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X-Men ’97 was pretty good, ey? Well, you might be sad to learn the behind-the-scenes process was apparently a bit of a clusterfrag, which kind of describes the usual state of affairs at Marvel as of late, unless this time around nobody seems to be interested in burying the hatchet. Season 1 and 2 showrunner Beau DeMayo, who was fired a while back, is now promising to shine more light on what went down after Marvel and Disney talked of “egregious” findings in August.<\/p>\n

Via Deadline<\/a>, DeMayo now has taken to OnlyFans (yes, really) “to call BS on the Kevin Feige-run Marvel and Bob Iger-led Disney.” Buckle up, as this saga might be a long one.<\/p>\n

“The rumors being spread around me online are lies, and they are offensive, but more concerning is that they’re a smear campaign designed to discredit my credibility in order to cover up the egregious prejudicial misconduct stretching from select crew members on X-Men ’97, all the way all the way to the top at Marvel Studios,” DeMayo declared during a nearly 30-minute answers to recent accusations that was uploaded to his OnlyFans account.<\/p>\n

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X-Men ’97 was pretty good, ey? Well, you might be sad to learn the behind-the-scenes process was apparently a bit of a clusterfrag, which kind of describes the usual state of affairs at Marvel as of late, unless this time around nobody seems to be interested in burying the hatchet. Season 1 and 2 showrunner Beau DeMayo, who was fired a while back, is now promising to shine more light on what went down after Marvel and Disney talked of “egregious” findings in August. Via Deadline, DeMayo now has taken to OnlyFans (yes, really) “to call BS on the Kevin Feige-run Marvel and Bob Iger-led Disney.” Buckle up, as this saga might be a long one. “The rumors being spread around me online are lies,…<\/p>\n

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