Cancel Netflix Membership Trends On X As Elon Musk Joins OTT Giant Boycott— Here's Why

Netflix is facing renewed backlash online as many users, along with Elon Musk, began cancelling their subscriptions in protest against the streaming giant’s animated series Dead End: Paranormal Park. The controversy centres on the show’s portrayal of transgender themes in a programme aimed at children, which, reports say, is inappropriate for its young audience.

The situation escalated after Hamish Steele, the show's creator, allegedly used foul language and called late right-wing activist Charlie Kirk a "Nazi" in a post. This remark outraged a lot of people.

Musk joined the trend by quote-tweeting a post on X (formerly Twitter), which criticised Netflix for airing Steele’s show. It also accused Netflix of promoting "pro-trans content" to youngsters.

The user 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."

Musk responded by just writing, "Same," which probably meant that he too had cancelled his subscription.

In another post on X, Musk criticised the series, writing, "This is not ok."

Screenshots of Hamish Steele’s earlier posts quickly circulated online, amplifying the backlash.

The trend has since caught on, with many users sharing their Netflix membership cancellation screenshots.

One user wrote, “Enough is enough. Show me yours and I'll follow you back and encourage my friends to. Bye Netflix,” hinting at the fact that they cancelled their Netflix membership and are urging others also to do the same.

Another user highlighted their disapproval by sharing a cancellation screenshot with the note, “Had enough of your woke propaganda.”

One more user captioned their post, “Done with Wokeflix,” a play on the platform’s name, indicating they were leaving Netflix due to what they see as “woke” programming.

“It was finally too much. @netflix doesn't need my money if they're going to play this game,” read one of the posts.

On Facebook, conservative activist Ryan Fournier echoed this sentiment, writing, “Elon Musk says he’s done with Netflix—cancelling his account after finding out they’re pushing pro-transgender ideology on kids. Good. More people need to take a stand against this garbage being forced onto our children.”