| | He later was involved in a scandal in 2018 where, during a supposed shareholder meeting, most of the CEOs were replaced by a Disney Fan Club to shower praises to him until Justin Danhof exposed the scam, causing the Disney Fan Club to allow Danhof to question Iger about his letting Jemele Hill continue to work at ESPN despite her aforementioned comments, or Joy Behar's anti-Christian slurs against Mike Pence, causing Iger to admit that Behar apologized privately to the Vice President, which eventually led to outcries that resulted in Behar giving a more public apology. As a result of this, Iger was denied a compensation package.<ref>https://www.investors.com/politics/commentary/disneys-mickey-mouse-attempt-to-silence-critics-at-its-shareholder-meeting-backfires/</ref> In addition, he also attempted to deny there was any bias against Trump and Conservatives by ESPN or any Disney-owned media by brushing off the question when Justin Danhof gave specific examples of such, including Jemele Hill's rant against Trump and Joy Behar's anti-Christian slurs.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2018/03/12/disney-ceo-bob-iger-denies-espn-bashes-donald-trump-conservatives/</ref> | | He later was involved in a scandal in 2018 where, during a supposed shareholder meeting, most of the CEOs were replaced by a Disney Fan Club to shower praises to him until Justin Danhof exposed the scam, causing the Disney Fan Club to allow Danhof to question Iger about his letting Jemele Hill continue to work at ESPN despite her aforementioned comments, or Joy Behar's anti-Christian slurs against Mike Pence, causing Iger to admit that Behar apologized privately to the Vice President, which eventually led to outcries that resulted in Behar giving a more public apology. As a result of this, Iger was denied a compensation package.<ref>https://www.investors.com/politics/commentary/disneys-mickey-mouse-attempt-to-silence-critics-at-its-shareholder-meeting-backfires/</ref> In addition, he also attempted to deny there was any bias against Trump and Conservatives by ESPN or any Disney-owned media by brushing off the question when Justin Danhof gave specific examples of such, including Jemele Hill's rant against Trump and Joy Behar's anti-Christian slurs.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2018/03/12/disney-ceo-bob-iger-denies-espn-bashes-donald-trump-conservatives/</ref> |
| | + | On May 30, 2019, Bob Iger in light of the passing of the heartbeat bill in Georgia had strongly insinuated that he will have Disney look elsewhere for filming locations in protest against its passage. This gained a lot of controversy, due to Disney being primarily aimed at children yet Iger effectively giving support to abortion, which would kill off future customers.<ref>https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2019/05/31/disney-ceo-threatens-pro-life-trump-loving-scumbag-states/</ref> Likewise, he also claims it was unconscionable to support Georgia's heartbeat bill, yet ironically enough supported China despite it having an appalling human rights record, as well as various countries such as Croatia and Saudi Arabia which if anything had even stricter anti-abortion laws. |