‘This Can Happen To Anyone!’ Pro-Trump Mandalorian Star Fired For Comparing Trump Fandom To Holocaust Warns On Fox News
Former Mandalorian star Gina Carano warned Fox News viewers that her firing after comparing Trump fans to victims of the Holocaust “can happen to anyone!”
Carano is back in the news because Elon Musk is helping her pay for her lawsuit against Disney over her firing after the Holocaust post went viral and sparked a campaign for her ouster.
The vocally pro-Trump Carano wrote, in a since-deleted post, “Jews were beaten in the streets, not by Nazi soldiers but by their neighbors…even by children. Because history is edited, most people today don’t realize that to get to the point where Nazi soldiers could easily round up thousands of Jews, the government first made their own neighbors hate them simply for being Jews. How is that any different from hating someone for their political views.”
On Tuesday night’s edition of Fox News Channel’s Jesse Watters Primetime, host Jesse Watters interviewed Carano about the suit. Carano framed her firing as “bullying,” and claimed it could happen to anyone:
JESSE WATTERS: Gina, why do you think, after all of the things said and done by actors and actresses of all political stripes, you were specifically targeted?
CARANO: That’s a good question.
I think maybe because I’m a bit unassuming, I am easy to work with, and I think, sometimes — if you asked anybody on that set, they would say, I was the most non-controversial person. But I think, like we have seen all over America, a lot of us are getting sick and tired.
And so I think that I was a bit unassuming in standing up. And I think that’s why I was targeted.
WATTERS: What have you learned from all of this? I mean, you were at one of the biggest perches in the entertainment field. And now, next day, you were canceled.
CARANO: What I have learned is that, if this can happen to me, this can happen to anyone!
I am easy to work with, and I am passionate about what we do. I am always excited to be on set. I even worked with them as much as I possibly could to resolve any issues that they had. But, eventually, you have a line. And when that line gets crossed, you just have to say, enough. Enough is enough.
And if I look back on what I — if I would have caved and I would have done something that disrespected myself, then I wouldn’t be doing any favors to the next generation, to my nieces, to your children. And I felt like, since I didn’t have any children, I was a person that could stand up and say some things.
And the things that I said were so gentle. They weren’t aggressive. They were never with ill intent. They were never malicious. And that’s how I know, because I was so conscious that, if this can happen to me, this will happen to you. And if we just pass this along to the next generation, it’s just going to get worse and worse.
WATTERS: Well, it’s good advice, because people, young Americans come up to me all the time, and they say, Jesse, I love what you say. I believe the same thing. But at my job or my college, I can’t really say that, because I will get in trouble. And what do I do?
It’s very hard to navigate this crazy world that we live in.
CARANO: Yes. I have…
WATTERS: So, I guess your story is very inspiring to a lot of people, Gina.
CARANO: I have people at these fan expos that I absolutely love. And I have them coming up in tears, and mass amounts of people come up in tears and just thank me for taking a stand, thank me for saying the things that I said.
And that has made it all worth it. No matter what happens, that has made it all worth it. And I really applaud Elon Musk and X for championing me in this lawsuit. And I appreciate all your love and support out there. And I hope I make you proud.
WATTERS: Oh, well, we feel that. Thanks, Gina. And good luck on the litigation. And keep us posted.
CARANO: Thank you.
Watch above via Fox News Channel’s Jesse Watters Primetime.