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Jared Leto has as soon as once more discovered himself on the heart of a social media storm.
Earlier this 12 months, the Thirty Seconds to Mars frontman was uncovered by a digital military of ladies claiming to have been the victims of his creepy methods — many after they have been underage. It began when DJ Allie Teilz stumbled upon an outdated Fb submit from 2012 when she was simply 17 years outdated wherein she claimed Jared tried to “power himself” on her backstage at an M83 live performance. After resharing the outdated submit on her Instagram Story in current day, it shortly went viral — together with tons of different girls coming ahead with comparable tales:
You possibly can learn by way of an in depth breakdown HERE.
Quickly after, the controversial actor’s rep tried to disclaim any cases of relations with underage ladies. However he didn’t do a lot to essentially transfer the needle with of us who’ve been listening to these tales for years! Teilz infamously dubbed Jared “Hollywood’s most prolific predator” — which sadly is a title he solely has a shot at as a result of he will get to stay round for some cause!
Different guys get canceled with allegations like this on their CV — however Jared nonetheless appears to haven’t any points being forged in MAJOR motion pictures. Exhibit A: Disney’s upcoming Tron: Ares, which is about to come back out in October. However now, lastly, the studio is getting completely TORCHED on social media proper now for hiring him! A bit of late, however no less than individuals are making noise!
However, uh, the spark that lit the hearth underneath social media about it this week? That was additionally Disney’s doing…
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On Monday, the Wall Avenue Journal ran a report claiming that in an effort to save cash, the Mouse Home thought-about utilizing a completely AI-generated character within the yet-to-be-released movie. Finally, per the WSJ, they backed off amid rising issues with the expertise. Principally, they needed to keep away from a possible PR nightmare that may damage the film — and the studio typically.
However that report bought out. Simply the very fact they thought-about it — although they determined to do the appropriate factor, if strictly for enterprise causes — has come again to chew them. As a result of it reminded everybody they ought to be upset with Disney for hiring ALLEGED SEX PEST JARED LETO!!!
However with the WSJ’s report about Disney passing on AI to keep away from a social media catastrophe, X (Twitter) customers have jumped on Disney to carry them accountable for casting an accused teen predator:
“casting Jared Leto because the lead isn’t a lot better for publicity”
“>issues of unhealthy publicity from having an AI generated character >hires Jared Leto
“the present public place on AI is seemingly worse than the present public place on Jared Leto”
“Involved about unhealthy publicity… however Jared Leto is your lead actor?”
“And protecting Jared Leto round was a good suggestion?”
“Unbelievable information that Jared Leto is definitely an enchancment on one thing”
“Enjoyable Truth: Jared Leto was employed on to distract from the AI, the one factor they may discover extra disliked.”
“Individuals must maintain s**tting on AI in order that studios maintain worrying about incorporating it extra. However ironic they have been involved about that and never Jared Leto being their lead.”
MAKE IT MAKE SENSE. We imply, Disney is a household model! How may they not foresee that hiring a dude with this caliber of accusations may show to be a difficulty?… Or did they only… Not care??
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