Elon Musk cancels Netflix: Hamish Steele’s remarks on Charlie Kirk spark outrage. What angered Tesla CEO?

Tech billionaire Elon Musk has once again repeated his calls and asked people to cancel their Netflix subscriptions. His posts came after he cancelled his own subscription to the streaming platform while taking a dig at it.

“Just cancelled my Netflix subscription. If you employ someone who celebrated the murder of Charlie Kirk and makes content that pushes pro-trans content on my kids.....you will NEVER get a dime of my money. It's as simple as that,” an X (formerly Twitter) user wrote on X. Elon Musk replied to the user writing “same”, confirming the cancellation.

Why Elon Musk cancelled his Netflix subscription?

Elon Musk's move comes after the streaming platform employed Hamish Steele, a director who allegedly mocked the killing of right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk. According to a report in TOI, Hamish Steele, the creator of the animated series 'Dead End: Paranormal Park' reportedly mocked Charlie Kirk's assassination. Kirk, an ally of Donald Trump and right political conservative activist, was shot dead at a college event in Utah University on September 10.


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In the post, Steele referred to Kirk as “nazi”.“Your sympathy for any of the families being slaughtered by your own weapons but a random Nazi gets shot and it's a public statement," Steele said, according to viral screenshots of a reply to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's statement on the killing of the conservative commentator. Replying to one such online post, Elon Musk wrote “This is not ok”. In another post, the tech billionaire called Hamish Steele a “groomer”.

The tech mogul initially responded with "Same" to a user who announced they had canceled their subscription. The user had written: “If you hire someone who celebrated Charlie Kirk’s murder and creates content promoting pro-trans messages to my kids… you will NEVER see a dime from me. It’s as simple as that.”


Moreover, Hamish Steele's animated work has also been called out for promoting "pro-trans content". This is the latest in a series of boycotts the company has faced, following a similar push in September.

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Elon Musk's posts on cancelling Netflix

Since Thursday morning (IST), Musk has made several posts asking people to cancel their Netflix subscriptions. The criticism of director Hamish Steele is centered around a post- made by Hamish- that criticised British Prime Minister Keir Starmer for mourning Kirk's death.

A screenshot of Steele's purported post, shared by Libs of TikTok, showed the director allegedly writing: “Why the f— are you even commenting on this, d—head…a random nazi gets shot and it’s a public statement.” Musk also attacked Steele's animated series, “Dead End: Paranormal Park", which was canceled in January 2023. Libs of TikTok had previously shared clips from the show, claiming it was “pushing pro-transgender on CHILDREN.”

Musk reshared this post and wrote, "This is not ok." He later boosted another post that attacked the streamer for pushing a "transgender woke agenda," telling his followers to "Cancel Netflix for the health of your kids.”

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