Sarandos Pushes Back On Trump Call For Netflix To Fire Susan Rice
Deadline • • general
Key Points:
- Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos downplayed former President Donald Trump's demand to fire Netflix board member Susan Rice, emphasizing that the Netflix-Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) deal is a business transaction, not a political one.
- Trump’s social media outburst called Rice a "racist, Trump Deranged" political hack and demanded her immediate firing, sparked by Rice’s recent podcast comments criticizing corporate and media support for Trump.
- Sarandos refrained from directly addressing Trump’s comments, noting Trump’s frequent provocative social media activity, while focusing on the ongoing high-stakes negotiation between Netflix and WBD.
- Netflix initially offered $82.7 billion to acquire WBD’s streaming and studios division, including HBO Max, but Paramount Sk
