If you have never heard about the Shonda Rhimes and Disney breakup (over Disney park passes for an adult to be with her kid), here you go. It is something I bring up regularly because I remain shocked they were so shortsighted. www.celebitchy.com/686014/shond... - ThreadSky

bakerdphd.bsky.social • 1 day ago

If you have never heard about the Shonda Rhimes and Disney breakup (over Disney park passes for an adult to be with her kid), here you go. It is something I bring up regularly because I remain shocked they were so shortsighted.

https://www.celebitchy.com/686014/shonda_rhimes_left_abc_when_they_nit-picked_her_over_free_disneyland_passes/

Reposted from Claire Willett

Disney torching their relationship with Shonda over some VIP park passes is my Roman Empire

I’m never not thinking about this

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amandabeloved.bsky.social•1 day ago

Oh my gosh that was a giant goof. They could have done so much with being in her good graces.

madamehardy.bsky.social•1 day ago

Holy SHIT.

nanaslugdiva.bsky.social•1 day ago

“The exec reportedly replied, ‘Don’t you have enough?’”

bakerdphd.bsky.social•1 day ago

Doesn't that say it all? I assume they said n***** under their breath.

nanaslugdiva.bsky.social•1 day ago

100%

jostewart.bsky.social•19 hours ago

To which my immediate thought was: "Don't YOU, asshole?" Come on!

lgeissler.bsky.social•1 day ago

And at that point, Ms. Shonda had had enough-- of Disney.

triplingual.bsky.social•1 day ago

That's just . . . cheap, and I mean as distinct from "thrifty" or "frugal" or "money-conscious". I get that there have to be borders on things when you're a bigcorp, but come TF on.

(Great dig in the piece, though, about "one briefly tenured ABC executive".)

bakerdphd.bsky.social•1 day ago

If she wanted 10 of these, who cares? But the scenario she explains makes perfect sense for why her sister needed a pass.

cathyw.bsky.social•1 day ago

right? 'shonda wants a day pass for a relative' is probably something the accountants could figure out how to write off without even getting a headache. it's essentially a rounding error on her other compensation and even on the day's ticket sales at the park. good grief.

okie.gay•1 day ago

The wild thing is there already *is* a process! She already had VIP passes, and park employees get a certain number of day passes per year. Getting the tickets to her physically would be more of a hassle than the accounting/budget piece. 0 reason to deny it.

mirya.bsky.social•1 day ago

Racism is so fucking stupid

mirya.bsky.social•1 day ago

This is like the CMAs and Beyonce. Just the dumbest, shoot yourself in the foot, foolishness

bakerdphd.bsky.social•1 day ago

Very CMAs and Beyonce

bitterature.bsky.social•1 day ago

Speechless. Over a PASS.

tressiemcphd.bsky.social•1 day ago

It was the quintessential Black woman of a certain age morality tale. Like, a message for the ages.

tressiemcphd.bsky.social•1 day ago

It was so clearly one of those things where he simply thought the darkie had been “given” enough. No rational cost benefit analysis. It was just that basic.

whodiddoneit.bsky.social•1 day ago

Good on her for getting the f out of there.

tressiemcphd.bsky.social•1 day ago

And listen I’ve heard all the stories. I don’t care what she is like professionally (I also don’t believe everything said about us). Every billion dollar creative person is a headache. They also make you a billion dollars. You act like it.

drbritwilliams.bsky.social•1 day ago

I love this wording because that’s been the wildest part to me since the very moment I learned of this whole situation.

bakerdphd.bsky.social•1 day ago

Act. Like. It.

mardimonty.bsky.social•1 day ago

Will someone PULLEEEZE leak the name of that Disney exec???!!! Please?????

ambivalentricky.bsky.social•1 day ago

It doesn't matter because the other execs reading the article would know who it was, producing the same career-killing effect.

adw.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Wow that’s dumb

rmoonhill.bsky.social•1 day ago

At the time I remember my first reaction was along the lines of "Oh come on that couldn't have happened there's got to be way more going on" and then I was made to examine that attitude from my particular position and realized that a LOT was going on and the passes were absolutely indicative of it.

edfuller.bsky.social•1 day ago

holy shit

bakerdphd.bsky.social•1 day ago

Insanity

edfuller.bsky.social•1 day ago

All I could do after reading it. Kinda speechless at the sheer stupidity

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