From dominating the MMA cage to shining as Cara Dune in The Mandalorian, Gina Carano was a trailblazer. But one Instagram post comparing conservatives to Holocaust victims led to her firing from Disney, a canceled Star Wars spin-off, and a career nosedive. Now, backed by Elon Musk, she’s suing Disney for discrimination. This 19-minute video unpacks her rise, fall, and fight to reclaim her place. Was Gina unfairly canceled, or did she cross a line? Join the debate! 💡 What’s your take on Gina’s firing? Should she return to Star Wars? Comment below! 🔔 Like, subscribe, and hit the bell icon for more celebrity stories! 🎥 Next video suggestion: Which Hollywood star’s story should we cover next?
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00:00Welcome to the channel. Today, we are diving into the explosive story of Gina Karano, a trailblazing MMA fighter turned Hollywood star who went from kicking but in the cage to stealing scenes in The Mandalorian.
00:13Known as the face of women's MMA, Gina was on track for her own Star Wars spin-off. But one Instagram post changed everything.
00:21Fired by Disney, dropped by her agency, and labelled, cancelled, her career took a nosedive. We'll unpack her rise to fame, the controversies that leap to her downfall, and where she stands today including her bold lawsuit against Disney, backed by Elon Musk.
00:40Is Gina a victim of cancel culture or did she cross a line?
00:43Stay till the end for a big takeaway, and don't forget to like, subscribe, and hit the bell icon for more epic stories.
00:53Gina Joy Karano was born on 16th April 1982, in Dallas, Texas, to Dana Joy Kaysen and Glenn Karano, a former NFL quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys.
01:04Raised in Las Vegas after her parents' divorce, Gina was the middle of three sisters, growing up in a tight-knit Italian-American family that hosts the Great Italian Festival in Renault.
01:18A star athlete at Trinity Christian High School, she led her basketball team to a state title and played volleyball and softball.
01:25She studied psychology at the University of Nevada, Renault, and UNLV, but her life took a turn when her then-boyfriend, Muay Thai fighter Kavin Ross, introduced her to martial arts.
01:38Gina debuted in Muay Thai with a 12-1-1 record, earning the nickname, Conviction.
01:45In 2006, she transitioned to MMA, competing in Elitex C and Strikeforce, where she went 7-1.
01:53Her 2007 fight against Julie Kedzie was Showtime's first televised female bout, and her 2009 clash with Chris Cyborg was the first women's MMA event to headline a major card, drawing millions.
02:09Dubbed the, Face of Women's MMA, Gina was Yahoo's third most searched person in 2008 and ranked 5th on the, Top 10 Influential Women, list.
02:19She told MMA Junkie,
02:22I never set out to be a pioneer, but I loved the challenge.
02:27Her charisma and fighting skills caught Hollywood's eye.
02:31In 2011, Steven Soderbergh cast her as the lead in Haywire, opposite Michael Fassbender and Channing Tatum.
02:39The film earned her a Critics' Choice nomination for Best Actress in an Action Film, roles in Fast and Furious 6, 2013, as Riley Hicks and Deadpool, 2016, as Angel Dust followed, cementing her as an action star.
02:56In 2019, Gina landed her biggest role yet, Cara Dune in Disney+, as The Mandalorian.
03:05Her tough yet relatable rebel shock Trooper won fans over, and Lucasfilm planned a spin-off, Rangers of the New Republic, with Gina as the star.
03:14By 2020, she was at the peak of her career, but trouble was brewing.
03:21Gina's downfall began in 2020, when her social media posts sparked outrage.
03:28Known for her conservative views, she posted about COVID-19 mask mandates, calling them overreach, and questioned the 2020 US election's integrity, echoing voter fraud claims.
03:41She also mocked pronoun sharing by adding, beep-bop-boop, to her Twitter bio, a jab at trans inclusivity.
03:50In a Hollywood Reporter interview, she said her Mandalorian co-star Pedro Pascal, who has a trans sister, explained pronoun significance.
03:59But Gina refused to add them, citing, freedom to choose.
04:03Fans accused her of transphobia, and the hashtag HushFireGinaKarano started trending.
04:08The final straw came on 10th February 2021.
04:12Gina posted an Instagram story comparing the treatment of conservatives in the US to Jews during the Holocaust, writing,
04:20Because history is edited, most people today don't realize that to get to the point where Nazi soldiers could easily round up thousands of Jews,
04:28the government first made their own neighbors hate them simply for being Jews.
04:32The post, since deleted, went viral, sparking outrage for trivializing the Holocaust.
04:40Lucasfilm issued a statement.
04:43Gina Karano is not currently employed by Lucasfilm and there are no plans for her to be in the future.
04:49Her social media posts denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities are abhorrent and unacceptable.
04:56Gina was fired from The Mandalorian, and her character, Cara Dune, was written out.
05:04Her agency, UTA, dropped her and plans for Rangers of the New Republic were scrapped.
05:11In a Daily Wire interview, Gina claimed Lucasfilm had been watching her like a hawk and felt she was bullied for her views.
05:19She told Tucker Carlson in 2022,
05:23They were chasing me down like a hound dog.
05:27Supporters, including Dana Loewish and Donald Trump Jr., called her firing sexist and a product of cancel culture,
05:35pointing to Pedro Pascal's 2018 tweet comparing US policies to Nazi Germany, which went unpunished.
05:43Critics, however, argued her Holocaust analogy crossed a line,
05:48as it misrepresented a genocide driven by ethnicity, not political views.
05:54Gina's career took a hit her next film, Terror on the Prairie, 2022,
06:00made just $804 at the box office, a far cry from her Star Wars days.
06:06After her firing, Gina didn't back down.
06:09She partnered with The Daily Wire, a conservative media outlet,
06:15to produce and star in Terror on the Prairie, 2022,
06:19and My Son Hunter, 2022, a film about Hunter Biden.
06:25While these projects aligned with her political stance,
06:28they lacked the mainstream success of her earlier work.
06:31In February 2024, backed by Elon Musk and X-Corp,
06:36Gina filed a lawsuit against Disney and Lucasfilm in California Federal Court,
06:41alleging wrongful termination and discrimination.
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