US EditionPentagon Blasts Netflix’s ‘Boots’ As “Woke Garbage,” Says Gay Marine’s True Story Doesn’t Fit Hegseth’s “Warrior Ethos”
Pentagon officials reject Netflix's portrayal of LGBTQ+ military service as promoting an ideological agenda, despite the show's popularity since its October 9 debut.
- Streaming service Netflix released 'Boots' on Oct. 9, starring Miles Heizer and Vera Farmiga, but Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson told Entertainment Weekly the department does not endorse the series.
- Inspired by Greg Cope White's memoir, Boots dramatizes a closeted recruit's experience, and Heizer, who is gay, recently said he connected personally with his character.
- Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has led efforts to end 'woke' culture and supported Executive Order 14183, saying, `Everything starts and ends with warriors, from training to the battlefield.`
- The series is drawing large viewership and industry attention, with Heizer and Greg Cope White named to Out100 and Entertainment Weekly seeking Netflix's response.
- The dispute reflects wider debates over LGBTQ+ inclusion in the armed forces, highlighting tensions under Secretary Pete Hegseth as Netflix's Boots gains viewers and fuels policy debates.
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Pentagon spokesperson Kingsley Wilson has expressed her displeasure with Netflix’s new military-themed and LGBTQ+ series, “Boots,” which premiered last week and immediately entered the platform’s viewership charts. In a statement to Entertainment Weekly, Wilson called the series “an attempt to push Netflix’s ideological agenda for the U.S. military.” “Under the leadership of President Trump and Secretary [Pete] Hegseth, the U.S. military is retu…
Pentagon Blasts Netflix’s ‘Boots’ As “Woke Garbage,” Says Gay Marine’s True Story Doesn’t Fit Hegseth’s “Warrior Ethos”
A week after Netflix‘s LGBTQ military series Boots debuted, one review we weren’t expecting to read is from the Pentagon. Since Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appears to be too busy with his crackdown on the press and whipping the troops into shape, Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson took time out of her day to decry […]
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