yes why would i make that up haha im one of three admins there but actually the choice was unanimous amongst our entire team of moderators which is like 15 people.
we decided to remove him from the discord for multiple reasons.
one being that he often made young people quite upset during Q&A’s, inferring that varian fans were the reason the shows ratings were poor and also that varian fans weren’t watching the show properly. he also referred to cass and rapunzel fans as the shows “true real fans”.
we have multiple members of the crew on the discord who engage with the fans and he is the only one who has ever done this. every other crew member has been a delight to interact with.
the other reason was that as per is twitter profile he is no longer a disney employee. therefore we decided that it wasn’t quite appropriate for a middle aged man to be on a server full of mostly teenage girls.
at the end of the day, an adult man has no place in an interactive space full of kids, especially if he’s only going to use it to tell them they’re watching the show wrong.