- Carano told Ben Shapiro of the Daily Wire that people misinterpreted the Instagram post that led to her dismissal.
- She learned by email that Disney was watching the #FireGinaCarano movement.
- She said Disney was watching her “like a hawk”.
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Gina Carano gave her first interview since she was fired from the “Mandalorian”.
Over the weekend, the conservative website The Daily Wire and the YouTube channel of its founder Ben Shapiro published their interview with Carano.
The actress and former MMA fighter has built a relationship with The Daily Wire, announcing after her resignation that she is working on a new film with Shapiro and the website.
In the interview, Carano spoke about his resignation, which happened after the star shared an Instagram post that seemed to compare modern Republicans to Jews persecuted during the Holocaust.
Carano told Shapiro that people misinterpreted his post.
Gina Carano.
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“[I’m] inspired by the gentle spirit of the Jewish people at that time, “said Carano.” When I posted this, it was not something I found controversial. It was something I thought, well, maybe we all need to ask ourselves how it happened. “
Carano, who played Cara Dune on the show, also revealed in the interview that she was told that Disney did not like the post, as she accidentally received an email from studio employees indicating that they were following the #FireGinaCarano movement happening online.
“They accidentally sent me an email, which was very enlightening, so I knew,” she said. “I knew they were paying attention. I know that some people were hit by me, but I know they didn’t win in the end.”
“They are on top of me and watching me like a hawk, and I am watching people in the same production and they can say whatever they want, and that’s when I had a problem,” Carano continued to say. “I had a problem because I wasn’t following the narrative.”
Disney did not immediately respond to Insider’s request for comment.
After her resignation, Carano indicated that she was excluded from promoting the second season of “The Mandalorian” after she refused to issue a statement that Lucasfilm gave her apologizing for appearing to scoff at gender pronouns in September.
Carano also said that he finally learned of his resignation on social media.