Emilio Estevez is forced to leave �The Mighty Ducks Season 2 due to the COVID vaccine
For all salaried and nonunion hourly employees, the Walt Disney Company mandated full COVID-19 vaccination.
Emilio Estevez wasn't too happy about that. So he decides to leave the show!
«At the Walt Disney Company, the safety and well-being of our employees during the pandemic has been and continues to be a top priority. Toward that end, and based on the latest recommendations of scientists, health officials and our own medical professionals that the COVID-19 vaccine provides the best protection against severe infection, we are requiring that all salaried and nonunion hourly employees in the U.S. working at any of our sites be fully vaccinated," the company announced in July. "In addition, all new hires will be required to be fully vaccinated before beginning employment."
The company added, "Vaccines are the best tool we all have to help control this global pandemic and protect our employees."
Earlier this year, Estevez's co-star Lauren Graham praised his vision for the show.
«He likes what this iteration of the franchise is and believes that some stories you can continue without diluting what was great about them from the beginning,» the Gilmore Girls alum, 54, told E! News in March. «He just has a really clear view of what his character would or wouldn't do � of how to respect the original.»
A new script will be written to accommodate his absence. Estevez's role as Gordon Bombay has become a classic.
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