Bob Chapek expounds at length about his termination from Disney and his belief that ex-CEO Bob Iger stabbed him in the back in his forthcoming book, “Behind the Castle Walls.”
\n\nChapek, in recounting his 30-year career at the Mouse House, offers a number of other revelations in the memoir. Variety obtained an advance copy of the book, which publishes on Sept. 29.
\n\n“This is the story of how I fought and scraped and bled and worked my way into the top position of the Magic Kingdom, the places I shaped, and the forces I encountered along the journey,” Chapek writes in the book’s introduction.
\n\nChapek, the one-time head of Disney’s theme parks division, assumed the Disney CEO job in February 2020 — as Iger’s hand-picked successor — right before the COVID-19 pandemic hit the U.S. After a series of missteps, the Disney board ousted Chapek in November 2022 and called Iger back into service. Iger stepped down as CEO this March, replaced by former parks head Josh D’Amaro.
\n\nHere are key takeaways from the book:
\n\nChapek recounts an exchange with Iger — who is mentioned 121 times in the book— years before the CEO changeover. The two were talking about…
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