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Disney cancels Kimmel segment after threats, recalling Walt's 1938 meeting with Nazi filmmaker

Ellsworth Toohey
Sep 19, 2025
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Disney CEO Bob Iger and Disney Entertainment head Dana Walden pulled Jimmy Kimmel Live! after receiving threats from ABC affiliates and warning's from the FCC, fearing license revocations.

It's disappointing but not surprising.

In 1938, Nazi filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl traveled from Germany to Hollywood. This was shortly after Kristallnacht, a violent pogr…

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