Let’s cut to the chase, this actor just isn’t at all times about keeping it politically correct
Chevy Chase cemented himself as a pioneer of the TV comedy world — starring in programs like “Saturday Night Live,” “Community” and the “National Lampoon’s Vacation” film series.
Nonetheless, the 79-year-old comedian has made a fame for himself for being quite difficult in Hollywood — with several controversies and feuds erupting throughout his profession.
“Saturday Night Live”
Chase made headlines when he fought with fellow “SNL” member Bill Murray while filming an episode in 1978 and the 2 got here to blows in costar John Belushi’s dressing room.
The problem occurred when the “Lost in Translation” star, 73, reportedly made a rude comment about Chase’s tumultuous marriage to Jacqueline Carlin.
The “Caddyshack” actor then bashed Murray’s physical appearance and the duo got right into a brawl.
“Billy Murray and I got here to fisticuffs, but we never really ended up hitting one another,” Chase said when asked about Murray in a 2010 interview with Esquire. “We tried, but Belushi got in the center and we each ended up hitting John. And if anybody deserved to be slapped within the brow it was John, for instigating all of it.”
On one other occasion, while making a guest appearance on the show in 1985, Chase got on Robert Downey, Jr.’s nerves by taking a swipe at his late father, Robert Downey Sr.
The Emmy Award winner allegedly told the “Iron Man” alum in 1985: “Didn’t your father was a successful director? Whatever happened to him? Boy, he sure died, you recognize, he sure went to hell.”
Years later in 2018, he made a highly publicized dig on the sketch comedy series in a 2018 interview with The Washington Post.
“I had to observe slightly of it, and I just couldn’t f—ing imagine it,” Chase said regarding the updated version of the show. “Meaning a complete generation of s—heads laughs on the worst f—ing humor on the planet. You recognize what I mean? How could you dare give that generation worse s— than they have already got of their lives? It just drives me nuts.”
Pete Davidson, who was a forged member on “SNL” on the time didn’t mince his words in response while appearing on Howard Stern’s SiriusXM show.
“He’s a f—ing douchebag. F— Chevy Chase. I hate that dude,” Davidson told Stern in response to the interview. “He’s only a genuinely bad, racist person, and I don’t like him.” Davidson also defended Lorne Michaels, SNL’s creator and long-term showrunner, saying Chase’s words were “disrespectful to a man who gave you a profession” and that “irrespective of how big you get, you’ll be able to’t forget what that guy did for you.”
“Community”
Fast forward to 2009. Chase lands the starring role on NBC’s sitcom, “Community,” portraying millionaire Pierce Hawthorne for five seasons.
While the show was a step in the proper direction for the Recent York City native’s profession, his on-set behavior created ire together with his castmates.
One major incident spurred from the show pertained to allegations of racist actions towards costars.
Chase was fired from the show in 2013 after allegedly using a racist slur towards Donald Glover during filming and following a heated confrontation with its creator, Dan Harmon.
Glover, 40, claimed that Chase used the N-word while on a rant about his issues together with his character.
He reportedly used the phrase when he was confused in regards to the dialogue in a scene with the “This Is America” singer and star Yvette Nicole Brown.
In 2018, the “Atlanta” actor and Harmon opened as much as the Recent Yorker about Chase’s inappropriate conduct.
“Chevy was the primary to appreciate how immensely gifted Donald was, and the way in which he expressed his jealousy was to attempt to throw Donald off,” Harmon said on the time. “I remember apologizing to Donald after a very rough night of Chevy’s non-PC verbiage, and Donald said, ‘I don’t even worry about it.’ ”
Glover chimed in: “I just saw Chevy as fighting time — a real artist needs to be OK together with his reign being over. I can’t help him if he’s thrashing within the water. But I do know there’s a human in there somewhere — he’s almost too human.”
The “Hot Tub Time Machine” star didn’t deny using the racist insult during an interview with the Washington Post later that very same yr.
“I could have said it,” he told the publication, before noting it could have been misinterpreted. He then added that he had been a fan of Glover’s all the time they worked together on “Community” and denied that he was a bigot.
Chase even recently expressed his hatred of the show, telling Marc Maron on his “WTF” podcast that “Community” wasn’t “funny enough” for him.
“I felt slightly bit constrained a bit. Everyone had their bits and stuff. I assumed they were all good, but it surely just wasn’t hard-hitting enough for me,” he said.
