Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos withdraws from PEN America gala, citing writers strike

[Backseat Driver]

1. I'm confused...

Does he, as a CEO, have conflicts of interest with the striking rank and file of Hollywood writers, and would he be, should he attend, the biggest disruptor since sliced bread, by hypocritcally attending the in-person presentation of the organizations Business Visionary award this year. Guess he didn't see this coming? Is he saying those that would attend don't really believe in PEN's mission of total artistic freedom of speech? But he does and will avoid being a target of others who would disrupt? Does he hope to pull others away from attending in order to honor the striking employed membership of Hollywood writers? And yet he hopes for a very successful enjoyable evening of what?: safety during the group's organizational self-adulation because "artistic writers should be an equality of starving artists of no renown save his own singular hero? Yup, I'm confused about the significance of this apparent award winner announcing his non-acceptance of the award and his RSVP of non-attendence well in advance of the event itself. Please explain better, because he sounds as though he either fears a mass-shooting or he's just too, too special to come and get it thereby loosing all self-control telling the group what-for in his acceptance speech??????