Former Disney CEO Bob Chapek is about to publish a new memoir, in which he blames recently retired CEO Bob Iger for his firing.

Back in 2022, Bob Chapek was fired as Disney’s chief executive after less than three years in the job. Bob Iger, who preceded Bob Chapek as CEO, then came back as the company’s chief executive after Chapek was fired. A lot happened during Chapek’s time as CEO, some of which was beyond his control, like COVID-19, while other missteps were in his control. However, there’s one thing he points his finger at.

According to The New York Times, Chapek’s memoir is set to be published Tuesday by Gallery Books, in which he rejects any personal responsibility for his ouster. In fact, he “places all blame on a ‘relentless’ sabotage campaign by the man who handpicked him for the job, his predecessor and eventual successor, Robert A. Iger.”

Before its publication, a copy of “Behind the Castle Walls: My Thirty Years at the Happiest Place on Earth” was obtained by The New York Times. In this book, Bob Chapek re-establishes himself as a leader. According to The New York Times, he embraces the mantle of “disrupter,” invoking the word or versions of it 30 times across 254 pages. Chapek also seeks to cement his place in Disney history, saying that his legacy wasn’t memorialized in a positive way.

“My abrupt dismissal hurt my reputation, leaving those close to me, outsiders, and some within the kingdom trying to figure out what I did wrong,” Mr. Chapek writes. “The answer, again, is nothing.”

In his memoir, Chapek claimed that Iger played “an intentional and preconceived role in abruptly ending my ride as Disney C.E.O.” Chapek says Iger “disparaged him in private conversations, telling Hollywood power brokers and loyalists in the Disney ranks that he had shut Mr. Iger out and questioning his judgment over pandemic-era movie releases.”

“I didn’t get a chance to finish what I started,” Mr. Chapek writes. “In truth, it pisses me off.”

Bob Chapek also claimed something controversial about Bob Iger’s sudden and abrupt stepping down as CEO. “I have been told by several high-ranking people both in government and private business that, in their opinions, the real reason he left the company so abruptly was his anticipation of the arrival of COVID,” Chapek writes. He had no evidence, but he suggested that Bob Iger believed he could come back and reclaim the CEO role at any time.

During Bob Chapek’s time with the company, he faced criticism regarding his drive for higher revenue. Annual Passes, park tickets, and food prices skyrocketed. Things that used to be free, like FastPass and Magical Express, were now being charged for. Chapek doesn’t believe that was an issue, and still stands by it, saying it reduced crowds and increased guest satisfaction.

That’s not all, as Bob Chapek also takes credit for Disney’s newest and current CEO, Josh D’Amaro. “I consistently suggested the idea of promoting him,” Mr. Chapek writes. “He had been a relative unknown in the corporate hierarchy before I singled him out.” That being said, a spokesman for D’Amaro declined to comment.

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