Current Events > 'Papa John' Schnatter claims he was 'pushed' to use n-word

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http://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/2018/07/14/papa-john-schnatter-claims-was-pushed-to-use-n-word.html
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He must have taken some Ambien
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I mean do we know the actual line he said?
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I mean sometimes you get super triple dog dared and then what? You can't back out at that point.
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hul kogan made him do it
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hockeybub89 posted...

He must have taken some Ambien

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You know, I can't help but feel that that wasn't the proper way to respond to this.
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Doe posted...

I mean do we know the actual line he said?

Yes
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UnholyMudcrab posted...

You know, I can't help but feel that that wasn't the proper way to respond to this.

This
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Zero_Destroyer posted...

hockeybub89 posted...

He must have taken some Ambien

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In addition, Major League Baseball has discontinued its Papa Slam promotion with the Louisville, Ky.-based company,

GOD DAMN IT
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bump
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Better douchebaggery, better racism, papa johns
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ImTheMacheteGuy posted...

Better douchebaggery, better racism, papa johns

lol
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So how long before the company rebrands itself as like "Papa's Pizza" or something?
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Jiek_Fafn posted...

UnholyMudcrab posted...

You know, I can't help but feel that that wasn't the proper way to respond to this.

This

It's actually the response to a response to the response to players kneeling for the anthem and Papa John feeling that was affecting his pizza sales.

Maybe the guy is just truly terrible at responding to everything.
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Oh Papi, you just don't know when to quit do you?

Hopefully they rebrand to Papa's Pizza and get Dunkey to be their advertising guy.
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BLAKUboy posted...

So how long before the company rebrands itself as like "Papa's Pizza" or something?

When he hurt their image awhile back with the comment about football protests, Lil Jon offered to become the new papa.
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gunplagirl posted...

BLAKUboy posted...

So how long before the company rebrands itself as like "Papa's Pizza" or something?

When he hurt their image awhile back with the comment about football protests, Lil Jon offered to become the new papa.

Lil Papa Jon's?
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OpShaft posted...

gunplagirl posted...

BLAKUboy posted...

So how long before the company rebrands itself as like "Papa's Pizza" or something?

When he hurt their image awhile back with the comment about football protests, Lil Jon offered to become the new papa.

Lil Papa Jon's?

It'll be like JoJo's bizarre adventure and every few years we get a new Papa J
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Im not following this papa johns story at all

What happened?
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UnfairRepresent posted...

Im not following this papa johns story at all

What happened?

He said the n word
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I hope this doesn't mess with those 50% off codes!
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YoshitoKikuchi posted...

Doe posted...

I mean do we know the actual line he said?

Yes

The context, apparently, is papa John being nudged by an ad company to hire Kanye for ad spots. John didn't want to be associated with a guy who uses [n-word] in his lyrics, then went on some misguided tangent about Colonel Sanders.
The agency was fired, and tried to extort money from Papa John's. When that didn't work they went public.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/17/papa-johns-founder-speaks-out-on-resignation-the-board-and-kanye-west.html

Schnatter resigned his post last week at the behest of Papa John's board after confirming the Forbes' report. However, he said the comments were taken out of context and that he was provoked into using the N-word after Laundry Service executives on the call suggested the pizza chain bring on performer Kanye West as a co-spokesman for television spots and promotions.

Schnatter said he refused to work with West because "he uses the 'N' word in his lyrics," according to the letter. It was later on the call that Schnatter said he used the actual word when pressed whether or not he was a racist.

"I then said something on the order of, Colonel Sanders used the word 'N,' (I actually used the word,) that I would never use that word and Papa Johns doesnt use that word," Schnatter told the board. "Let me be very clear: I never used the 'N' word in that meeting as a racial epithet, nor would I ever."

There's a reason "let's wait for all the facts" became a meme.

i love that the new conservative excuse is "everyone else made me do it!".
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TheVipaGTS posted...

i love that the new conservative excuse is "everyone else made me do it!".

Party of personal responsibility, mirite
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Questionmarktarius posted...

YoshitoKikuchi posted...

Doe posted...

I mean do we know the actual line he said?

Yes

The context, apparently, is papa John being nudged by an ad company to hire Kanye for ad spots. John didn't want to be associated with a guy who uses [n-word] in his lyrics, then went on some misguided tangent about Colonel Sanders.
The agency was fired, and tried to extort money from Papa John's. When that didn't work they went public.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/17/papa-johns-founder-speaks-out-on-resignation-the-board-and-kanye-west.html

Schnatter resigned his post last week at the behest of Papa John's board after confirming the Forbes' report. However, he said the comments were taken out of context and that he was provoked into using the N-word after Laundry Service executives on the call suggested the pizza chain bring on performer Kanye West as a co-spokesman for television spots and promotions.

Schnatter said he refused to work with West because "he uses the 'N' word in his lyrics," according to the letter. It was later on the call that Schnatter said he used the actual word when pressed whether or not he was a racist.

"I then said something on the order of, Colonel Sanders used the word 'N,' (I actually used the word,) that I would never use that word and Papa Johns doesnt use that word," Schnatter told the board. "Let me be very clear: I never used the 'N' word in that meeting as a racial epithet, nor would I ever."

There's a reason "let's wait for all the facts" became a meme.

That's absolute bullshit. Nobody who would avoid Kanye because he uses the n word a lot would then go on to actually say the n word during a conference call with multiple people on it, no matter the context.
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Kavatar posted...

That's absolute bullshit. Nobody who would avoid Kanye because he uses the n word a lot would then go on to actually say the n word during a conference call with multiple people on it, no matter the context.

Well, maybe he saw Donnie's laughable excuse and he was like "well shit, maybe if I tell them I was taken out of context and that I WOULDN'T say the n-word!"
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Kineth posted...

TheVipaGTS posted...

i love that the new conservative excuse is "everyone else made me do it!".

Party of personal responsibility, mirite

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something something personal responsibility something something stop blaming other people
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RchHomieQuanChi posted...

something something personal responsibility something something stop blaming other people

He'll be back in about three years, just like Mel Gibson and Hulk Hogan.

In a letter to the company directors dated July 14, Schnatter said that he was asked during media training whether he was racist, and answered no. Then, I [said] something on the order of, Colonel Sanders used the word N, (I actually used the word), that I would never use that word, and Papa Johns doesnt use that word.

LOL
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