Kevin Sorbo claims Netflix executives once acknowledged there was an audience for his faith-based movies while admitting they could not understand why anyone wanted to watch them.
The Hercules: The Legendary Journeys star shared the story Thursday amid growing backlash against Netflix over a social media post that many conservatives believe mocked the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
Years ago Netflix brought me in to discuss doing Faith based films. At the end of our meeting, the executives looked at me and said “we understand that there’s an audience for the kind of movies you make, we just don’t know why.”
These people are sick. https://t.co/cYRxMZbuca
— Kevin Sorbo (@ksorbs) September 10, 2026
“Years ago Netflix brought me in to discuss doing Faith based films,” Sorbo wrote on X. “At the end of our meeting, the executives looked at me and said ‘we understand that there’s an audience for the kind of movies you make, we just don’t know why.'”
“These people are sick,” he added.
Sorbo was responding directly to a post from Netflix’s official UK and Ireland account, making the connection between his alleged experience with the company and the current controversy unmistakable.
Netflix Faces Backlash Over Charlie Kirk Post
The controversy began when Netflix UK and Ireland shared images from The Gentlemen showing Theo James’ character turning his head to look at Kaya Scodelario’s character.
“Nearly did himself a neck injury,” the account wrote.
Ordinarily, the caption would have been an innocuous joke about the scene. However, Netflix posted it on September 10, exactly one year after Kirk was assassinated while speaking at Utah Valley University.
Charlie Kirk on his YouTube channel – YouTube, Charlie Kirk
Kirk was fatally shot in the neck.
The combination immediately drew accusations that the Netflix account was making a veiled joke about Kirk’s murder. Numerous users announced they were canceling their subscriptions, while conservative commentators condemned the company.
There is currently no evidence establishing that Netflix deliberately intended the post as a reference to Kirk. Later that day, the streamer denied that it was intended as anything other than promotion for the show. The caption also makes sense within the context of the images from The Gentlemen.
However, the wording and timing were apparently enough for Sorbo to see a connection to his own experience with the company.
Sorbo Says Netflix Approached Him
Sorbo’s story about meeting with Netflix is not a new allegation prompted by the latest controversy.
In a 2019 interview with Fox News, he revealed that the company had approached him about launching an inspirational division, saying executives “realize there’s a market out there.”
During a 2025 interview with CBN, Sorbo offered considerably more detail about those discussions and explained why they ultimately went nowhere.
The Logo for Netflix – Netflix
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“I got a call… from Netflix,” Sorbo recalled. “This in 2018 and [they] said, ‘We want to open an inspirational division with you.’ I went, ‘Hallelujah. This is awesome.'”
According to Sorbo, he participated in four meetings with Netflix over approximately four months, but became increasingly convinced that the company’s interest was insincere.
“Each meeting I could tell less and less and less this was all just lip service,” he said.
Sorbo Connects the Dots
Sorbo’s latest post appears intended to make a broader point than simply revisiting a failed business relationship from nearly a decade ago.
He responded to a controversy involving a joke many conservatives interpreted as mocking Kirk’s assassination by recalling executives who, according to him, recognized the commercial demand for faith-based entertainment but could not understand its appeal.
That does not prove Netflix deliberately mocked Kirk, nor does Sorbo provide evidence establishing what the employees responsible for the social media post intended.
Kevin Sorbo in Let There Be Light – Now Streaming on Angel, YouTube
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But Sorbo clearly believes the two episodes say something about the culture inside the company.
His message to followers was not particularly subtle: Netflix executives allegedly couldn’t understand why millions of people wanted Christian entertainment in 2018. Eight years later, the company is facing accusations that one of its official accounts mocked the murder of one of America’s most prominent conservative Christian voices.
Sorbo is inviting his audience to decide whether those two things are entirely unrelated.
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