Disney senior vice president flees in panic when he’s ambushed by James O’Keefe asking why Disney is violating discrimination laws by refusing to hire white males.
Cameras were rolling as O’Keefe Media Group (OMG) CEO James O’Keefe confronted a senior vice president at Disney who admitted on undercover video that his company discriminates against white males in the name of “diversity.”
Video shows senior vice president and team lead of business affairs at The Walt Disney Company Michael Giordano arriving to meet a date, who he was unaware was really an undercover OMG operative.
But just as the rendezvous kicks off, Giordano’s date reveals her friend is stopping by to pick up a key fob, and it turns out to be another female the Disney exec was courting on the dating app Hinge — who coincidentally was also an undercover OMG journalist.
CONFRONTED: The Walt Disney Senior Vice President Michael Giordano is confronted by James O’Keefe and @OKeefeMedia after uncovering @Disney‘s discriminatory hiring practices. The situation intensified when one of our American Swiper’s confronts Giordano about having a “tickle” in… pic.twitter.com/5mh7NhUOmz
— James O’Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) June 24, 2024
As Giordano’s humiliation reached a crescendo, it was compounded by the sight of O’Keefe, who approached and sat down at his table asking whether his name was “Michael Giordano” and if he worked for Disney.
O’Keefe went on to ask about admissions Giordano made about Disney to the undercover journalists, admitting white men are frequently dismissed for job roles that are instead given to minority hires in the name of diversity, equity and inclusion.
The OMG CEO pointed out, if true, Giordano admitted Disney is violating Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which “prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin.”
“You know just because you work in Hollywood doesn’t give you entitlement to discriminate against people on the basis of race,” O’Keefe told Giordano, who climbed into his Tesla and fled, prompting O’Keefe to pursue him on foot.
The harrowing moments followed last week’s explosive undercover video showing Giordano admitting Disney uses “code words and buzzwords” surrounding race in efforts to circumvent discrimination laws, and also claiming the company gives bonuses to executives who hire and retain DEI hires.
BREAKING: Senior Vice President at The Walt Disney Company details discriminatory hiring practices: “Nobody else is going to tell you this, but they’re not considering any white males for the job,” says Michael Giordano, a Vice President of Business affairs, “there’s no way we’re… pic.twitter.com/IMOsFOLKro
— James O’Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) June 20, 2024
Giordano also admitted he’d personally been on the receiving end of such discrimination, being passed up for jobs and being told by friends in HR, “Nobody else is going to tell you this, but they’re not considering any white males for the job…there’s no way we’re hiring a white male.”
Additionally, the exec revealed Disney at one point also didn’t hire a DEI candidate because they didn’t look black enough.
Giordano’s bombshell admissions also rankled the likes of X owner Elon Musk, who commented “Wow,” and shared OMG’s report with the caption, “This is messed up.”
BREAKING: @elonmusk responds, “Wow,” & “This is messed up,” to our first release of The Disney Tapes after Senior VP at Walt Disney, Michael Giordano explains @Disney‘s discriminatory hiring practices. pic.twitter.com/KgO2AU3E1c
— James O’Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) June 20, 2024
Following the sting, Giordano evidently deleted his linked in account (which listed his pronouns).
JUST IN: @Disney Senior VP, Michael Giordano, removes his LinkedIn page after being caught by O’Keefe Media Group discussing how Disney practices discriminatory hiring processes. pic.twitter.com/6wlmNCzEOr
— O’Keefe Media Group (@OKeefeMedia) June 20, 2024
