MUCK HEY, BABY, THERE AIN’T NO
EASY WAY OUT ♪
>> WELCOME BACK TO "THE BIG
SATURDAY SHOW."
MOVE OVER, SEATTLE.
THE NEW MOST WOKE PLACE ON EARTH
IS DISNEY, AND ITS CUSTOMERS AND
EMPLOYEES ARE TAKING NOTICE.
A GAY WORKER AT THE COMPANY IS
SLAMMING THE MEDIA GIANT OVER
ITS STANCE ON FLORIDA’S PARENTAL
RIGHTS LAW SAYING DISNEY DOES
NOT SPEAK FOR ME.
THE BILL DOES NOT MENTION THE
WORD GAY ONCE.
THE PURPOSELY-MISLEADING
NICKNAME WAS A TROJAN HORSE.
IT DREW PEOPLE IN, IT GOT THEM
FIRED UP BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT
THE BILL WAS ATTACKING G ARK Y
PEOPLE.
THE DETRACTORS USE THIS TO LURE
YOU IN, BUT THEY WANTED TO HIDE
THE GENDER IDEOLOGY PART OF THE
BILL WHICH IS WHAT PEOPLE SHOULD
REALLY BE CONCERNED ABOUT.
THE PUBLIC WAS BEING PLAYED, AND
GAY PEOPLE WERE BEING USED AS
PAWNS.
I THINK DISNEY WORLD IS
OVERRATED, TOO MANY PEOPLE AND
IT’S TOOING, EXPENSIVE.
TYRUS, ABOUT THIS, AS THE AUTHOR
WRITES, THE BILL DOES NOT
MENTION GAY ONCE --
>> NOT EVEN, NO, NOT ONCE.
>> BUT, TYRUS, WE’VE GOT THE
MEDIA, WE’VE GOT THE LEFT,
THEY’RE CALLING IT THE DON’T SAY
GAY BILL.
HOW DID THAT HAPPEN IN.
>> WELL, AS AN ACTOR, I HAPPEN
TO KNOW THAT WE READ SCRIPTS,
AND A LOT OF THEM ARE REALLY
LONG, THOUSANDS ASK AND HUNDREDS
OF PAGES SOMETIMES.
THIS WAS, LIKE, 6-7 PAGES LONG,
SO TRY READING IT BEFORE YOU GO
AGAINST IT.
BUT AGAIN, THIS GOES BACK TO
WHAT I’VE BEEN SAYING, AND I
JUSSED TO SAY THIS WAS 10% --
USED TO SAY THIS WAS 10% OF 10%
ON TWITTER, BUT THIS IS
LITERALLY 10% OF 10% OF 0%.
IT’S ALL ABOUT INDIVIDUAL
ACHIEVEMENT AND VIRTUE SIGNALING
TO THE INDIVIDUALS WHO DO IT.
THEY’RE NOT INTERESTED IN
HELPING THE GREATER GOOD, IT’S
ABOUT THEMSELVES.
WE SAW THIS WITH BLACK LIVES
MATTER, A BUT INDIVIDUALS WHO
CLAIMED THEY WERE FIGHTING FOR
US, MADE A LOT OF MONEY, BOUGHT
A LOT OF HOMES AND GOT IN
TROUBLE WITH THE IRS BUT YET
NEVER HELPED THE VICTIMS OR THE
PEOPLE IN TROUBLE.
THAT’S WHAT THE WOKE IS.
THEY’RE JUST THE BIG BULLY AT
SCHOOL, AND WHEN YOU STAND UP TO
THEM, THEY JUST FIND SOMEBODY
ELSE TO PICK ON.
THAT’S BASICALLY WHAT THIS IS,
AGAIN, BECAUSE A LOT OF MY GAY
FRIENDS, ESPECIALLY MEN, ONE OF
THE MOST PROUDEST THINGS THAT
THEY ARE A PROUD GAY MAN.
THAT IS THE POINT.
THEY’RE NOT SOMETHING ELSE.
THEY ARE STILL A MAN.
SO WHEN YOU HEAR THEM ATTACK,
WHEN THEY SAY BOYS AND GIRLS AND
THINGS LIKE THAT, IT HAS NOTHING
TO DO WITH IT.
AND 99% OF, LIKE, FOR THIS
INDIVIDUAL WHO STEPPED UP AND
SAID THEY DON’T REPRESENT ME,
THEY DON’T REPRESENT ANY OF YOU,
AND THAT’S THE POINT.
>> WELL, IT SEEMS LIKE, I MEAN,
PROGRESSIVES HAVE THEIR A FINGER
ON WHAT’S GOING ON ON TWITTER,
BUT NOT PARENTS.
LARA, I WANT TO READ YOU SOME OF
THESE QUOTES FROM PARENTS WHO
ARE SLAMMING DISNEY.
AN OKLAHOMA MOTHER SAYS, CLEARLY
THE EXECUTIVES AT DISNEY IF
DON’T KNOW EVERYDAY MOMS AND
DADS LIKE US.
AND THEN A NEW JERSEY-BASED --
SAID THEY TARNISHED THEIR BRAND.
ANOTHER PARENT, AN OHIO-BASEDDED
PARENT SAYS THIS: IT IS TIME TO
VOID YOUR HOUSEHOLD OF ALL
THINGS DISNEY.
LARA, LITERALLY ALL THIS BILL
DOES IS IT SAYS TO SCHOOL
EMPLOYEES, YOU KNOW, DON’T
INSTRUCT ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION
AND GENDER IDENTITY FOR KIDS
UNDER 8.
IF WHY WOULD PROGRESSIVES OPPOSE
THAT?
>> WHO WOULD OPPOSE THAT?
WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND THINKS
WE SHOULD BE TALKING TO ANY
CHILD ABOUT SEXUALITY, ABOUT
SEX?
IF I MEAN, GOSH, KIDS JUST GROW
UP QUICK ENOUGH AS IT IS.
WE REALLY WANT TO ACCELERATE
THAT?
IT IS ABSOLUTELY MIND
MIND-BOGGLING.
BUT I IMAGINE THAT WALT DISNEY
IS TURNING OVER IN HIS GRAVE
RIGHT NOW SEEING HOW ABSURD THIS
STANCE IS THAT DISNEY IF TOOK.
THEY DIDN’T NEED TO TAKE A
STANCE AT ALL.
THEY DIDN’T NEED TO GET INVOLVED
IN THIS AT ALL.
WHEN CORPORATIONS AND COMPANIES
DO THIS, IT IS ALWAYS THE WRONG
MOVE.
IT ALWAYS HURTS THEM, IT ALWAYS
MAKES PEOPLE DISLIKE THEM
BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER
THAT HALF THE COUNTRY, AND I
WOULD SAY FAR MORE THAN HALF THE
COUNTRY AT THIS POINT, DISAGREES
WITH WHATEVER STANCE YOU’RE
PUTTING OUT THERE.
IT’S JUST REALLY INSANE SANE
BECAUSE YOU THINK ABOUT DISNEY
AS THE PLACE AS A PARENT THAT
YOU CAN TURN TO FOR WHOLESOME
ENTERTAINMENT, WHERE YOU’RE
ALLOWED TO GO ESCAPE THESE SORT
OF THINGS WITH YOUR KIDS, AND
THAT IS NO MORE.
PEOPLE HAVE VERY CLEARLY SEEN
THAT DOES NOT EXIST.
THERE IS AN AGENDA.
MAYBE BEST THERE’S BEEN ONE ALL
ALONG THAT WE DIDN’T REALLY KNOW
ABOUT, BUT I’LL TELL YOU ONE
THING, I HAVE NEVER TAKEN MY
KIDS TO DISNEY.
FORTUNATELY, THEY ARE YOUNG
ENOUGH THAT THEY’RE NOT YET
INTERESTED, SO MAYBE WE GOT OUT
OF THIS WHOLE DEAL SCOT-FREE --
>> THEY’RE GOING TO MISS Z THAT
MOM AND DAD --
[INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS]
THEY’RE GOING TO MISS THAT MOM
AND DAD MONEY.
>> TODD, YOU KNOW, FIRST OF
ALL --
>> THEY WILL.
>> -- I SAW YOUR REACTION TO MY
IF CONTROVERSIAL STATEMENT ABOUT
DISNEY, SO WE’LL GET TO THAT.
BUT FIRST, YOU KNOW, THEY’RE
MESSING WITH SOMEONE IN GOVERNOR
RON DeSANTIS WHO REALLY ISN’T
BACKING DOWN FROM THIS FIGHT
WITH DISNEY.
HE’S CALLING INTO QUESTION THIS
SPECIAL SELF-GOVERNING STATUS
THAT DISNEY HAS IN THE STATE OF
FLORIDA.
THEY’VE HAD IT FOR 55 YEARS
UNDER STATE LAW.
HE SAYS, YOU KNOW WHAT?
MAYBE THEY SHOULDN’T HAVE THIS
SPECIAL SELF-GOVERNING STATUS.
THERE’S ALSO BEEN A STATE
REPRESENTATIVE WHO’S SAID AS
MUCH AS WELL.
SHOULD THEY REPEAL IT SENATE
SHOULD THEY GET RID OF IT?
>> I MEAN, IT’S A TOTAL BOSS
MOVE BY DeSANTIS, AND I THINK
IT’S A GREAT PLAY.
WHETHER OR NOT IT’LL ACTUALLY
COME TO FRUITION IS UNCLEAR, BUT
DeSANTIS KNOWS HE HAS THE
PEOPLE ON HIS SIDE.
TO TYRUS’ POINT, THIS IS A VERY,
VERY SMALL SUBSET OF EMPLOYEES
AT DISNEY -- THAT DISNEY IS
TRYING TO PLACATE.
TO LARA’S POINT, THINK ABOUT THE
PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT GOING TO GO
TO DISNEY WORLD BECAUSE OF THIS.
IT’S THE MOM AND DAD AND TWO AND
A HALF KIDS WHO ARE NO LONGER
GOING TO SPEND A WEEK AT DISNEY,
DISNEY PROPERTIES, GOING TO THE
PARKS, BUYING THE FOOD.
YET THEY’RE APPEALING TO, AGAIN,
THAT PERSON ON TWITTER WHO MAY
GO THERE ONCE EVERY COUPLE YEARS
TO GET SOME SELFIES WITH THEIR
FRIENDS TO PUT ON INSTAGRAM.
IT IS A HORRIBLE BUSINESS MOVE.
AND TO FOCUS ON THE HYPOCRISY OF
IT ALL.
WHERE ARE THESE EMPLOYEES?
ARE THEY NOT FIRED UP THAT
DISNEY’S TRYING TO DO BUSINESS
IN ABOUT A DOZEN COUNTRIES THAT
PROHIBIT HOME HOMOSEXUALITY?
IT SEEMS LIKE THAT’S A GREAT
AREA TO START.
>> WELL, THAT’S A GREAT POINT.
LIKE, INSULTING US, RIGHT?
WE ALL KNOW THAT THEY’RE MAYBE
THE ONLY ONES -- OR THEY DO AND
THEY JUST DON’T CARE.
I’M JUST NOT GOING TO DISNEY
BECAUSE I’M CHEAP.
I DON’T HAVE KIDS YET.
[LAUGHTER]
[INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS]
>> THE PRICES HAVE SKYROCKETED.
>> YEAH.
WHAT IS IT?
>> I DON’T FIT IN THE RIDES, SO
I NEVER GO.
[LAUGHTER]
>> YOU’RE A VERY LARGE, STRONG
MAN.
>> 6-8, 348 POUNDS, THEY WEREN’T
THINKING OF THAT WHEN THEY BUILT
IT.
I’M NOT TIC TINKERBELL.