Pixar Exec Pete Doctor Says They Cut 'Elio' LGBTQ Storyline Because It's a Movie 'Not Hundreds of Millions of Dollars of Therapy'

Pixar’s chief creative officerand director of films like Up, Inside Out, and Monsters, Inc., Pete Docter, has shared the real reason behind the removal of the LGBTQ storyline from the 2025 film Elio.

In a recent Pixar profile published by Wall Street Journal, the CCO said that the company didn’t want to expose younger viewers to subject matter their parents hadn’t discussed with them.

According to the outlet, Docter stated, “We’re making a movie, not hundreds of millions of dollars...