X-Men '97 premiered on Disney Plus on March 20, 2024, to immediate critical acclaim from fans and critics. Multiple seasons of the show have been greenlit, with a second season already in production and a third in development. However, in the days leading up to the series premiere, Marvel Studios fired series creator Beau DeMayo from his writing duties, later replacing him with Matthew Chauncey as the writer of Season 3. Now, months after the incident, DeMayo has finally spoken out about the firing, prompting a response from Marvel.

Beau DeMayo recently took to X (formerly Twitter) to claim that he was fired from X-Men '97, a series he developed as a revival of X-Men: The Animated Series (1992-1997), after sharing some X-Men fan art on Instagram during Pride Month.

DeMayo began by noting that he was grateful to have had the opportunity to work on X-Men '97. He went on to write that making the revival series was "a dream come true," before adding that he felt an urgency to "speak out after leaving the show…" He also included a screenshot of the Instagram post in question.

First off, I'm so grateful to have worked on #XMen97 and to have collaborated with some incredibly talented people. Creating this revival has been a dream come true and the support fans have shown has been so touching. However, I felt it was urgent to speak out after leaving the show… pic.twitter.com/kbOTL3IQJj