Chevy Chase had another verbal outburst on the set
of “Community” yesterday during filming, this time dropping the N-word
during a rant about the direction of the show.
Sources on set tell TMZ … Chase was complaining about the
direction of his character, who he feel has grown increasingly bigoted
as the years have gone on. We’re told Chase was becoming uncomfortable
with the material and was frustrated that his previous conversations
about the writing had seemingly gone ignored.
According to our sources, Chase got so heated while discussing his
character, he yelled out something along the lines of … What’s next? Am I
gonna say the word ni**er?
We’re told Chase apologized to the cast and crew for the comment,
which was not directed at anyone in particular, certainly not the show’s
African-American cast members, Donald Glover and Yvette Nicole Brown.
Our sources say production was not halted at any point.
A rep for NBC had no comment.
This isn’t Chase’s first dust-up on “Community” — he famously left the show’s creator, Dan Harmon, an expletive-laden voicemail message.
