Disney Faces Backlash as Fans Cancel Subscriptions and Vacations Over Jimmy Kimmel Cancellation

Dis­ney Faces Back­lash as Fans Can­cel Sub­scrip­tions and Vaca­tions Over Jim­my Kim­mel Can­cel­la­tion

The fall­out from ABC’s can­cel­la­tion of Jim­my Kim­mel Live has quick­ly grown into a full-scale boy­cott of Dis­ney and its affil­i­at­ed ser­vices. Across social media, par­tic­u­lar­ly on Red­dit, fans are voic­ing their anger—not just with words, but with their wal­lets.

Can­cel­la­tions in Action
Dozens of users report­ed can­cel­ing their Dis­ney+ and Hulu sub­scrip­tions with­in hours of the announce­ment. One long-time sub­scriber wrote, “Just can­celed Dis­ney+. Mov­ing that mon­ey to PBS instead.” Anoth­er added, “I can­celed Hulu and Dis­ney+ tonight. Won’t spend anoth­er dime on them.” One Cana­di­an user echoed the trend, say­ing, “I just can­celed both ser­vices. Feels good to take my mon­ey else­where.” Oth­ers stressed the impor­tance of action, not just out­rage: “Don’t just say you’re angry—cancel and cut them off.”

Vaca­tions and Mer­chan­dise Affect­ed
Beyond stream­ing, Dis­ney parks and mer­chan­dise are also feel­ing the sting. Sev­er­al com­menters said they scrapped planned trips to Walt Dis­ney World and Dis­ney­land. One user lament­ed, “We were plan­ning a Dis­ney cruise for next sum­mer, but nope—not any­more.” Anoth­er wrote, “I can­celed our vaca­tion to Dis­ney­land Paris. They won’t see a cent from us now.” Oth­ers expressed regret at hav­ing already booked trav­el, promis­ing that this would be their last time sup­port­ing the com­pa­ny.

Finan­cial Pres­sure and Alter­na­tives
Many not­ed that real change comes from con­sumer spend­ing. One post read, “The only thing cor­po­ra­tions under­stand is mon­ey. Can­cel­ing my sub­scrip­tion is my way of vot­ing.” Some even claimed to have sold Dis­ney stock, with one user writ­ing, “I dumped all my shares today. I’d rather invest in com­pa­nies that actu­al­ly stand for some­thing.” Oth­ers redi­rect­ed funds toward inde­pen­dent cre­ators, PBS, NPR, or plat­forms like Dropout TV. Libraries and free alter­na­tives such as Hoopla and Kanopy were also wide­ly rec­om­mend­ed. “It feels good sup­port­ing con­tent that isn’t under cor­po­rate cen­sor­ship,” one com­menter added.

Frus­tra­tion with Cov­er­age
Users also point­ed out what they view as a media black­out of the boy­cott itself. A com­menter wrote, “Newsweek ran a sto­ry about the boy­cott but then redi­rect­ed the link back to the Kim­mel fir­ing arti­cle. They don’t want peo­ple to know how wide­spread this is.” Anoth­er added, “Turn on CNN or MSNBC and you’ll hear noth­ing. They’re pre­tend­ing this isn’t hap­pen­ing.”

Feel­ings of Betray­al
Per­haps most strik­ing was the sense of betray­al among life­long Dis­ney fans. One per­son admit­ted, “I grew up with Dis­ney, Mar­vel, Star Wars—but this is the line for me. They caved to polit­i­cal pres­sure and silenced a voice.” Anoth­er added, “Dis­ney talks about pro­gres­sive val­ues until it actu­al­ly costs them some­thing. Then they fold.” A long-time park vis­i­tor summed up the frus­tra­tion: “I’ve tak­en my kids to Dis­ney World every oth­er year since they were born. That tra­di­tion ends today.”

The Bot­tom Line
From can­celed stream­ing sub­scrip­tions to scrapped fam­i­ly vaca­tions, the boy­cott has already tak­en tan­gi­ble shape. For many, this isn’t just about one late-night host—it’s about hold­ing a media giant account­able. As one com­menter put it: “They’ll lis­ten when the mon­ey stops flow­ing. And for me, it just did.”