Chevy Chase Slams ‘Community’ For ‘Not Being Funny Enough For Me’ And Says He Didn’t Want To Be ‘Surrounded By Those People’
26.09.2023 - 19:49
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Chevy Chase isn’t flinching a smile while remembering his “Community” days.
Stopping by Mark Maron’s “WTF” podcast in an episode released on Monday, the actor explained his less-than-thrilled attitude towards the Dan Harmon sitcom.
“I honestly felt the show wasn’t funny enough for me, ultimately. I felt a little bit constrained,” he remembered. “Everybody had their bits, and I thought they were all good. It just wasn’t hard-hitting enough for me.”
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While on the topic of his character Pierce Hawthorne, Chevy said he didn’t mind the writing, but his problem was with the people.
“I didn’t mind the character. I just felt that it was… I felt happier being alone. I just didn’t want to be surrounded by that table, every day, with those people. It was too much.”
Chevy has a strained history with the series. In 2022, he addressed accusations that he was a “jerk” while working on the show’s four seasons while on “CBS Sunday Morning”.
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“I guess you’d have to ask them. I don’t give a crap!” he bluntly responded.
“I am who I am. And I like where — who I am. I don’t care. And it’s part of me that I don’t care. And I’ve thought about that a lot. And I don’t know what to tell you, man. I just don’t care.”
Things reached a tipping point when Chase dropped the N-word while having an outburst on set, understandably upsetting his castmates.
“I’ve never been not OK. He’s kind of a pisser,” said Chevy about his relationship with Harmon.