Overview
- The authorized CNN film, I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not, debuted Jan. 1 and is now available on CNN platforms.
- In a joint New York Times interview tied to the release, Chase said, “I’m not racist,” calling the 2012 on-set incident a misunderstanding.
- Director Jay Chandrasekhar recounts in the documentary that Chase had a “meltdown” after reports of the alleged slur, and he says Chase did not return to the show.
- Yvette Nicole Brown posted that no one should speak for her, as several ‘Community’ colleagues declined to participate in the film.
- The documentary includes family accounts of a physically abusive childhood and past substance struggles, and it shows a tense on-camera exchange in which Chase calls the director “not bright.”