The showrunner for the new Disney+ X-Men animated series “X-Men ’97”, Beau DeMayo, was dismissed just before the premiere.
Reports indicate DeMayo was difficult to work with and created a toxic work environment, with sources saying he was “an absolute nightmare” and “impossible to deal with” daily.
“I can’t talk about the details,” said Brad Winderbaum, Marvel Studios’ head of streaming. “But I can say that Beau had real respect and passion for these characters and wrote what I think are excellent scripts that really the rest of the team were able to draw inspiration from [to] build this amazing show that’s on screen.”
🤯 Gay Discorders & OF stalkers are crying themselves to sleep tonight! (p) I appreciated #BeauDemayo’s love for the #XMen but he was over-sexualized while the face of a cartoon show IMO. Crazy timing. He couldn’t seem to keep his zipper on safety 🤐 (p) Not the 1st time either. pic.twitter.com/wYm1oZbiqL
— Everyone Loves A Good Story™️ (@3vry1lvsgdstry) March 12, 2024
Additionally, while his OnlyFans account was not explicit, Disney executives found some of his social media behavior there to be “creepy.”
While some blamed his dismissal on being a gay black man, insiders said the reasons were solely due to his difficult personality and behavior, not his identity.
“[DeMayo] is a nice guy, but impossible to deal with,” one source stated.
“Like, truly an absolute nightmare to deal with on a daily basis. He’s been really annoying them [Marvel leadership] for a while now, and it has nothing to do with the fact that there’s a lot of diversity and LGBTQ stuff in X-Men. It’s just that he’s really prickly and difficult to work with.”
DeMayo’s dismissal led to online debate, with some defending him and others saying his social media presence was inappropriate given he was working on a children’s cartoon.
His abrupt removal so close to the premiere created speculation but the show is moving forward without him at the helm.
“Disney Marvel hired a gay black man #BeauDeMayo to be the showrunner for #XMen97, which is a cartoon that’s meant for children. After getting hired, he created an explicit social media account on OnlyFans. He was let go from Disney (allegedly), 7 days before the show premier,” one X user wrote.
“Gay Discorders & OF stalkers are crying themselves to sleep tonight! (p) I appreciated #BeauDemayo’s love for the #XMen but he was over-sexualized while the face of a cartoon show IMO. Crazy timing. He couldn’t seem to keep his zipper on safety. Not the 1st time either,” another wrote.
“I’ve now seen versions of animatics for the entire second season,” Winderbaum said. “Obviously, when you’re in that stage, there’s a lot of work to do. It’s editorial, but it’s also still iterative because there’s still story to be worked out when you put it on its feet in that way. We’re going to start development on the third season very soon.”
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