Chevy Chase was fairly irate over his N-word incident on the set of “Neighborhood” getting leaked, an eyewitness has revealed.
The veteran actor reportedly had a “full meltdown” when he found the leak and was fearful about his profession being ruined.
Director Jay Chandrasekhar shared particulars of the incident in Chevy Chase’s upcoming documentary from CNN.
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Chevy Chase’s ‘Full Meltdown’ Was Crammed With Expletives
Forward of the debut of Chase’s documentary, “I am Chevy Chase and You are Not,” a snippet of it has surfaced addressing the leak of his notorious use of the N-word on the set of the comedy collection “Neighborhood” in 2012.
Director Jay Chandrasekhar, who helmed a number of episodes of the comedy collection, recalled that Chase had reacted angrily to the incident being leaked to the press.
In response to the director, Chase had stormed onto the set after the leak went viral and had a “full meltdown” in entrance of the solid, which included Yvette Nicole Brown and Donald Glover.
“[Chase came] storming onto the set, and he goes, ‘Who f-cked me over?'” the director recalled of the incident.
“‘My profession is ruined! I am ruined!’ Like, it is a full meltdown. ‘F-ck all of you!'” he added of the actor’s expletive-filled rant.
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The Veteran Actor Made His Co-star Offended Over A Comment He Made On Set

Narrating how it began, Chandrasekhar claimed Chase had “stated one thing” to his co-star Brown on the set, and she or he had stormed off the set after the comment.
Whereas Chandrasekhar claimed to not have heard the precise phrases Chase used, experiences from The Hollywood Reporter on the time said that the actor had used the N-word whereas expressing his frustration with the dialogue written for his character, Pierce Hawthorne.
The report additionally said that the comment was not directed at Brown or Donald Glover, who have been current in the course of the incident.
In his feedback, Chandrasekhar gave the lacking context as to why Brown might have reacted within the method she did to Chase’s comment.
He claimed there was a historical past between the duo round race, though he did not give any examples of previous incidents.
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Chevy Chase’s Co-Star Demanded An Apology From Him

After Brown stormed off, Chase additionally adopted swimsuit. Quickly, it turned obvious to everybody that Brown was wanted within the subsequent scene, however she refused to return again on set with out an apology.
“Chevy storms off, so the producer is like, ‘We’d like Yvette within the scene, proper?’ I am like, ‘Yeah, she’s within the subsequent scene.’ And he goes, ‘Effectively, she will not come out until Chevy apologizes to her,'” Chandrasekhar shared additional.
Nevertheless, on the time, Chase seemingly didn’t see the necessity for an apology when he returned to the set.
He additionally appeared to downplay his use of the N-word by referencing how he usually used the phrase when addressing the late humorist and actor Richard Pryor whereas he was nonetheless alive.
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“He goes, ‘, me and Richard Pryor, I used to name Richard Pryor the N-word, and he used to name me The Honky, and we beloved one another.’ And I am like, ‘I do know, man, I really like that bit.’ I stated, ‘, can we simply have somewhat apology?’ He goes, ‘For what?'” Chandrasekhar added in regards to the incident.
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Chevy Chase As soon as Stated Neighborhood ‘Wasn’t Humorous Sufficient’ For Him

Within the aftermath of the 2012 incident, filming was quickly shut down, and Chase was later stated to have been compelled to apologize.
He finally exited “Neighborhood” after its fourth season, with the N-word incident believed to have performed a component in his departure.
A number of years later, Chase gave a scathing evaluation of his expertise starring in “Neighborhood” throughout an look on Marc Maron’s “WTF” podcast, per Selection.
He described the comedy collection as not “humorous sufficient for me, finally.”
“I felt somewhat bit constrained. Everyone had their bits, and I believed they have been all good. It simply wasn’t hard-hitting sufficient for me,” he added.
The Comic Referred to as Out His Fellow Co-Stars

Chase additionally prolonged the criticism to his fellow co-stars when he was requested about his character, Hawthorne.
“I did not thoughts the character,” he stated. “I simply felt that it was… I felt happier being alone.”
Chase added on the time, “I simply did not wish to be surrounded by that desk, day by day, with these individuals. It was an excessive amount of.”


