Since Jenette Khan became publisher of DC Comics decades ago, there's been a bit of tradition of women being in charge of a company that ironically produces mostly male power fantasies. Currently, Pam Lifford is the President of DC Entertainment, but, before her was Diane Nelson, who oversaw DC's transition to DC Entertainment. Nelson took a leave of absence in 2018, then resigned shortly afterwards.
I don't remember ever hearing anything about why Nelson left. It never sounded like she was forced out or there was anything scandalous about her departure. At the time, I just assumed it was a private matter, like a family or health related issue or she just didn't enjoy the stress of her corporate responsibilities anymore and had made more than enough money to retire early.
However, her recent comment about Geoff Johns not being a buddy of hers makes me think there was more to the story than I had previously assumed. There's plenty of clickbait out there wildly speculating on what that comment meant, but it seems like there's no actual information out there of why someone as media savy as Nelson would say something so potentially combustive as that publicly. Everything I'd ever heard about Johns & Nelson was that they were very close, and she was quite protective of him.
Does anyone have any idea what this is about?