"However, the show caught the attention of Musk after far-right social media accounts began recirculating clips of the series this week. The show's creator, Hamish Steele, shared to his BlueSky account that "It's probably going to be a very odd day" after Musk retweeted a post from Libs of TikTok calling out Dead End: Paranormal Park for "pushing pro-transgender of CHILDREN." The post claimed the series was "advertised for 7-YEAR-OLDS" and "promoted on Netflix Kids now," to which Musk added: "This is not ok.""
""It's all lies and slander! Netflix is NOT promoting at the moment!," Steele responded in a now-deleted post on BlueSky. "I have mostly been very ok today and found it all quite funny, while really appreciating everyone who has reached out, but the extremely nasty weird homophobic and antisemitic emails have started rolling in and it is getting a little scary so I apologize if I take longer to respond to stuff," Steele wrote in another deleted post on BlueSky, according to . He later added that the attacks were enough for him to take a break from social media: "I will just say today is much much worse and I am going to basically be on the down low for the foreseeable. My apologies.""
Elon Musk urged a boycott of Netflix after far-right accounts recirculated clips of Dead End: Paranormal Park, an animated series that includes a trans character. The series aired two seasons in 2022 and was canceled by Netflix in January 2023. Musk retweeted a post from Libs of TikTok alleging the show "pushed pro-transgender of CHILDREN" and later tweeted "Cancel Netflix for the health of your kids." Creator Hamish Steele reported intense backlash, including homophobic and antisemitic emails, deleted posts, and said he would step back from social media amid the threats and harassment.
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