Papa John's founder John Schnatter said it was a "mistake" for him to resign
Source: CNN
In letter to the pizza chain's board obtained by CNNMoney, Schnatter accused the board of not "doing any investigation" and said its decision to remove him as chairman was based on "rumor and innuendo."
Last week, the Papa John's founder resigned after he admitted to using the N-word on a conference call with marketing agency Laundry Service.
In his letter, he said Laundry Service wanted to hire rapper Kanye West to represent Papa John's in advertising materials, but Schnatter wasn't on board with the idea because West uses the N-word in his lyrics.
Schnatter claimed the agency asked if he was racist, and he used the N-word in describing how KFC's Colonel Sanders used to talk. Schnatter said he wouldn't ever use that word -- although he just had.
Read more: https://money.cnn.com/2018/07/18/news/companies/papa-johns-letter/index.html
The story points that Papa John's has been having business woes. It sounds as if Schnatter gave the corporation an easy way to fire him, without having to even argue that he had become an overpaid and unerperforming CEO.
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