The documentary, I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not, supplies perception on the previous SNL star’s on-set meltdown. This CNN particular particulars an incident on the Group set in 2012 that resulted in Chevy leaving the hit TV present.
Group director Jay Chandrasekhar offers his account of the 2012 prevalence when Chevy used the N-word. He recollects the Nationwide Lampoon’s Christmas Trip star anxious instantly concerning the fallout.
A witness claims Chevy Chase anxious his profession was “ruined”
Jay says he “was there, directing, the night time that Chevy Chase acquired fired from Group.” A “blackface” hand puppet bit written for Chevy’s character, Pierce Hawthorne, spurred the incident, the director stated.
Annoyed together with his dialogue as Pierce, Chevy used the N-word whereas questioning the scene, based on The Hollywood Reporter. THR famous that the slur was not directed at co-stars Yvette Nicole Brown and Donald Glover, who’re Black.
Within the documentary, Jay stated, “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. Chevy storms off, so the producer is like, ‘We’d like Yvette within the scene, proper?’ I’m like, ‘Yeah, she’s within the subsequent scene.’ And he goes, ‘Effectively, she gained’t come out until Chevy apologizes to her.’”
After returning to the set, Chevy claimed he “didn’t say something,” Jay recollects. The actor stated he would name comic Richard Pryor the N-word, and he known as Chevy “The Honky, and we beloved one another.” When Jay requested Chevy to apologize to Yvette, he answered, “For what?”
After the incident was leaked following filming, Chevy had a “full meltdown,” Jay recollects, with him “storming onto the set, and he goes, ‘Who f*cked me over?’ … ‘My profession is ruined! I’m ruined!’ Like, it’s a full meltdown. ‘F*ck all of you!’ And I’m like, ‘Alright, let’s shoot the scene.’ He by no means ended up coming again after that.”
Manufacturing on Group was then paused, Chevy was reportedly pressured to problem an apology and he left the collection after Season 4.
I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not premieres January 1 at 8 p.m. EST on CNN.
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