After reports shared that Sarandos defended Chappelle after its backlash, it was then reported that three Netflix employees were suspended for crashing a leadership meeting with some of the company's top executives. According to Variety, Netflix says that the three employees, including Terra Field — who is queer and trans — were not suspended for their sotance on the streamer supporting Chappelle's special, but instead for attending the meeting "uninvited." "It is absolutely untrue to say that we have suspended any employees for tweeting about this show," a source told the publication. "Our employees are encouraged to disagree openly and we support their right to do so."
Field reportedly wrote a "lengthy Twitter thread" in response to Chappelle's The Closer, in which she tweeted, "Yesterday we launched another Chappelle special where he attacks the trans community, and the very validity of transness – all while trying to pit us against other marginalized groups. You're going to hear a lot of talk about 'offense.' We are not offended." She added, "Promoting TERF ideology (which is what we did by giving it a platform yesterday) directly harms trans people, it is not some neutral act. This is not an argument with two sides. It is an argument with trans people who want to be alive and people who don't want us to be."
Following Field's tweets and suspension, she tweeted an update on Oct. 12 sharing that "Netflix has reinstated me after finding that there was no ill-intent in my attending the QBR meeting." She also added a screenshot of the statement Netflix sent her as proof that the company reinstated her "fully as an employee at Netflix." Just a day later, reports shared that trans employees at Netflix are planning to stage a virtual walkout on Oct. 20 to protest against Sarandos's support for Chappelle's special. "Trans Lives Matter. Trans Rights Matter. And as an organization, Netflix has continually failed to show deep care in our mission to Entertain the World by repeatedly releasing content that harms the Trans community and continually failing to create content that represents and uplifts Trans content," wrote a leader of the company's trans ERG in an internal memo. "We can and must do better!"
