The internet does this thing where it takes a kernel of something real, adds a heaping dose of wishful thinking, mixes in some old memes, and suddenly everyone’s convinced that Mark Ruffalo got canned from Marvel for calling Trump “the worst human being in the world” at the Golden Globes.
Posts started flying around claiming Disney dropped him faster than they dropped Gina Carano, videos popped up with dramatic thumbnails showing Ruffalo’s face next to big red X marks, and Marvel fans started genuinely panicking about whether we’d ever see the Hulk again. The whole thing snowballed so fast that people started treating it like confirmed news instead of what it actually is, which is completely made up nonsense with zero basis in reality. Here’s what actually kills me about this situation. The “evidence” people keep pointing to as proof Ruffalo got fired literally includes a comedy bit from 2018 where the Russo Brothers jokingly tweeted “Mark, you’re fired” after he pretended to spoil Endgame on Fallon’s show. That tweet is still making the rounds six years later being used as proof that Disney just axed him over politics. This is peak internet brain rot, and we need to talk about how we got here and why literally none of this is real.
What Ruffalo Actually Said at the Golden Globes
Let’s start with what actually happened instead of what people claim happened. Ruffalo went off on the Golden Globes red carpet about military aggression, interventionism, and the importance of choosing peace over violence. Pretty standard Hollywood liberal stuff, honestly. Then he went harder and called President Trump “the worst human being in the world” and accused him of ignoring international law. Said the current situation doesn’t feel like America and that staying quiet isn’t an option anymore.
Strong words? Absolutely. Career-ending statements that would get him immediately blacklisted from Disney? According to the internet, yes. According to actual reality and everyone with working brain cells, no. Ruffalo has been saying stuff like this for literally years. He’s never hidden his progressive politics or his willingness to criticize whoever’s in power. This isn’t new behavior that suddenly crossed some invisible line Disney just discovered.
But conservative Twitter went absolutely feral over the speech. Within hours you had people claiming Disney fired him, Marvel cut his contract, he’d never work in Hollywood again, the whole nine yards. Posts were flying around with headlines like “BREAKING: Disney Severs Ties With Mark Ruffalo After Shocking Political Rant” as if any of that was remotely confirmed or even suggested by credible sources.
The Rumors Have Literally Zero Basis in Reality
According to OtakuKart and basically everyone who actually follows entertainment news properly, these firing claims are completely unverified. No official statements from Disney. No announcements from Marvel Studios. Zero coverage from Variety, Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter, or any other legitimate trade publication that would absolutely jump on this story if it were real.
So where did this come from? Part of it is just people wanting it to be true. Conservative audiences who hate Ruffalo’s politics would love to see him get the Gina Carano treatment. They’ve been mad at him for years over his activism, his support for She-Hulk and Ms. Marvel, his general existence as a progressive voice in a major franchise. The Golden Globes speech gave them fresh ammunition to claim he finally crossed the line and got what was coming to him.
But here’s where this gets absolutely hilarious. The other “proof” people keep circulating is that old 2018 Russo Brothers tweet. Ruffalo was on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon promoting Avengers: Endgame. As a bit, he jokingly started to reveal the title. The Russo Brothers, playing along with the joke, tweeted “Mark, you’re fired.” Everyone involved was obviously kidding. It was staged comedy for a late-night show.
Fast forward to 2026 and screenshots of that tweet are still circulating, being used as evidence that Ruffalo has a history of getting fired from Marvel or that Disney has wanted him gone for years. People are taking a six-year-old comedy bit completely out of context and treating it like a legitimate news story. This is how misinformation works in 2026, apparently.
Why Everyone Immediately Believed It
The Gina Carano situation is absolutely why these rumors gained traction so fast. Disney genuinely did fire her from The Mandalorian in 2021 over her social media posts. She compared being Republican to being Jewish during the Holocaust, which Lucasfilm called “abhorrent and unacceptable.” She’d also been posting antimask stuff during COVID and pushing election fraud conspiracies.
Lucasfilm put out an official statement saying she was gone and wouldn’t be coming back. Bob Chapek said she didn’t align with company values. Her agency dropped her. The whole thing was very public and very official. She sued Disney with Elon Musk’s money, claimed wrongful termination and discrimination, pointed out that male actors made similar posts without consequences. They settled in 2025, she didn’t come back, moved on to work with The Daily Wire and other conservative outlets.
That precedent is sitting there in everyone’s memory. Disney proved they will fire people over controversial political statements. So when Ruffalo goes hard at Trump during the Golden Globes, people naturally wonder if he’s next. The logic seems straightforward. If they fired Carano for her posts, why wouldn’t they fire Ruffalo for his speech?
Except here’s the thing. Carano got fired because Lucasfilm released an official statement saying she was fired. That’s how you know someone actually got fired. Companies put out press releases, trade publications report it, official statements get made. None of that has happened with Ruffalo. The complete absence of any official confirmation should be the first clue that this whole thing is fake.
The Hulk’s Real MCU Status Is Confusing Everyone
Ruffalo did confirm to Empire that he’s not in Avengers: Doomsday, which honestly probably fed these rumors more than anything else. The Hulk sitting out a major Avengers movie while Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, and Robert Downey Jr. are all coming back? That’s weird. People are understandably confused about why one of the core Avengers isn’t showing up.
But Ruffalo explained it’s just about the story and what makes sense for the character. He said he’s down to keep playing the Hulk as long as Marvel has interesting stuff for him to do. Mentioned that the Avengers role gave him opportunities for other projects like Crime 101. His whole vibe was “not in this one movie but definitely not done with the character.”
And here’s the kicker. Ruffalo is confirmed for Spider-Man: Brand New Day dropping July 31, 2026. He’s in that movie alongside Tom Holland, Jon Bernthal, and Sadie Sink. That’s an official casting announcement, not speculation. You know what companies don’t do? Announce casting for upcoming films while simultaneously firing the actor from the entire franchise. That’s not how any of this works.
So Ruffalo’s missing from one Avengers movie due to creative decisions about the story, and the internet decided that means he got fired over politics. The math isn’t mathing, but since when has that stopped social media from running with something?
Ruffalo Has Always Been a Target
The dude has caught heat from conservative audiences basically his entire time in the MCU. He’s outspoken about progressive politics, supports diversity initiatives in Marvel projects, backs shows like She-Hulk and Ms. Marvel that certain groups love calling “woke.” He doesn’t hide his activism or try to play both sides to keep everyone happy.
That makes him a lightning rod. Conservative critics have wanted him canceled for years. Every time he speaks out about political issues, there’s a segment of the audience hoping this will be the thing that finally gets him dropped. The Golden Globes speech was just the latest opportunity for those people to claim he’d finally gone too far.
Progressive audiences who support Ruffalo worry about the Carano precedent too. They see that Disney will fire people over political speech and wonder if their guy is next on the chopping block. So you’ve got conservatives spreading firing rumors because they want it to be true, and progressives worrying it might be true because they’ve seen it happen before.
This creates perfect conditions for misinformation to spread. Both sides of the political divide have reasons to believe the rumors or at least not immediately dismiss them. Add in the genuine confusion about his Doomsday absence and that old Russo Brothers tweet still circulating, and you’ve got a recipe for viral false claims.
What’s Actually Happening
Absolutely nothing. Mark Ruffalo remains an active Marvel Studios employee. He’s confirmed for Spider-Man: Brand New Day. He’s talking positively about potentially returning for Secret Wars or other future projects. He has not been fired, his contract has not been terminated, Disney has not severed ties with him.
The rumors are fake. Made up. Based on nothing but speculation, wishful thinking from his critics, old jokes taken out of context, and confusion about creative decisions regarding which films he appears in. There is zero credible evidence supporting any of the firing claims.
Disney and Marvel Studios haven’t bothered addressing the rumors, which makes sense. Why would they waste time responding to baseless internet speculation? Responding to every piece of misinformation would be impossible. The lack of official denial doesn’t validate the claims. It just means the claims aren’t serious enough to warrant a response.
Ruffalo himself hasn’t addressed it directly either, probably for the same reason. Acknowledging fake rumors gives them more attention and legitimacy than they deserve. Better to just keep working on his projects and let the nonsense die down naturally.
The Difference Between Ruffalo and Carano
When Disney fired Gina Carano, we knew it immediately because Lucasfilm put out an official statement. The news broke through legitimate entertainment trade publications. There was no question about whether it happened because the company confirmed it happened.
With Ruffalo, we have zero official confirmation, zero legitimate reporting, and zero actual evidence beyond social media posts and videos from accounts with no inside access to Disney’s decision-making. That’s the difference. Real firings come with real announcements. Fake firings come with Twitter threads and YouTube videos titled “SHOCKING: DISNEY FIRES MARK RUFFALO?!?!”
Ruffalo’s also been making political statements throughout his entire MCU run. This isn’t new behavior that Disney suddenly decided to punish. He’s been this way for over a decade while working with Marvel. The Golden Globes speech, while direct, wasn’t some shocking departure from his established public persona.
Carano’s situation escalated over time with multiple incidents leading to her termination. The Holocaust comparison was the final straw, not an isolated incident. Lucasfilm explicitly stated her posts violated company policy. Nothing comparable has happened with Ruffalo.
Stop Falling for This Stuff
Seriously, we need to get better at this as a society. Someone makes a political statement you agree or disagree with, and within hours there are viral posts claiming they got fired with zero verification. Screenshots from six years ago get treated as breaking news. Confusion about creative decisions gets spun into conspiracy theories about political retaliation.
Before you share something claiming an actor got fired or a company took action, maybe check if Variety or Deadline or THR reported it. Look for official statements from the company involved. Ask yourself if the “evidence” being presented actually proves what people claim it proves.
A comedy bit from 2018 is not evidence someone got fired in 2026. An actor not appearing in one specific movie is not evidence they got fired from the entire franchise. The absence of an official denial is not confirmation that something happened. These should be basic common sense things, but here we are.
Mark Ruffalo is fine. His career is fine. His relationship with Marvel is fine. The only thing that’s not fine is everyone’s ability to distinguish real news from viral nonsense.
Okay, real question for you. Did you see these Ruffalo firing rumors and actually believe them at first? Or did you immediately know they were fake? And why do you think this kind of misinformation spreads so easily even when there’s zero actual evidence? Drop your thoughts in the comments because honestly, we’re all trying to figure out how to fix this mess.
Let’s be real, if he had been stupid enough to compare a political party receiving “bad” treatment, in their opinion, to the Holocaust, there is no doubt Disney would fire him. For me, her using the Holocaust as her example was where she crossed the line. They were not being hunted, murdered, put in concentration camps, being starved. So she should have used a better comparison than she did. She wanted attention, she got it, and as far as I’m concerned, she got what she deserved. Even sicker though is the people who follow these “stars”, hang on every word and opinion which is scary. How can you be so obsessed over a person who got lucky enough to become a star?
So by this marker Walz from Minnesota should be let go as governor as he just recently compared ice to the holocaust.
As a Minnesotan I would agree, but being the first amendment protects you from being censored from the government, we can’t go by words. I don’t think Gina should have been fired either, but the first amendment does not protect you from getting fired from the private sector. However, Walz should be impeached because he is just a terrible governor. I typically voted Democrat before he came along, but I refused to vote for him because there was just something about him I did not trust. Looks like my intuition may have been correct.