Following the release of the highly anticipated CNN documentary “I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not”, the 82-year-old actor denied being racist and addressed allegations made by colleagues.
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In an interview with The New York Times, Chase defended himself against accusations that he allegedly used a racist term to criticize a storyline from the sitcom “Community”, in which he starred for four seasons from 2009 to 2013.
“There was a big misunderstanding about what I was saying and what I wasn’t saying,” he said about the incident that led him to leave the series.
Without naming names, Chase shared his view of what happened: “I thought there was at least one or two people who, for some inexplicable reason, didn’t understand me, didn’t know who I was, or didn’t realize for a second that I’m not racist,” he said.
“They were far too young to be aware of my work. Instead, there was some kind of visceral reaction on their part,” he said about the cast.
According to some allegations, Chase allegedly used an extremely offensive term on set to criticize a storyline involving a “puppet with a black-painted face.”
Reports say the use of the racist term occurred in the presence of African American actors Donald Glover and Yvette Nicole Brown and left them extremely uncomfortable.
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