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Former Disney princesses are speaking out, claiming they were expected to stay in character no matter what guests did to them — even during alleged incidents ofsexual harassment.
The strict expectation, known among performers as “character integrity,” is considered one of the most important rules of the job.
“Character integrity is number one. You’re not going to break character if somebody tries to break you,” former Disney World performer Hunter Haag told theDaily Mail.
For another former princess, that rule allegedly left her feeling trapped during adisturbing encounterat Disneyland in Anaheim in February 2018.
Alyssa Klinzing, who was 20 at the time and portraying Princess Elsa, claimed a guest turned what began as a routine meet-and-greet into something far darker.
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“The guest basically took a hug from me, then sniffed me up from my shoulder all the way up into my ear with his lips pressed on my skin and whispered in my ear that he had dirty dreams about me,” Klinzing told the outlet.
According to Klinzing, the encounter escalated as she remained in character.
“He took his hands underneath my cape, so that no one could see where his hands were, and he was trying to get his hands into my skirt and had tried to unzip the back of my skirt.”
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