X-Males ’97 creator Beau DeMayo was fired from the present greater than two years in the past, and, for mainly the entire time, there’s by no means been a ton of readability about what occurred between him and Disney and Marvel. That hasn’t actually modified with the publication of a new function in Self-importance Truthful, which sees DeMayo sit for a handful of interviews earlier than finally ghosting the outlet in 2025.
Within the first half of 2024, DeMayo was fired from the present for what Disney finally described as “egregious” conduct; DeMayo claimed he was topic to prejudicial therapy as a homosexual, Black man. Within the new story, DeMayo maintains this, saying that after he labored on the scrapped Blade film and returned to X-Males ’97, “A few of these racist, sexist, homophobic vibes that I used to be getting earlier than Blade grew to become way more express.” He remembers in the future getting a cellphone name from Disney’s HR division and being knowledgeable {that a} coworker had accused him of misconduct; DeMayo says that he wasn’t conscious that he was beneath investigation earlier than the decision. “It’s been very traumatic,” he instructed the outlet within the second half of 2024. “I believed I used to be in a secure house, after which shortly came upon that I used to be not in a secure house.”
Although Self-importance Truthful studies that DeMayo stopped responding to them in early 2025, the outlet additionally studies that his on-line, and particularly his OnlyFans, presence grew regularly extra express. (One in every of DeMayo’s preliminary public rebuttals to Disney and Marvel was posted on his OnlyFans web page, BeaunlyFans.) In fact, having an express OnlyFans account doesn’t inherently point out skilled misconduct, and DeMayo says the account “was cleared” with Marvel, which instructed him, “So long as you’re not promoting the present in your OnlyFans, so long as you’re retaining it very separate from the content material of the present, it’s exterior of their purview.”
A few individuals who spoke to Self-importance Truthful on background and are attributed as mates or colleagues of DeMayo are keen to acknowledge, pretty bluntly, that his posting hasn’t helped his case. One pal known as him “essentially the most gifted author I do know” however mentioned the OnlyFans “shouldn’t be going to make it simpler for him. If you happen to have been a white straight dude, would this kill his profession as properly? I don’t know.” One individual calls him “a deeply insecure individual” and says, “This unhealthy shit is occurring to you. However in case you simply stopped tweeting, numerous it will go away.” One different former colleague claims, “A lot of it’s simply this narcissistic want for individuals to observe him.” Nonetheless, it’s price remembering that we don’t know who these individuals are and DeMayo’s litigation with Disney is ongoing. His case in opposition to Marvel is scheduled to go to trial in July 2027, so we in all probability received’t be taught many extra concrete particulars earlier than then. Within the meantime, you may learn Self-importance Truthful‘s entire report right here.
