Elon Musk amplified calls to “Cancel Netflix” on his platform, X, endorsing posts urging users to end their subscriptions due to controversial remarks attributed to Hamish Steele, creator of the canceled Netflix animated series “Dead End: Paranormal Park.”

Musk’s posts, which reached his 226 million followers, sparked a trending #CancelNetflix movement.

The backlash stems from a screenshot shared by an X account, Libs of TikTok, alleging that Steele criticized British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s condolence tweet following the September 10 assassination of Charlie Kirk.

The purported post by Steele about Kirk’s murder read, “Why the f*ck are you even commenting on this, d*ickhead?…a random nazi gets shot and it’s a public statement. You’re such a f*cking evil sh*it.”

Steele, addressing the controversy on Bluesky on October 1, denied celebrating Kirk’s death, stating, “My Instagram comments are now flooded with replies saying I AM CHARLIE KIRK and that I celebrated his death (which I never did).”

Steele also noted receiving “extremely nasty weird [homophobic] and antisemitic emails,” adding, “It is getting a little scary so I apologise if I take longer to respond to stuff.”

Musk first engaged on September 29, replying “This is deeply wrong” to a Libs of TikTok clip criticizing “Dead End: Paranormal Park,” a 2022 animated series featuring a “transgender” lead.

On September 30 at 7:03 p.m., Musk reshared a post by former U.S. Energy Department scientist Matt Vanswol, who wrote, “Just cancelled my Netflix subscription. If you employ someone who celebrated the murder of Charlie Kirk and makes content that pushes pro-trans content on my kids, you will never get a dime of my money.”

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Musk captioned it, posting, “Same.”

On October 1 at 7:42 a.m., Musk escalated his position, posting, “Cancel Netflix for the health of your kids.” 

The series, canceled in January 2023 after two seasons, remains streamable on Netflix.

Steele, announcing the cancellation, said, per Forbes, “It was always the plan to give these characters the proper ending they deserve. But sadly, the powers that be don’t want any more,” while expressing gratitude to Netflix for commissioning the show.

Musk continued the cancel trend on Wednesday afternoon by reposting another tweet by Libs of TikTok about Netflix’s inclusion and diversity report, which shows that the company has increased the number of “underrepresented” directors and lead characters in its shows over the past few years.

 

The company has not released a public statement regarding the controversy at the time of publication.