SO SADLY: CEO Robert A. Iger Devastated by loss of five of his employees following tragic car crash at…
SO SADLY: CEO Robert A. Iger Devastated by loss of five of his employees following tragic car crash at…
Former Disney CEO Bob Iger is doubling down against Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” law — even as his successor, Bob Chapek, continues to take heat over his ham-fisted response to the legislation.
“A lot of these issues are not necessarily political. It’s about right and wrong,” Iger told CNN’s Chris Wallace in an interview that was taped last month. “So I happened to feel, and I tweeted an opinion about the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill in Florida. It seemed potentially harmful to kids.”
In the interview, Iger talked of going public on issues like climate change and immigration during his 15-year tenure as CEO of the Mouse House, which ended when he stepped down in February 2020, handing the reins to Chapek.
“I had to contend with this a lot, and the filter that I used to determine whether we should or should not weigh in considered a few factors,” Iger said. “What would its impact have on our employees, on our shareholders and our customers?
“And if any one of those three constituencies had a deep interest in or would be affected by whatever was the matter at hand, then it was something I thought we should consider weighing in on.”
