Yesterday, some Netflix employees and their supporters staged a walkout and held a rally outside the streaming giant’s Los Angeles headquarters. They took to the streets to protest against the recent airing of the Dave Chappelle comedy special, The Closer, and Netflix’s reaction to the fallout around the show.
Many celebrities voiced their support for the demo, including Elliot Page, Dan Levy, Angelica Ross and Colton Haynes.
Related: Elliot Page and Dan Levy voice support for trans employee walkout at Netflix
One celebrity making it clear she didn’t support the protest was actress Rose McGowan, well-known for being one of the main instigators of the #MeToo movement.
McGowan took to Twitter to call the Netflix employees “whiny” and accused them of “fake activism” simply because their feelings had been hurt by some of Chappelle’s comments about LGBTQ people.
“1) Dear Whiny U.S. @Netflix Employees, I hear your feelings got hurt by Dave Chapelle & upset @JoeRogan didn’t get your fancy schools language memo. Piss off you brats. Enough of your fake activism & obnoxious self-importance.”
2) know your paycheck comes from the deeply corrupt? Your bosses are DOJ/CIA stooges in on smearing Assange in a fake documentary meant to misinform. You little Taylors risk NOTHING. It is Zero Hour. Get real or fuck off. Right now it’s about facts not your fucking feelings. 🎈🤺
— Rose✨McGowan (@rosemcgowan) October 21, 2021
She went on to say the employees complaining were happy to be employed by “corrupt” bosses. It’s unclear exactly what McGowan is referring to here, but Netflix will soon be airing an award-nominated 2013 documentary about Wikileaks founder, Julian Assage (entitled We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks).
“Do any of you twerps even know your paycheck comes from the deeply corrupt?” said McGowan. “Your bosses are DOJ/CIA stooges in on smearing Assange in a fake documentary meant to misinform. You little Taylors risk NOTHING. It is Zero Hour. Get real or fuck off. Right now it’s about facts not your fucking feelings.”
Given that even Netflix has itself stated it supports the rights of its employees to protest and will endeavor to listen to trans employees, McGowan’s tweet seems particularly harsh.
However, it’s not the first time McGowan’s criticized people for taking offense to words.
Last week, she posted another tweet in support of Assage, saying, “This man is being murdered in slow motion by Lizard Democrats. While fake ‘activists’ scream about what words we use, he is dying. If you want to get real, live in truth, wake the F up & get out of your red/blue cult join us.”
Last month, McGowan, a former Democrat, supported Republican Larry Elder in his bid to unseat Gavin Newsom as governor of California. McGowan told voters at a press conference: “be brave, do something that’s weird—like maybe voting Republican, even though it will feel strange.” She also criticized activists for getting too hung up on language.
Many of her followers praised her for speaking out against the Netflix demo and called her “brave” for doing so.
Others criticized her for dismissing the legitimate concerns of others.
What a hateful woman. The employees participating in the walk out did not even include removing any content among their demands or complaints. The path to becoming a TERF always seems to include building a victim complex and putting down people with legitimate complaints. https://t.co/UEh0rmVMh1
— Timmy Hewitt (@Timmy_Hewitt) October 21, 2021
They literally walked out of their jobs…how is that fake activism? @rosemcgowan
— VandELLEistaG (@VandELLEistaG) October 22, 2021
Related: Rose McGowan apologizes to the transgender community
Before yesterday’s walkout, a Netflix spokesperson issued the following statement: “We value our trans colleagues and allies, and understand the deep hurt that’s been caused. We respect the decision of any employee who chooses to walk out, and recognize we have much more work to do both within Netflix and in our content.”
Besides McGowan, others to criticize yesterday’s demo was—surprise, surprise—Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert. She tweeted a clip of a non-binary campaigner being interviewed at the protest. Boebert mockingly captioned the clip: “These are the employees in Silicon Valley that are censoring you and monitoring your conversations.”
These are the employees in Silicon Valley that are censoring you and monitoring your conversations. pic.twitter.com/yWcV6quDiZ
— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) October 21, 2021
The person in the clip is actually drag queen Eureka O’Hara, a former contestant on RuPaul’s Drag Race. They are not known to work in silicon valley.
Chrisk
Damn. No more Boebart the stupid nutcase Rep. She should be more worried about her pedophile rapist of a boyfreind.
I don’t know anything that Rose McGowen done in the last decade or two but it sure sound’s like that trends gonna continue.
Bengali
Rose McWhine!!! Sounds like another Mc person with first name of Meghan.
“Only my gripes are valid.” Stuff it McBitches. No one cares what you think.
jcool
i’m not sure what harvey weinstein even saw in her.
Steve9999
Her twat. Period…..Anyone could have been attached to it. It just happened to have been her at that moment. I m sure he, like the rest of us, see absolutely NOTHING in HER.
ShiningSex
Maybe he didn’t do anything to her. Maybe she made it up after seeing how her career went to crap and thought it was a good outlet since others had accused him.
Hmmmmmm….should we believe her? Should we have compassion for such things? Hmmmmmm….who cares what happened to her. She is vile. She has no compassion for others, so no one should it for her.
Man About Town
Her calling other people whiny brats is a new high in irony.
doodleboi
Hence her voting Republican, silly twat
Kangol2
McGowan is increasingly becoming a rightward-shifting troll. She doesn’t take kindly to criticism or personal attacks, yet seems to dismiss the fact that the Netflix employees had legitimate concerns about Chappelle’s show and voiced them, not just on social media, but with an actual protest. That is anything but “fake” activism. Her support of anti-LGBTQ, self-loathing, archi-misogynist Larry Elder was repulsive. Lastly, whatever one may think about Julian Assange, he and Wikileaks actively participated in the subversion of a US election using stolen emails. Don the Con actively begged him to release them, and we later learned about the network of people linked to Don the Co (Corsi, Stone, etc.) who were involved in this, so Assange isn’t some blameless activist.
LumpyPillows
I don’t like her. That said, I just don’t understand why employees think its a good idea to protest their own employer while holding enviable jobs. Lots of LGBTQ content on Netflix. Focus on that. Or quit and try and find a more progressive employer; good luck with that.
cliche guevara
“I just don’t understand why employees think its a good idea to protest their own employer while holding enviable jobs.”
Hat tip you Lumpty Dumpty, you have finally acknowledged that the problem in this situation isn’t other people people but your ignorance and lack of understanding. You are are making progress.
LumpyPillows
Ah, comrade, attacking people is the bully’s way of admitting intellectual defeat. Try again, with a little less bitterness.
cliche guevara
Ahhh Lumpsy Wumpsy has his feelings hurt.
Cam
@LumpyPillows
I love it when the troll thinks it’s being subtle when it says things like, “I don’t like her BUT……”
LOL!!! Oh, well done troll! NOBODY will ever spot you when you do that!!
AxelDC
“I just don’t understand why employees think its [sic] a good idea to protest their own employer”
Maybe you need to do a bit of research on the American labor movement, especially starting with the Gilded Age. I suggest reading “The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair as a start.
LumpyPillows
If you are comparing the conditions faced by these people protesting a comedian with those in “The Jungle”, you need to re-read the book. Seriously, if you want to pretend to be smart, try harder with your sic. The conditions these employees face are pampered in comparison. There are real arguments to make, this is laughable. If you are saying they can do it, then I agree they can. My point is that they shouldn’t.
LumpyPillows
oh, and cam, glad to see my groupie.
Cam
@LumpyPillows
First the right wing troll account tries the “I know you are but what am I?” defense when it gets exposed as a troll. That didn’t work, so when I point out it’s obsession with me under it’s other screenames, suddenly THIS screename responds with the same comment.
At least TRY to be subtle.
Cam
MCGowan was raise din a cult and is more and more becoming attracted to the right wing Republican party because it resembles the cult she is used to.
She has been anti-LGBTQ for years. When she was on Brett Easton Ellis’s podcast she attacked gay people as not being interested in anything other than dancing naked on floats and taking drugs. When LGBTQ people were boycotting the Beverley Hills Hotel because the owner, the Sultan of Brunei had a law in his country where LGBTQ people could be put to death, she scheduled an event at that hotel. And she has been attacking Trans people for ages.
Lately she stumped for right wing bigot Larry Elder in the Ca. governor recall. Rose is just another hateful right winger at this point.
AxelDC
Paige Matthews was a great character; Rose McGowan is a toxic nutjob.
LumpyPillows
These are legitimate points against Rose.
mastik8
She’s a bit like driving by a car accident – you can’t help but look. The crazy beams shooting from her eyes like laser beams completes the look.
Ken A.
I respect her opinion. Would they walk it if they weren’t allowed to return? Probably not. So it’s just wind. They’re making much ado about nothing. People don’t have to watch it if they don’t want to. it’s there if they do. And all this noise is just making the show more popular. Win for Chappelle.
AxelDC
I feel like I’m watching the supervillain creation story of a prequel. Sweet, popular American actress goes crazy after being sexually harassed, and then becomes a MAGA head warrior in retaliation.
jsmu
Nope. Never sweet, only marginally popular, and always sociopathic.
tjack47
She’s off her nut. Defending Assange? If memory serves me correctly, he’s an alleged pedophile. She behaves as though she wrote the S.C.U.M. Manifesto.
jsmu
EPIC CUNextTuesday–the whiny brat attention hobitch of all time–and a virulent homophobe as well.
Who was ever stupid enough to hire this gash?
LeBlevsez
So many valid, easily-made arguments against McGowan’s massive fail, and you choose raw misogyny.
Your fail is as bad as hers.
DamianAtamian
She has become increasingly unhinged and nasty. She was on FOX recently criticizing dems but said ” I just leave Republicans alone ” like some how they were right all the time. It was a weird interview. She has some extremely odd world views and she’s in dire need of mental health treatment. There have been some real doozies on her facebook page. No wonder no one will hire her.
ShiningSex
Rose is so gross in every way. Maybe people should believe her stories of assault. She has zero compassion for others, f*ck her!
ddonts
I think “obnoxious self-importance” actually describes Ms. McGowen.
jkb
This bitch thinks she’s the grievance whisperer. She can fk right off.
ScottOnEarth
Poor Rose clearly had a psychotic break at some point and is past the point of no return. This woman is filled with hatred, negativity and vitriol. What a miserable, lost person she is.
Kevan1
Sadly, I think she had a mental Break down several years ago. Poor thing need some help.
powersthatbe
“The important thing is to realize that no matter what people’s opinions may be, they’re only just that – people’s opinions. You have to believe in your heart what you know to be true about yourself. And let that be that.” MJB
barryaksarben
You do know many people believe your “complaint” against Harvey are just whining from a hollywood brat. to think you lost empathy instead of gaining means you gladly wear your mantle of victimhood and deny anyone else a complaint. Yes, we know he raped you and we feel bad about it but to demean others who are speaking up about their b eliefs. Can not believe you are this selfish
nitejonboy
The crazier she gets, the more I doubt whether anything actually happened between her and Harvey Weinstein or is she is just an attention whore. She has definitely got some mental issues she needs help with. Any good she did with the ME TOO movement is being tarnished by her unhinged behavior in recent years.
Max
koo koo
IanHunter
She is a whackado. I would say boycott her movies, but I don’t think she will have anything coming out to boycott.
mz.sam
After Harvey Weinstein sc***ed her over poor Rose never recovered and gone Trumpian troll off the cliff with the rest of this country’s Right Wing nuts.
bsg1967
To be fair its not all about her so naturally she dosent like it
OhHellNo
Rose McWhatever calling someone else a whiner is the funniest thing I’ve read this year.