Chevy Chase Had A ‘Full Meltdown’ Over Leak Of His N-Word Use

Chevy Chase was fairly irate over his N-word incident on the set of “Neighborhood” getting leaked, an eyewitness has revealed.

The veteran actor reportedly had a “full meltdown” when he found the leak and was frightened about his profession being ruined.

Director Jay Chandrasekhar shared particulars of the incident in Chevy Chase’s upcoming documentary from CNN.

Forward of the debut of Chase’s documentary, “I am Chevy Chase and You are Not,” a snippet of it has surfaced addressing the leak of his notorious use of the N-word on the set of the comedy sequence “Neighborhood” in 2012.

Director Jay Chandrasekhar, who helmed a number of episodes of the comedy sequence, recalled that Chase had reacted angrily to the incident being leaked to the press.

In response to the director, Chase had stormed onto the set after the leak went viral and had a “full meltdown” in entrance of the solid, which included Yvette Nicole Brown and Donald Glover.

“[Chase came] storming onto the set, and he goes, ‘Who f-cked me over?'” the director recalled of the incident.

“‘My profession is ruined! I am ruined!’ Like, it is a full meltdown. ‘F-ck all of you!'” he added of the actor’s expletive-filled rant.

Narrating how it began, Chandrasekhar claimed Chase had “mentioned one thing” to his co-star Brown on the set, and she or he had stormed off the set after the comment.

Whereas Chandrasekhar claimed to not have heard the precise phrases Chase used, stories from The Hollywood Reporter on the time said that the actor had used the N-word whereas expressing his frustration with the dialogue written for his character, Pierce Hawthorne.

The report additionally said that the comment was not directed at Brown or Donald Glover, who had been current throughout the incident.

In his feedback, Chandrasekhar gave the lacking context as to why Brown could have reacted within the method she did to Chase’s comment.

He claimed there was a historical past between the duo round race, though he did not give any examples of previous incidents.

After Brown stormed off, Chase additionally adopted swimsuit. Quickly, it grew to become obvious to everybody that Brown was wanted within the subsequent scene, however she refused to come back again on set with out an apology.

“Chevy storms off, so the producer is like, ‘We want Yvette within the scene, proper?’ I am like, ‘Yeah, she’s within the subsequent scene.’ And he goes, ‘Nicely, she will not come out except Chevy apologizes to her,'” Chandrasekhar shared additional.

Nonetheless, on the time, Chase seemingly didn’t see the necessity for an apology when he returned to the set.

He additionally appeared to downplay his use of the N-word by referencing how he usually used the phrase when addressing the late slapstick comedian and actor Richard Pryor whereas he was nonetheless alive.

“He goes, ‘You understand, me and Richard Pryor, I used to name Richard Pryor the N-word, and he used to name me The Honky, and we cherished one another.’ And I am like, ‘I do know, man, I like that bit.’ I mentioned, ‘You understand, can we simply have a little bit apology?’ He goes, ‘For what?'” Chandrasekhar added concerning the incident.

Within the aftermath of the 2012 incident, filming was briefly shut down, and Chase was later mentioned to have been compelled to apologize.

He in the end exited “Neighborhood” after its fourth season, with the N-word incident believed to have performed a component in his departure.

A number of years later, Chase gave a scathing evaluation of his expertise starring in “Neighborhood” throughout an look on Marc Maron’s “WTF” podcast, per Variety.