Ex-Disney CEO BREAKS SILENCE on Bob Iger & The Truth About Disney | PBD Podcast #864
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You just signed my death warrant. What I should have done is seen the smoke on the horizon. In the beginning, I saw what happened to Jay. I saw what happened to Tom. But I'm different. That's not going to happen to me. I think he got a taste of retirement or, frankly, a.k.a. less relevance. And I don't think he liked it. He didn't like being the color commentary guy. He wanted to be the play-by-play guy.
He looked miserable sitting next to you.
And I knew that I was going to have a rough time, and then it just started piling
on.
When I knew I really had a problem was when he did the New York Times article. By the way, I had no idea it was coming. He didn't tell me. His publicist didn't tell me. And it's my understanding that the board didn't even know. I'm at home and someone calls me and says, you lost your job
already? You
signed my execution papers. How do I recover from this? From then on, it was a death by
a thousand cuts. It's not a
miracle that I lost my job. It's a miracle that it took
three years. Was there ever a conversation that we effed up behind closed doors, pushing too much LGBTQ to kids and families?
There was plenty of conversation as to what was the right direction for the company. When I got the CEO job, I was concerned that this could create a backlash. Are you a long buy on Disney? I'd have to see where Josh is going to take it. I think it's going to take some courage.
He has to confront Iger.
He has to confront legacy management decisions. He has to be bold. He has to have courage. Bob had a lot of support from loyalists on the board.
The four board members that he replaced from Eisner.
I think Bob was always very, very confident that he can have his job back whenever he
wanted.
He hasn't called you since.
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Thank you so much. So Disney, the story of Disney for the audience that doesn't know. Did you pursue it? Was it accidental? Did it happen where there was a job opening? Hey, babe, maybe we should think about it. How did that happen?
Good question. So I was talking to a friend and I said, you know, I really feel like I need to get back to California because I'd spent a little bit of time with H.J. Hines in Long Beach. Really would like to get back to California. Cincinnati's great, but eh. And he says, well, I have a friend who just applied for a director of marketing job at Disney. He didn't get the job, but I know there's one that's open. So I just wrote a letter to the hiring manager. And interestingly enough, I got a call back. And when I got the call back, it was only like maybe five days later, they said, well, We have a job, but we're not really hiring right now. We're going to be hiring in like three or four months. And I didn't want to let that opportunity go.
So I stuck my foot in the door before she can shut. I said, I have a commercial shoot on my current job in Los Angeles next week. Would you mind if I just stop by one day as long as I'm going to be in town and just say hello?
This is the one with Will Chamberlain.
Yes, it was. Exactly, it was. How was Will Chamberlain? He was great. He was great. Was he funny?
Was he flirting with the girls? Because he's
got the reputation. He's got the reputation. Yeah. No, he was a gentleman. He was a gentleman. He was a gentleman. That's good. Playing basketball in dress shoes, which was interesting. But, you know, it was one of those things where they said, okay, if you're going to be in town, sure, come on in.
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