Netflix is facing renewed backlash online as many users, along with Elon Musk, began cancelling their subscriptions in protest against the streaming giant’s animated series Dead End: Paranormal Park. The controversy centres on the show’s portrayal of transgender themes in a programme aimed at children, which, reports say, is inappropriate for its young audience.
The situation escalated after Hamish Steele, the show’s creator, allegedly used foul language and called late right-wing activist Charlie Kirk a “Nazi” in a post. This remark outraged a lot of people.
Musk joined the trend by quote-tweeting a post on X (formerly Twitter), which criticised Netflix for airing Steele’s show. It also accused Netflix of promoting “pro-trans content” to youngsters.
The user wrote, “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.”
Musk responded by just writing, “Same,” which probably meant that he too had cancelled his subscription.
