“Earlier on last year before ‘The Mandalorian’ came out, they wanted me to use their exact wording for an apology over pronoun usage,” Carano revealed when speaking to former New York Times’ columnist Bari Weiss. “I declined and offered a statement in my own words. I made clear I wanted nothing to do with mocking the transgender community, and was just drawing attention to the abuse of the mob in forcing people to put pronouns in their bio.
Lucasfilm’s response was to exclude her from all press and promotion for the show, according to Carano. “That was heartbreaking, but I didn’t want to take away from the hard work of everyone who worked on the project, so I said OK. That was the last time I was contacted about any type of public statement or apology from Lucasfilm. I found out through social media, like everyone else, that I had been fired.”
Carano says the image she shared was speaking to a larger message she was attempting to convey but claims it had nothing to do with the Jewish community whatsoever. That image was also later deleted from her social media accounts.
“I was in utter shock and confusion when certain people said it was antisemitic,” Carano said.. “Then, as I went to take it down, I noticed that the image was not the same as the one people were referencing. I was honestly confused: should I take it down, or leave it up? I still don’t know the answer to that question, because taking it down only makes the mob attack you more.
“The image for me was a statement that people need to stand together and rise up, stop being so manipulated by the powers that believe they know what’s best for you and play games with our lives. My heart has only ever had ultimate respect and love for the Jewish community.”
Gina Carano says that she only found out about her firing from "The Mandalorian" from social media after Lucasfilm sought to distance the company from some controversial posts made by the former MMA fighter.
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