Papa John's Founder John Schnatter's Wife Has Filed for Divorce

Dec. 6 2019, Updated 6:03 p.m. ET

To say it has not been a excellent few months for Papa John's founder John Schnatter can be an understatement. There is no amount of garlic sauce you might want to slather in this state of affairs to make it any higher. In July 2018, Schnatter stepped down from Papa John's after Forbes released a story reporting that he used a racial slur in a conference name in May. 

The name was with Laundry Service, an promoting agency that Papa John's used to be operating with. Now, Schnatter has filed a lawsuit against Laundry Service that claims that the agency recorded the call without his knowledge after which leaked . But that's not the one headache he is dealing with. 

Papa's John's founder John Schnatter's wife has filed for divorce after greater than 30 years of marriage.

Schnatter's wife filed for divorce the use of her maiden identify, M. Annette Cox, according to MSNBC. She called their marriage "irretrievably broken" in her petition for divorce. 

The couple has been married for 32 years, and they have got been separated since April. In the petition, according to NBC News, she additionally calls Schnatter "a 57-year-old Louisville resident who 'is not employed.'" The couple has two youngsters. 

This news comes at the heel of a bizarre development within the saga involving the Papa John's founder. According to NBC News, "two weeks ago, Schnatter accused his former company of making substandard pizza. He said his former company has failed in keeping up with its long-time-slogan: 'Better Ingredients, Better Pizza.'"

To prove his level, Schnatter ate over 40 pizzas in 30 days. "It's not the same pizza," he told WDRB. "It's not the same product. It just doesn't taste as good. The way they're making the pizza is just not fundamental to what makes a Papa John's pizza." 

Now remember, Schnatter does not work for the company anymore. After leaving Papa John's, he filed and settled several court cases with the company approach ahead of he filed this lawsuit against the ad agency. Since then, he is been promoting off his stocks and is now not the largest person shareholder. 

He told WDRB, "My metaphor is: There's no reason to be in the car when the car crashes even if you love the car." Can't say that completely makes sense, however you get his level. 

Schnatter seems to assume that he can be welcomed again to Papa John's with open hands if he ever decided he wanted to return. "If the management team was out, and I went back in, they'd be cheering," he said. "They'd be doing back flips. They'd be bouncing off the wall." Confident man, eh? 

While the whole lot seems to be falling apart around him, Schnatter seems to stay unfazed and determined to in the end get the reality in the market. Even though he admitted to using the racial slur on the telephone call, he claims it was once taken out of context. "Stay tuned," he informed WDRB. "The day of reckoning will come. The record will be straight."

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