Papa John’s founder says he’s trying ‘to get rid of this N-word’ in his vocabulary

John Schnatter resigned as pizza chain's chairman in 2018 after Forbes report detailed conference call where he used word

John Schnatter, the founder and former chief executive of Papa John's pizza, has been trying to get rid of this N-word in my vocabulary" ever since he lost his role as the public face of the company for using it - more than two years ago.

Schnatter resigned as Papa John's chairman in July 2018, after an explosive report by Forbes detailed a conference call in which he used the N-word" and reflected on his early life in Indiana, where, he said, people used to drag African Americans from trucks until they died".