported that the studio told her she could use whatever voice she wanted
with the character, so that’s what she did.
She didn’t want to do that high pitched annoying squeaky Karen voice, but that’s
what they were hoping for.
Turns out that she refused to do that voice and they ended up firing her from the movie.
She had already started recording for the part and every time she would get in the recording
booth, she was encouraged to raise her voice higher.
When speaking about it she said: that voice was used for boozy, sharp-tongued Karen Walker
on Will & Grace.
So why would Disney want to be associated with that?
She raises a good point.
6) In at number 6 is Jake T Austin; he rose to fame when he played Selena Gomez’ brother
on the Disney series: Wizards of Waverly Place.
From there his career continued with Disney productions and he later starred on an ABC
Family show called The Fosters.
But he started making some headlines for some bad behaviour.
It all started at the 2014 Teen Choice Awards when he approached the gifting suite backstage
and security didn’t allow him in because they didn’t recognize him.
That’s never a humbling moment for an actor.
Jake ended up throwing a big tantrum and he started screaming, swearing, and throwing
things.
And yes, he pulled the classic line: don’t you know who I am?
But then he quickly answered his own question and said, I quote: i’m a presenter.
Who the f*** are you?
Disney didn’t stand for his little freak out moment and fired him not long after from
his role on The Fosters.
He also had legal issues on his record; he was charged as an underage drinker and was
also involved in a four-car hit and run crash.
So they had more than 1 reason backing up their decision to let him go.
5) Half way through the list at number 5 is Lalaine.
If you were a Lizzie McGuire fan you would know Lalaine for playing her best friend Miranda.
She was one of Disney’s biggest stars at one time, starring alongside Hilary Duff on
the wildly popular show.
But out of nowhere Lalaine went MIA and we didn’t see her character in the last few
episodes of the series.
Not only that, but when the Lizzie McGuire Movie came out later on, everyone reprised
their role except for her.
In the movie they said that her character was on vacation with her family in Mexico.
Fans were wondering what actually was going down behind the scenes and turns out she was
let go by Disney.
She was having some personal struggles and was arrested for possession of meth in 2008,
so it was serious.
She hid her problems for a while until she started to miss court dates and had a warrant
out for her arrest.
She was basically forced to plead guilty of the possession no matter what because of all
the times she was skipping out on court.
However, we recently found out that there is going to be a Lizzie McGuire reboot, so
we’re going to have to wait and see if Miranda will show up this time, or if she’s even
invited.
4) Next up at number 4 is Steve Whitmire.
His name might not sound familiar to you but his voice would; he was the voice of Kermit
the Frog for 27 years.
He was known for being the green frog up until he was fired in 2017 for reasons we weren’t
sure of.
It was in July that year that news hit the internet saying Matt Vogel would be replacing
him.
Steve finally came forward and explained that Disney actually fired him way back in October
but was only making it public now because they had a replacement.
The studio said that he was fired due to, I quote: unacceptable business conduct that
they’d ask him to work on for months.
Apparently he didn’t show up to set sometimes and he sent emails in which he attacked the
writers and director.
However, Steve tells it differently and says they had a disagreement on the new scripts
they were creating for the new ABC series.
One disagreement they had was the script said Kermit lied to his nephew, Robin, about his
breakup with Miss Piggy.
Steve was firm on his beliefs that Kermit wouldn’t lie to him.
It just seems like they all weren’t getting on the same page.
About a lot of things.
3)Here we are at number 3 with Ryan Gosling.
Remember when he was a Mousekeeper with Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake all those years
ago?
Well apparently 12 year old Ryan had a bit of an attitude problem while starring on the
Mickey Mouse Club.
His attitude was so bad; it’s the reason he was fired.
During an interview in 2008, he spoke about it and said that he was considered to be such
a bad influence on his other co-stars, that their mothers actually complained to the studio
about it.
At that point, he was told by the studio that he basically wasn’t Disney material because
they needed someone mature enough to educate a young audience about mature topics.
I’m sure what they really expected from a 12 year old- Disney would’ve never hired
my 12 year old self.
Despite being let go, it’s safe to say his career didn’t suffer because of it.
2)Taking over spot number 2 is Pewdiepie, he is the biggest youtube star pretty much
of all time.
He’s made a life for himself simply by his Youtube channel, and because he was making
so much money on the platform he was signed Disney for some deals.
They had him on their roster to have him involved in promotions and any other line-ups they
had in store.
But only one month after signing a deal with them, they decided to fire him and called
off the deal.
Why?
Because one of his Youtube videos was completely inappropriate to be under a name like Disney.
He posted a video that showed 2 men laughing together as they held up a sign reading: death
to all Jews.
The video caused tons of controversy and was eventually removed.
Pewdiepie admitted he had paid the two men to do it and issued an apology saying that
he was simply kidding.
But, Disney quickly cut ties with him, joking or not.
1) Taking the number 1 spot on our list is Bella Thorne.
The actress has been open about her time on Disney and all the struggles she faced when
it came to the pressure of having that Disney image.
She told the story of the time she was ALMOST fired when she was 12 after she took a picture
on a beach in a black bikini that her MOM had bought her.
They said it was too much skin and threatened to kick her off Shake It Up, the tv series
that she starred in.
But more recently in 2016 she spoke about how she left Disney and turns out that they
terminated her contract as soon as her show came to an end.
The good news is, she was happy about it.
She told Nylon: when I got off the Disney channel, I stopped listening to people telling
me what I needed to be this and that.
I literally would talk with a higher voice in interviews because that was the whole innocent
Disney appeal.
Needless to say, being let go was just a blessing in disguise.
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