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Three of Bon Appetit‘s high-profile editors are leaving its successful YouTube video series.

Two months after the top editor Adam Rapoport resigned amid complaints of racial insensitivity and a toxic workplace culture, three journalists of color prominently featured on the publication’s YouTube channel – Sohla El-Waylly, Priya Krishna and Rick Martinez – are no longer participating in the popular series.

Two of the journalists accused Condé Nast of failing to offer them pay that was commensurate to that of their white colleagues, according to the New York Times on Thursday (August 6).

“After five weeks of contract negotiations, it is clear that I will not get a fair pay rate nor will I get a comparable number of appearances to my colleagues in the test kitchen. Nor would anyone share with me the specifics of the diversity and inclusivity initiatives in video that they claim to be working on,” Rick wrote on his Instagram Story.

“The contract I received was nowhere near equitable, and actually would potentially allow for me to make even less than I do currently,” Priya wrote in her own statement.

A spokesman for Condé Nast issued a statement to the New York Times: “We pay all our employees fairly, and in accordance with their role and experience. Our pay practices are in line with industry standards. To suggest that we are paying individuals differently based on race, gender or any other reason simply isn’t true.”

Here’s what popular channel star Claire Saffitz had to say when the controversy first broke…

Claire Saffitz is speaking out.

The 33-year-old chef and frequent star on Bon Appetit‘s popular YouTube channel broke her silence on Thursday (June 11) amid reports of a toxic workplace culture, co-workers of color receiving unequal pay, as well as CEO Adam Rapoport stepping down due to a brownface scandal.

Assistant food editor Sohla El-Waylly wrote that she was not paid for her on-camera appearances. Conde Nast Vice President Matt Duckor, the head of lifestyle video, also left the company amid an internal investigation for failing to include non-white talent in their videos amid resurfaced homophobic and racist tweets.

“I’ve spent the last few days searching for the words to express to my friends and colleagues and also to BA viewers. I sought advice that I decided not to take and deleted drafts because, frankly, most of what white people say right now sounds trite and hollow. I don’t want to repeat platitudes about ‘doing better’ or ‘listening,’ not because the people who say them don’t mean them, but because statements like this don’t matter without sustained and meaningful action,” she wrote.

“As an employee, I was, of course, to some degree aware of the toxic, racist, secretive and ultra-competitive environment we worked in ‘together.’ But I see now that I also missed a lot…my whiteness (but also my class position, educational background, etc.) helped me enter and succeed in a toxic system without having to acknowledge or challenge the system itself.”

“I didn’t ask questions about Sohla‘s or Gaby‘s compensation when I invited them to appear in Gourmet Makes. I didn’t think about Chaey not being compensated for coming to the Thanksgiving episode of Making Perfect,” she went on to say.

“I feel deeply s–tty about this, but I know that my feelings are not important at this moment…I don’t know what my future holds with BA or CNE. Regardless, this week has been a watershed for me in my career and my life. No one needs to take my word for it; I only hope that through sustained learning/unlearning/relearning I can better show up for people who I deeply respect, and eventually earn their respect as an ally.”

See Claire Saffitz‘s full message…