The Founder Of Papa John's Has Resigned After Using The N-Word In A Conference Call

[RandySF]

Papa John's founder John Schnatter resigned as chairman of the pizza company's board of directors Wednesday following reports that he had used the n-word during a conference call earlier this year.

The company announced Schnatter's resignation Wednesday evening in a statement, saying that a new chairman would be appointed in the coming weeks.

The resignation came hours after reports, confirmed by BuzzFeed News, that Schnatter had used the n-word during a conference call in May. The call was intended as a public relations training exercise for Schnatter after he faced backlash last year for saying NFL players who kneel during the national anthem were hurting pizza sales.


https://www.buzzfeed.com/jimdalrympleii/the-founder-of-papa-johns-has-resigned-after-using-the-n?bftwnews&utm_term=.baRdmDypa8#.qkrxK9XqgY

[NBachers]

1. Still ain't buyin' any. Never have.

[MurrayDelph]

9. I went in once

When they were new to L.A., and I had a coupon. Didn't like the choice of toppings, so I didn't buy.

Several years later, a buddy brought one of their pizzas to dinner, so I tried it. Once was enough. Almost every independent place I've tried across the country has been better

[MontanaMama]

2. Womp womp.

Guess he couldn’t even make it through a training exercise without being a full blown racist. WTH is this guy like in real life? Jeez Louise.

[LonePirate]

3. Oh, there's something hurting his pizza sales but it is not kneeling NFL players.

He may have "resigned" but many franchises will be hurt by this latest revelation and some will even close. I'm not sure the brand will ever truly recover.

[hatrack]

4. The unique Papa John's combination of Hunts tomato sauce & cardboard isn't helping

Shitty pizza, shitty executive and so it goes.

I'm sure he'll cry himself to sleep in his 60,000-square foot house tonight.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

5. Don't let the door hit ya

Where the good lord split ya

[unblock]

6. They need to hire a pr firm to handle their pr training exercise snafu

It's like an episode of "the office".

[Cha]

7. So schnatter finally gets busted!

[dalton99a]

8. New chairman who doesn't use the N-word, same old shitty pizza

[NCTraveler]

15. Who doesn't use the n word...

On conference calls.

[Hugin]

10. But, rest assured any revenue generated will still make it's way into his account.

All profit, no risk.

[genxlib]

11. This calls for a throwback to an all time classic.

Let us remember my favorite Stephen Colbert bit of all time

http://www.cc.com/video-clips/4fqxvr/the-colbert-report-obamacare---pizza-costs

This guy has been on the wrong side of history for a long time

[JI7]

12. is he going to replace John KElly ?

[superpatriotman]

13. He will now become a martyr

Mark my words.

[NCTraveler]

14. Poor guy.

Now he will have more freedom to use his billion dollars and influence to support the Republicans racist base.

[lunasun]

16. Good news! He couldn't even make it past the training not to be racist . That's how racist he is