Papa John’s founder John Schnatter claimed he’s spent nearly two years trying to rid his vocabulary of the racial slur that got him ousted from the pizza chain.

In 2018, Schnatter famously resigned as chairman of the company he founded amid a backlash over his use of the N-word on a conference call.

In an interview with the right-wing One America News Network, Schnatter suggested that he’s spent 20 months trying to stop using the verboten word while digging into what he claims was a plot to paint him as a racist.

“We’ve had three goals for the last 20 months: To get rid of this N-word in my vocabulary and dictionary, and everything else, because it’s just not true,” Schnatter said in the Friday interview, adding that his other two goals were to “figure out how they did this, and get on with my life.”

Schnatter tried to clean up the comments after a clip from the interview went viral on Twitter, where many commenters wondered why it was taking him so long to stop using a racist slur many people easily avoid.

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Papa John Can't Stop Saying N Word!