X-MEN '97: Beau DeMayo Breaks Silence On Marvel Firing And Claims He Was "Stripped" Of Season 2 Credit

X-MEN '97: Beau DeMayo Breaks Silence On Marvel Firing And Claims He Was "Stripped" Of Season 2 Credit

Former X-Men '97 Head Writer Beau DeMayo has broken his silence on parting ways with Marvel Studios and, while he's still not explained his firing, he does make some undeniably explosive accusations...

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By JoshWilding - Aug 16, 2024 03:08 AM EST
Filed Under: X-Men '97

Shortly before X-Men '97 premiered on Disney+, Head Writer Beau DeMayo was unceremoniously fired by Marvel Studios. Interviews that had already been scheduled with the press were cancelled and rumours soon started swirling about his dismissal. 

For example, we heard he'd been "an absolute nightmare to deal with on a daily basis," with it later alleged that DeMayo's non-nude OnlyFans account "raised concerns" with Disney higher-ups. Apparently, they found his behaviour on the platform "unsettling" and "creepy."

DeMayo initially remained silent but soon started answering fan questions on X, breaking down key creative decisions in episodes of X-Men '97 and offering some undeniably fascinating insights into the making of the Disney+ series. 

However, the writer - who also worked on Moon Knight and Blade for Marvel Studios - also made it clear that he'd have no involvement with season 2 beyond what he'd already contributed, all while stopping short of revealing exactly why he and Disney parted ways. 

DeMayo has recently taken some shots at Disney and Marvel Studios for excluding him from X-Men '97's Emmy campaign and, in an explosive social media post, he may have shed some light on why he was really fired. 

The writer claims that, after he shared some X-Men fan-art depicting himself as a scantily clad Cyclops, "[Marvel Studios] sent a letter notifying me that they’d stripped my Season 2 credits due to the post. Sadly, this is the latest in a troubling pattern I suffered through while on working on [X-Men '97] and [Blade]."

That's a hugely damaging allegation to lay at Disney and Marvel Studios' feet, though it's worth noting that DeMayo was fired from the series in March, not June.

As a result, he's still dancing around that initial firing, though he has alluded to homophobia being an issue throughout his entire tenure in the posts below. Still, Marvel Studios removing him from X-Men '97 season 2's credits over a piece of fan art seems odd, and it will be interesting to see whether the Disney-owned studio chooses to respond to these allegations.

Stay tuned for updates. 

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lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 8/16/2024, 3:44 AM
I'm sure MARVEL will be able to get by.
LSHF
LSHF - 8/16/2024, 3:52 AM
After all the shit that has gone down with people in Hollywood getting fired, there is NO F#CKING WAY I would have posted those pictures!

While I'm not exactly saying that he "should have at least known better", he should have at least considered the possibility and NOT taken any chances with his job!

Good grief, Charlie Brown!
LSHF
LSHF - 8/16/2024, 3:57 AM
P.S.

If you really like your job, strive to be a great person to work with and avoid a bad reputation.

Every little bit can add up.

Now he's bashing his previous employers and letting potential future employers know that he might do the same to them.
Chappers
Chappers - 8/16/2024, 4:03 AM
It sounds like it was definitely sexual misconduct and there’s hardly anyone else involved coming out to defend him.
What I’m seeing is that he apparently sent loads of naked and half-naked photos to cast and crew, sometimes in skimpy superhero outfits and framed it as “use these poses as inspiration for the characters” etc. etc.

Just weird behaviour but lines up with a lot of the content he posts
S8R8M
S8R8M - 8/16/2024, 4:03 AM
I hope he gets to do more xmen. Xmen97 was brilliant.
ThePott
ThePott - 8/16/2024, 4:09 AM
Are you literally leaving out half the story to post an 'update' later for clicks that is already readily available hours before you posted this? Marvel are claiming he breeched the terms of his termination agreement by continuing to tweet about the show and his dismissal was apparently to do with sexual misconduct.


"Sources say that following his exit, an agreement was reached between the two parties over the issue of tweeting about the show, something that DeMayo had continued to occasionally do. In light of the breeches, his credit for season two was removed. While no details of the cause of the termination or the internal reviews have surfaced, sources say it involved sexual misconduct."

Source: THR - https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/x-men-97-creator-claims-marvel-gay-pride-1235976534/

The reporting on this site is getting worse to be honest.

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IAmAHoot
IAmAHoot - 8/16/2024, 4:23 AM
@ThePott - Can’t leave the work to workers anymore, not in these parts…
WruceBayne
WruceBayne - 8/16/2024, 5:08 AM
@ThePott - thanks. Now I don’t have to click on the second half of this story or the subsequent “List of 5 ways Beau DeMayo could’ve gotten fired” post that I’m sure is on its way.
TrentCrimm
TrentCrimm - 8/16/2024, 5:59 AM
@ThePott -

It's worse than that.

"though it's worth noting that DeMayo was fired from the series in March, not June."

Josh can't even read, DeMayo says this post is why he was stripped of his S2 credits, not why he was fired. He's throwing doubt into it when he doesn't even know what he's talking about.
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 8/16/2024, 8:25 AM
@WruceBayne - 😃
I'm just getting ready for a ridiculous article about what color shirts each day.
Same colors, was the film logo on the shirts, was there ever a day whether it was shirts or skins (that means all genders and other letters), or a day they wore ties of the 3 stooges with their t-shirts?
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 8/16/2024, 8:26 AM
for the crew and such.
MrKayDeeBee
MrKayDeeBee - 8/16/2024, 11:40 AM
@WruceBayne - lmao
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 8/16/2024, 4:25 AM
If he did something wrong then hold him accountable. Sexual misconduct? Call a cop.

Whether or not that should mean that he should no longer be allowed to make a living doing what he does best is another matter. Because from where I'm standing, he's the best there is at what he does and what he does actually is very nice.
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Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 8/16/2024, 12:09 PM
@ObserverIO - Marvel called a cop on DeMayo but he came whit a construccion worker and an apache chief
UncleHarm1
UncleHarm1 - 8/16/2024, 1:41 PM
@Malatrova15 - 😂
FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 8/16/2024, 4:45 AM
What it’s looking like to me here is that he was essentially acting “too” gay. Because if it was really sexual misconduct, to echo @ObserverIO said, call a cop.
mountainman
mountainman - 8/16/2024, 6:36 AM
@FireandBlood - Sending explicit pictures of yourself to your coworkers who didn’t want them is ok to you? Sure seems like you’re going out of your way to defend the behavior. If a straight white man was sending d**k picks to coworkers, would you be having the same reaction?
FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 8/16/2024, 6:50 AM
@mountainman - There’s been no mention of him sending dick pics. That’s something you’re pulling entirely out of your ass, as per usual.

And as I said, if sexual misconduct actually occurred, call the cops. Sending unsolicited nudes is sexual harassment and a crime.
RegularPoochie
RegularPoochie - 8/16/2024, 6:59 AM
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You know what I mean by that gif, lol. People acting stupid = I start to give hints for HoD, lol.
mountainman
mountainman - 8/16/2024, 7:03 AM
@FireandBlood - I didn’t claim he sent dick picks did I? A vast majority of people who engage in workplace sexual harassment are fired and not prosecuted (at least here in the US). Unless actual rape or violence occurred, most companies handle it internally. And a lot of times the details of what happened are kept private. The claim that Disney was harsh on him because he is gay is completely at odds with who Disney is as a company. He harassed fellow employees. He got fired just like anyone else would for doing that. He want on social media tantrums and literally none of his coworkers have defended him once since the firing. Doesn’t this tell you that they all knew the claims were true? Do you really think the cast and crew of this show is homophobic? In a modern Disney production?

Unless an actual crime occurred, like rape, assault, battery, etc, they wouldn’t get law enforcement involved. The US isn’t like the overbearing UK government that is throwing people in jail for words. We defeated those redcoats 250 years ago to not have to deal with that type of authoritarian nonsense.
FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 8/16/2024, 7:15 AM
@mountainman - ”Sending explicit pictures of yourself to your coworkers who didn’t want them is ok to you? If a straight white man was sending d**k picks to coworkers, would you be having the same reaction?”

Yeah, you did. Literally the comment before. Ffs, you can’t make this type of dumb shit up 😂

”The US isn’t like the overbearing UK government that is throwing people in jail for words.”

Your country just jailed a woman for 9 years for stealing chicken wings, at the same time a convicted criminal is running for president. Glass houses, buddy. On top of that, it’s not just weird but entirely alarming that you’re trying to make some sort of equal correlation between sexual harassment and words. I’d stop while you’re ahead. You’ve embarrassed yourself enough on this day.
mountainman
mountainman - 8/16/2024, 7:32 AM
@FireandBlood - Not embarrassed at all. Just clowning on you bro. Still never showed an example of me saying he sent d**k pics did you? But you claim that you did. Pretty disingenuous and wrong as usual.
mountainman
mountainman - 8/16/2024, 7:34 AM
@FireandBlood - Your county is jailing people for mean words. Also your continent is trying to make Twitter a government censored social site like the other terrible social sites. I never claimed the US is perfect, but levied a specific accurate accusation against your crooked teeth hell
hole that you avoid because you know you’re wrong.
FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 8/16/2024, 7:42 AM
@mountainman - You outright claimed he sent explicit pics, and followed that straight up some “whataboutism” concerning white dudes sending dick pics, so the only one being entirely disingenuous is you, as per usual.
FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 8/16/2024, 7:44 AM
@mountainman - Nobody gets jailed for some “mean words” in my country. They do for racism, homophobia and hate crimes, though I can entirely understand why YOU would take issue with that.
FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 8/16/2024, 7:50 AM
@mountainman - 9% of your countries population thinks chocolate milk comes from brown cows. 😂

This is what I mean about continuing to embarrass yourself. Choose another hill.
MotherGooseUPus
MotherGooseUPus - 8/16/2024, 8:15 AM
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mountainman
mountainman - 8/16/2024, 9:06 AM
@MotherGooseUPus - 2 time world war champs and eternal olympic winners!
The1st
The1st - 8/16/2024, 9:11 AM
@mountainman - And one of the better ocular jutsus I've ever seen...in use on its population.

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mountainman
mountainman - 8/16/2024, 9:16 AM
@FireandBlood - As yes, jailing someone for saying that a person born a man isn't a woman is totally what rational societies do. Enjoy the authoritarianism my dude. Red coats like you deserve it!
FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 8/16/2024, 9:26 AM
@mountainman - Nobody was jailed for saying a man isn’t a woman, and lying isn’t going to make it anymore true, neither is trying to minimise racism, homophobia, transphobia and just outright bigotry as “mean words”.

Hate crimes here are exactly that, hate crimes. And I know you guys like to try play loose with what does and doesn’t constitute as a hate crime, considering you’re a country built on genocide, slavery and all that, but over here, we take all that type of shit a bit more seriously.
MotherGooseUPus
MotherGooseUPus - 8/16/2024, 11:06 AM
@mountainman - hahahaha my man. I had a tshirt that said "back to back world War champs" lol
Kadara
Kadara - 8/16/2024, 4:53 AM
He's so woke 🇸🇴🇵🇸😌
Conquistador
Conquistador - 8/16/2024, 5:23 AM
I'm sure there's more to it than that. I feel if he was in the right he'd have said more by now, especially since season 1 finished airing.

I'm not saying Disney is right, I'm saying we need more info from BOTH sides. Too quick are people to jump on either side without knowing the full story.
MisterDoctor217
MisterDoctor217 - 8/16/2024, 5:46 AM
Idk man.
He definitely did a great job with the first season and the work speaks for itself, but his posts about this whole situation do seem fishy.

Like why would Disney fire him just for that Instagram post ? It doesn’t make sense and why would Disney want to further tarnish their reputation for something so stupid? They’ve been pro LGBTQ+ for the past 4 years and now suddenly an instagram post is too gay for them?

Methinks Beau did something. Not sure what it was but must have been something bad for Disney not being willing to look past it and rehire him after getting RAVE reviews and being nominated for an Emmy for X-Men’97, a show he was in charge off.

Like if it wasn’t something that bad, or something they could swept under the rug (like they always seem to do in Hollywood) why not keep the guy who’s making one of the most well received shows they’ve had in the past 6 years ?

Something doesn’t add up here…
NegativeNerd
NegativeNerd - 8/16/2024, 8:17 AM
@MisterDoctor217 - Yeah I’d usually not respond to these until more information gets out. However, the fact he was let go from the Witcher is another thing to think about. Especially as another person that worked on the show kinda hinted at someone being mentally and physically abusive while working on this.
https://www.tumblr.com/sing-for-theongreyjoy/699130314561290240/thoughts-on-the-interview-with-beau-demayo-where
MisterDoctor217
MisterDoctor217 - 8/16/2024, 8:50 AM
@NegativeNerd -


Damn I didn’t know that !!

Those comments he allegedly made about bisexual and gay men are really disturbing.

He himself seems to be a very sexually charged man, so it is kinda crazy that he would make comments like that., if true.

And the abusive behavior is just disgusting.
So there’s a history there it seems…
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 8/16/2024, 6:05 AM
Damn , this might get ugly…

Anyway , this is also why one doesn’t campaign or keep asking for a person to be rehired until you know the extent of what they did to be let go in the first place.

If the sexual misconduct allegations are true (and we may never know the true story) then no matter how talented of a writer he is , I’m glad he was let go if he was making people uncomfortable which could be the case since it doesn’t seem like anyone else that has worked with him is coming out to defend him like Gunn’s associates did with his firing atleast to my knowledge

It’s unfortunate because I have enjoyed his work from the Witcher to X-Men 97 (which was truly solid) but oh well.
EarlChai
EarlChai - 8/16/2024, 2:25 PM
“DeMayo's non-nude OnlyFans account“

It wasn’t non-nude. He just deleted the nude posts shortly after posting them. You used to be able to find them by searching “LPSG Beau DeMayo” but now that search just takes you to a new thread on that forum complaining that the old one was taken down.

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