Emilio Estevez Exits ‘The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers’ Season 2 Over Disney’s Vaccine Requirement: Report

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Emilio Estevez on Monday responded to a report that he left the Disney+ show Mighty Ducks: Game Changers due to vaccination rules, saying that he left due to 'a myriad of creative differences' in a thorough statement in which he spoke about his own past battle with COVID-19.The 59-year-old actor said in a statement to Deadline that leaving prior to the show's season two was geared toward creative and business issues as opposed to 'an anti-vaccine position.'Estevez, who has played the role of Gordon Bombay in the Mighty Ducks films and Disney+ show, wrote, 'I am not anti-vaxx. Full stop.

Disney+ series “The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers,” claiming “creative differences” are to blame for his departure.The 59-year-old star announced the news to Deadline on Monday, just three days after the publication initially reported that he had quit the series “over the show’s COVID vaccination requirement.”In a statement, Estevez insisted: “This was nothing more than a good old-fashioned contract dispute and not, as some would believe, an anti-vaccine position.”The veteran actor insisted he was “not anti-vax,” but added that he was “anti-bully.” He did not disclose whether he has been inoculated against COVID-19.In his statement, Estevez revealed he tested positive for COVID-19 in March 2020 after feeling ill while filming the pilot of

Speaking out. Emilio Estevez addressed speculation surrounding his exit from Mighty Ducks: Game Changers, clarifying that he doesn’t hold anti-vaccine views.

Emilio Estevez is breaking his silence on why he is not returning for the second season of .In a lengthy statement, the 59-year-old actor wrote that his exit from the Disney+ show is not because he is against vaccinations but instead «nothing more than a good old fashioned contract dispute.» ET has reached out to Estevez and Disney's reps for comment.In a statement first shared by Deadline, he writes that he is «not anti-vaxx» and takes the pandemic «very seriously.» He revealed that he contracted COVID-19 early last year and in the summer and fall of 2020 suffered from Long Haul Syndrome. Estevez shares that in August of last year, he «reluctantly soldiered on, but was uncertain about how I would be safe on set.

Gordon Bombay will not be returning to coach the Mighty Ducks, and star Emilio Estevez’s COVID-19 vaccination status may have something to do with that.

Emilio Estevez is shedding light on his exit from The Mighty Ducks.

EXCLUSIVE: Mighty Ducks franchise star Emilio Estevez is speaking out about the circumstances surrounding his departure from Disney+’s series Mighty Ducks: Game Changers ahead of its second season.

Emilio Estevez is reportedly 'not returning' to The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers due to Disney's strict COVID-19 vaccine mandate for cast and crew.The 59-year-old actor, who first starred in the franchise as coach Gordon Bombay in the 1992 hockey flick The Mighty Ducks, left the Disney+ series because of disagreements over the show’s vaccine requirements.'Disney Television Studios’ ABC Signature, which produces the hockey-themed sequel series, made the decision not to pick up Estevez’s option for Season 2 after weeks of back and forth with his team over the show’s Covid vaccination requirement,' according to Deadline.

brought back as Coach Gordon Bombay in the second season of Disney+’s revival show “The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers,” according to Deadline.The Golden Globe-nominated actor reportedly refused to confirm he would comply with the show’s vaccination policy.Disney TV Studios had required the series’ primary cast and crew to be inoculated against the virus, and decided not to pick up Estevez’s option for its second season when he did not assure the company he would fall in line, the outlet reported.However, sources close to the 59-year-old, who also served as an executive producer on the show, suggested that creative differences might have been a factor in the power play, according to the report.

Gordon Bombay will not be returning to coach the Mighty Ducks, and star Emilio Estevez’s COVID-19 vaccination status may have something to do with that.

Emilio Estevez will not be part of the upcoming second season of the Disney+’s The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers.

EXCLUSIVE: The Mighty Ducks franchise will continue without Gordon Bombay. Emilio Estevez, who reprised his role from the 1992 movie and its 1994 and 1996 sequels in Season 1 of The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers, will not be back for the Disney+ series’ upcoming second season, I have learned.