Overview
- I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not premieres Jan. 1 on CNN, featuring Chandrasekhar’s account of the night tied to Chase’s exit from Community after he used a racial slur.
- Chandrasekhar recounts a scene built around a blackface hand puppet, a remark to Yvette Nicole Brown that prompted her to leave, and a requested apology that Chase resisted while invoking Richard Pryor.
- After a report to The Hollywood Reporter about a “racial incident,” Chandrasekhar says Chase stormed onto set, shouted that his career was ruined, and did not return.
- Previous reporting noted production was halted and that Chase later apologized, with THR clarifying the slur was not directed at Brown or Donald Glover.
- The film places the episode in the context of Chase’s feud with creator Dan Harmon, referencing a wrap-party chant that preceded a leaked voicemail, and notes he left after season 4 with a brief 2014 return.