Chevy Chase Had ‘Full Meltdown’ on Community Set After N-Word Incident Leaked, Said ‘My Career Is Ruined,’ Witness Recalls

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46 comments

  1. Isn’t he known for being a difficult actor to work with?

  2. well well well, if it isn’t the consequences of my own actions

  3. If you haven’t seen it, Chase was in one of the episodes of Law and Order, playing ‘himself’ (miserable human being).

    Worth watching.

  5. Maybe don’t say things like that, and you won’t be a pariah.

  6. Guys come on you’re being unreasonable here. Richard Pryor gave him a pass. I don’t know why this is still so controversial. /s

  8. “Not everyone hates Chevy Chase. Just the people who have worked with him.”- Matt Solomon

  9. Maybe he should just have stfu to begin with, then he wouldn’t be in that situation

  10. bro is simply not funny enough to be this much of a problem

  12. Insert Donald Glover Community gif of him saying “Good”

  14. Karma rarely gives a shit how and when its time to cash that ticket in. His was long over due, all he did was create toxic work environments and then is trying to play the victim.

  16. I do find it funny to know he was really Pierce on and off the screen. I mean it’s sad he’s a pos but I still find the humor in the irony

  17. He’s notorious for being an awful human who loves to dish it out but can’t take it at all jokes-wise. Also years ago when he did the movie snow day there was an on set interview and it’s SUPER clear he’s coked off his tree (doing the jaw-thing, making the sinus catch noise and wiping his nose) while surrounded by a cast of primary school children.

  18. I’m not gonna defend him using the word or the fact he’s Chevy Chase but from everything I read, he was frustrated over his character and the racist jokes the writers were coming up with and if you watch the episode in question, not only did it show his character regressing hard but it was a really bad joke. For Chevy this was everyone’s last straw with him. It sucks what happens because outside of that episode, Chevy actually had some of the best jokes/scenes of the ill fated Season 4.

  20. What’s with all the Chevy news lately? Does he have a new project coming out?

  21. If you’re looking for a real-life “villain origin story” for why Chevy Chase is famously difficult, this is probably it.

    According to his biography, his childhood was brutal. He grew up terrified of his mother, who struggled with severe mental health issues, and he was regularly subjected to harsh physical punishment and constant psychological pressure. When she remarried, his stepfather reportedly added another layer of emotional and physical abuse. Chase has said he genuinely believed this level of punishment was normal because it was all he knew. What really sticks out is that, decades later, he still couldn’t forgive them, even at their funerals. That kind of unresolved trauma doesn’t just disappear when someone becomes rich or famous. It often turns into anger, defensiveness, control issues, and a need to lash out before someone else can.

    So when people talk about Chevy Chase being abrasive, arrogant, or impossible to work with, this background doesn’t excuse the behavior, but it does explain it. It’s less “he’s just a jerk” and more “this is what happens when a kid grows up in fear and never fully escapes it.”

  22. Man’s career has been ruined since Cops and Robbersons in 1994.

  25. From being a knob on Community to fan interactions I see about him he sounds like a very crochety unhappy old man.

  26. I’m sure he would live very comfortably for the rest of his life if he stopped working.

  30. And he wonders why he wasn’t invited to the SNL 50th anniversary.

  31. Oh noo. It’s not like he’s one of us poors and can’t just… I don’t know… fucking relax for the rest of his life. So ruined.

  33. Obviously there’s no defending him using that word but I do think Chevy had a point. He said it in reference to the horrible writing of his character in season 4. He said “next thing you’ll have me do is call Donald’s character *****.” The scene I believe he was talking about is when Pierce is doing his racist puppet show, which is so low brow unfunny imo. Pierce was always racist but he had a small character arc in the first three seasons in which his character at least attempted to address his racism. That was thrown entirely out the window in season 4. I can sympathize with not wanting to play a racist old man without any nuance.

  34. As always with these people he’s not upset that he said the word, he’s upset he got caught. Dudes a racist piece of shit

  35. Live and worked in Vegas the past 25 plus years. While I have not had any encounter with him personally, I have heard from friends and coworkers that he is rude and mean. And a stiff to boot. lol

    just not surprised to read this.

  37. You know what Chevy? Don’t use the N word. Then you don’t have to worry about leaks of you using the N word

  38. I’m finding out this moment that that happened and I’m not sure how much I care. That’s how little any one action matters when you’re just generally an asshole.

  39. TIL Jay Chandrasekhar directed episodes of Community. I mostly just knew him from the Broken Lizard stuff.

  40. If the Chevy Chase Show didn’t destroy his career I can’t imagine anything will

  42. Simply choose not to ruin your career by yelling slurs at coworkers.

  45. Know what’s shockingly easy and has zero consequences ?

    Not being an asshole.

  46. Sigh, it’s a shame because Chevy would otherwise be considered as a legend had he simply been less of an asshole. And, you know, not being a racist bigot certainly would’ve helped.

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