Disney Made Fairy Tales Political and it Backfired Royally | The REAL Story with Dr. Phil

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🗓️ 5 November 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Disney once prided itself on being the "happiest place on Earth," but lately it's been trying to erase a few of its own storylines — the race-swapped princesses, the same-sex kisses, the "magical beings" that replaced the Seven Dwarfs. After years of billion-dollar losses, fan backlash, and box-office bombs, the studio is suddenly rethinking its "woke" era. In Title: Disney Made Fairy Tales Political and it Backfired Royally

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0:00.0	I hate to say I told you so, but Disney, I told you so.
0:04.7	Told you so.
0:05.8	Told you so.
0:06.9	Why?
0:07.6	Because now, they're acting like none of the race-swapped princesses,
0:14.0	the same-sex kisses of the seven dwarfs being replaced by magical beings ever happened.
0:21.1	Suddenly, they're rethinking things.
0:24.5	Yep, after the billion-dollar losses, the boycotts, the empty theaters,
0:29.2	they're not enlightened.
0:31.2	They're embarrassed.
0:33.1	The real story today is that now Disney is trying to scrape the woke off the castle walls like it was
0:39.3	just a bad coat of paint. Here are the most recent headlines. Disney is set to hire a white
0:45.2	actress to star in its latest reboot after dumping DEI amid Woke Fury. Disney set to hire a white actress to star in its latest reboot after dumping DEI.
1:00.0	Fear.
1:01.0	Disney's anti-woke move after huge box office bombs.
1:05.8	Six months ago, I said this was coming.
1:08.6	I said Disney's Woke Snow White remake, a $270 million modern makeover, was a box office train wreck waiting to happen.
1:19.5	Well, I'm sorry, but that changes the whole premise of this story from the 1800s.
1:26.0	It succeeded because it was a wonderful fairy tale. Well, look who
1:33.1	finally got the memo. For years, Disney bent over backwards to please the woke left, turning
1:39.6	creativity into corporate guilt. Every remake became an apology tour. Every fairy tale had to check a
1:47.8	different DEI box. You can't listen to the loudest voice just because they're shrill.
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