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Chevy Chase Had 'Full Meltdown' on 'Community' Set After N-Word Incident Leaked, Said ‘My Career Is Ruined,’ Witness Recalls
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- A CNN documentary revisits Chevy Chase’s 2012 on-set meltdown with Community, framing it within a pattern of escalating tensions that contributed to his exit after Season 4.
- director Jay Chandrasekhar recalls the incident as a full meltdown, describing Chase storming onto the set and lashing out after a leak about a racially charged moment.
- The on-set slur was reportedly not directed at Black cast members, with witnesses noting Donald Glover and Yvette Nicole Brown were present but were not targeted.
- Chandrasekhar notes a longer-running feud between Chase and Community creator Dan Harmon, including a wrap-party moment that heightened tensions and later featured coercive chants.
- The CNN special, Id m Chevy Chase and You7 re Not, premieres January 1, situating Chases conduct within a broader reminiscence of that era.
- Witnesses describe Chase arriving on set in a furious, unraveling state, demanding to know who betrayed him as production paused.
- Chase left Community after Season 4 amid ongoing tensions over the show's direction, returning briefly in 2014 for a single episode.
- A new reference corroborates that Chases 2012 outburst and fallout fit a pattern of controversial moments around race and on-set behavior.
- Chases 2018 Washington Post interview is cited as a source where he declined to deny using the N-word, saying he could have said it but argued it would be misinterpreted.
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