Extra particulars have emerged surrounding the incident that finally led to Chevy Chase’s departure from Neighborhood, following the resurfacing of an on-set controversy involving using a racial slur, RadarOnline.com can report.
The account is detailed in I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not, a brand new licensed documentary premiering January 1, through which director Jay Chandrasekhar remembers witnessing the 2012 incident firsthand.
Chandrasekhar, who directed a number of episodes of the NBC comedy, mentioned he “was there, directing, the night time that Chevy Chase acquired fired from Neighborhood.”
In keeping with Chandrasekhar, the state of affairs stemmed from a storyline involving a controversial “blackface” hand puppet bit written for Chase’s character, Pierce Hawthorne. Throughout rehearsals, Chase allegedly “mentioned one thing” to costar Yvette Nicole Brown, although Chandrasekhar mentioned he didn’t hear the precise remark on the time.
On the time, The Hollywood Reporter reported that Chase was pissed off with the inventive path of his character and used the N-word “when questioning the dialogue”. The outlet additionally clarified that whereas Donald Glover and Brown, each Black, had been current, “The slur was not directed at them.”
Chandrasekhar recalled that Brown left the set following the trade, prompting manufacturing considerations. “I do know that there was a historical past between [Chevy and Yvette] round race, and he or she acquired up and stormed out of there,” he mentioned. When Chase returned, Chandrasekhar mentioned the actor insisted he “did not say something”.
“He goes, ‘You realize, me and Richard Pryor, I used to name Richard Pryor the N-word, and he used to name me The Honky, and we cherished one another,'” Chandrasekhar recounted. When requested to apologize, Chase allegedly responded, “‘For what?'”
Following the day’s shoot, phrase of a “racial incident” reportedly leaked to The Hollywood Reporter. When the solid reconvened, Chandrasekhar mentioned Chase arrived visibly livid. He described the second as a “full meltdown”, recalling Chase storming onto the set shouting, “‘Who f—– me over?’ … ‘My profession is ruined! I am ruined!’ … ‘F— all of you!'”
Chase by no means returned to the sequence after that day. Manufacturing was halted, and he later issued an apology. He formally exited Neighborhood after season 4, amid a extremely publicized feud with creator Dan Harmon, although he briefly returned for one episode in 2014.