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\n Related: <\/span>Everything We Know About the ‘Community’ Movie: Returning Cast and More<\/span><\/a>
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Keep scrolling to look back at the tumultuous events leading up to Chase\u2019s Community<\/em> exit, as well as what happened next.\n<\/p>\nWhat Led Up to Chevy Chase\u2019s Departure From \u2018Community\u2019?<\/h2>\n
Community<\/em> creator Dan Harmon cast Chevy Chase as curmudgeonly college student Pierce Hawthorne for the NBC sitcom\u2019s first season. While the hit sitcom introduced Chase to a new generation of fans, there were reports of a tense onset atmosphere from the beginning.<\/p>\nDeadline<\/em><\/a> reported in March 2012 that Chase had grown increasingly uncomfortable with the edgy direction of his character and walked off the set during the season 3 finale. Chase eventually agreed to return for Community<\/em>\u2019s season 3 wrap party alongside his wife, Jayni Chase<\/strong>, and their daughter Caley<\/strong>.<\/p>\nAccording to Deadline<\/em>, an angry Harmon got up on stage to say, \u201cF*** you, Chevy,\u201d during the wrap party and then got some attendees to chant \u201cF*** you\u201d as Chase entered with his wife and daughter.<\/p>\nIn the 2026 CNN documentary I\u2019m Chevy Chase and You\u2019re Not<\/em>, Chase\u2019s daughter Caley described the incident as \u201crough and mean\u201d toward the legendary comedian.<\/p>\n\n![\"TCDCOMM_EC014](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TCDCOMM_EC014-why-did-chevy-chase-leave-community-yvette-nicole-brown-danny-pudi-john-oliver-alison-brie-gillian-jacobs-joel-mchale-donald-glover-e1767199534140.jpg?w=1000&quality=78&strip=all\")
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\n \u201cCommunity\u201d stars Yvette Nicole Brown, Danny Pudi, Gillian Jacobs, John Oliver, Joel McHale, Alison Brie, Chevy Chase and Donald Glover.<\/span> Courtesy Paul Drinkwater \/ NBC \/ Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cMy dad was super excited to bring me and my mom to the wrap party,\u201d she recalled. \u201cWe walk in, [Community<\/em> creator] Dan [Harmon], he had had some drinks. He had gotten the whole cast and crew to yell, \u2018F*** you, Chevy!\u2019 \u2018F*** you, Chevy!\u201d<\/p>\nShe went on, \u201cI\u2019m there, he\u2019s showing his daughter, like, \u2018This is the show I did,\u2019 and we walk in to \u2018F*** you, Chevy!\u2019 That\u2019s rough and mean.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chase later left Harmon an angry voicemail about the incident \u2014 which the Community<\/em> creator promptly played on stage at one of his \u201cHarmontown\u201d comedy events, according to TMZ<\/a>. In the leaked voicemail<\/a>, Chase blasted Community<\/em> as a \u201cf***ing mediocre sitcom\u201d and called Harmon \u201ca goddamn, asshole, alcoholic, fat s***.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cThe other part of the disconnect is obviously, you don\u2019t get my humor at all, or what it is I do that\u2019s funny, that actually makes people laugh,\u201d he complained to Harmon.<\/p>\n
Chase went on, \u201cI should have had this talk with you face to face, but I didn\u2019t want to because I really like you. I think your writing is great. I think everything you do is great. But the problem really is Dan that you\u2019re not there when we shoot, and you\u2019re not there when we edit.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you want me on this show again, I have news for you: I don\u2019t want it. It\u2019s just a mediocre f***ing sitcom,\u201d he added. \u201cI want people to laugh, and this isn\u2019t funny. And it ain\u2019t funny to me, because I\u2019m 67 years old and I\u2019ve been making people laugh a long time, and I\u2019ve been doing it a lot better than this.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chase stood by those comments when TMZ<\/a> caught up with him outside the Chateau Marmont in West Hollywood shortly after the voicemail leaked.<\/p>\n\u201cIt was the right thing to say at the time,\u201d Chase insisted.<\/p>\n
Harmon was fired as Community<\/em> showrunner by NBC in May 2012, though his departure was not directly tied to him butting heads with Chase. (Harmon later returned as showrunner in Community<\/em> season 5 following Chase\u2019s departure.)<\/p>\n\u201cA few hours ago, I landed in Los Angeles, turned on my phone, and confirmed what you already know. Sony Pictures Television is replacing me as show runner on Community<\/em>,\u201d Harmon wrote on Tumblr in May 2012. \u201cWhy\u2019d Sony want me gone? I can\u2019t answer that because I\u2019ve been in as much contact with them as you have. They literally haven\u2019t called me since the season four pickup, so their reasons for replacing me are clearly none of my business.\u201d<\/p>\nWhy Did Chevy Chase Leave \u2018Community\u2019?<\/h2>\n
While Dan Harmon was fired by NBC before Community<\/em> season 4 started filming, his showrunner replacements, David Guarascio<\/strong> and Moses Port<\/strong>, continued to have trouble with Chase.<\/p>\nChase allegedly blew up on set while filming a scene alongside costars Donald Glover and Yvette Nicole Brown for Community<\/em>\u2019s season 4 episode \u201cAdvanced Documentary Filmmaking.\u201d Chase allegedly objected to his character Pierce using a hand puppet in blackface.<\/p>\nDeadline<\/em><\/a> reported in October 2012 that Chase sarcastically asked if Pierce would use the word \u201cn*****\u201d next. When cast members were upset by his use of the racial slur, Chase allegedly walked off set once again. (Chase later reportedly apologized.)<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n![\"Joel](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Joel-McHale-Got-Into-Physical-Fights-With-Chevy-Chase-Filming-Community.jpg?crop=39px%2C41px%2C1469px%2C828px&resize=400%2C225&quality=40&strip=all\")
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\n Related: <\/span>Joel McHale Got Into Physical Fights With Chevy Chase Filming \u2018Community\u2019<\/span><\/a>
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Community<\/em> director Jay Chandrasekhar<\/strong> attempted to clarify that Chase\u2019s use of the racial slur was a \u201ca political comment\u201d in a 2013 interview with Splitsider<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cHe wasn\u2019t calling anybody the n-word,\u201d the director said. \u201cHe was saying, \u2018You guys are making me out to be a racist, and that\u2019s not something I want.\u2019 And in so doing, he used the n-word, and unfortunately that word is so charged that there were, in my opinion, misunderstandings in the press, and then it blew up into something that, in that case, shouldn\u2019t have. Now, he\u2019s had other issues in the past with the cast, and that\u2019s separate. In this one case, Chevy was not guilty.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chandrasekhar offered a more detailed version of the alleged onset meltdown in the 2026 CNN documentary I\u2019m Chevy Chase and You\u2019re Not<\/em>. The director alleged that Chase \u201csaid something\u201d to Brown about the offensive story line despite already having \u201chistory\u201d with her about racial topics.<\/p>\n\u201c[Brown] got up and stormed out of there,\u201d Chandrasekhar recalled. \u201cChevy storms off, so the producer is like, \u2018We need Yvette in the scene, right?\u2019 I\u2019m like, \u2018Yeah, she\u2019s in the next scene.\u2019 And he goes, \u2018Well, she won\u2019t come out unless Chevy apologizes to her.’\u201d<\/p>\n
While trying to convince Chase to apologize to Brown, Chandrasekhar remembered the comedian saying that he \u201cused to call Richard Pryor the n-word, and he used to call me the honky, and we loved each other.\u201d Once the press caught wind of the blowup, Chandrasekhar remembered Chase angrily walking off the Community<\/em> set for the last time.<\/p>\n\u201c[Chase said] \u2018My career is ruined! I\u2019m ruined,\u2019\u201d Chandrasekhar recounted in I\u2019m Chevy Chase and You\u2019re Not<\/em>.<\/p>\nNonetheless, NBC and Chase mutually agreed that he would leave Community<\/em> with immediate effect in November 2012, Deadline<\/em><\/a> reported. Chase was written out of Community<\/em> by having his character die off screen. (He eventually returned for a brief season 5 premiere cameo.)<\/p>\nHow Did Chevy Chase React to Leaving \u2018Community\u2019?<\/h2>\n
Around the time of his departure from Community, Chase admitted to HuffPost UK<\/em> that it was a \u201cmistake\u201d to come back to the show at all after his blowup with Dan Harmon.<\/p>\n\u201cIt was a big mistake,\u201d he insisted. \u201cI just sort of hung around because I have three daughters and a wife, and I figured out I might as well make some bread, every week, so I can take care of them in the way they want \u2026 The hours are hideous, and it\u2019s still a sitcom on television, which is probably the lowest form of television.\u201d<\/p>\n
Years later, Chase complained on Marc Maron<\/strong>\u2019s \u201cWTF\u201d podcast that Community<\/em> simply \u201cwasn\u2019t funny enough\u201d for him.<\/p>\n\u201cI felt a little bit constrained \u2026 Everyone had their bits and stuff,\u201d he said in 2023. \u201cI thought they were all good, but it just wasn\u2019t hard-hitting enough for me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n![\"GettyImages-99646128](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-99646128-why-did-chevy-chase-leave-community-danny-pudi-yvette-nicole-brown-gillian-jacobs-alison-brie-e1767199743739.jpg?w=1000&quality=70&strip=all\")
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\n \u201cCommunity\u201d actors Chevy Chase, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown, Gillian Jacobs and Alison Brie in May 2010.<\/span> Andrew H. Walker\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nMaron asked Chase to address rumors that there was on-set friction between himself and his Community<\/em> costars.<\/p>\n\u201cI didn\u2019t mind the character,\u201d he said. \u201cI felt happier being alone, in a sense \u2026 I just didn\u2019t want to be surrounded by that table every day with those people. It was too much.\u201d<\/p>\n
As for his current relationship with Harmon, Chase confessed to Maron that he had \u201cno idea if we\u2019re OK.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve never been not OK,\u201d he insisted. \u201c[Harmon is] kind of a pisser. He was angry. He called and said he was sorry. I love him now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chase spoke candidly about his allegedly contentious departure from Community<\/em> in a New York Times<\/em><\/a> interview to promote 2026 CNN documentary I\u2019m Chevy Chase and You\u2019re Not<\/em>.<\/p>\n\u201cIt wasn\u2019t a bad experience. I just didn\u2019t think it was that good, the show,\u201d he initially claimed.<\/p>\n
Asked about the controversy surrounding his Community<\/em> exit in 2012, Chase quipped: \u201cI thought it ended great.\u201d<\/p>\nLater in the New York Times<\/em><\/a> interview, Chase blamed the whole ordeal on \u201ca misunderstanding of what I was saying and not saying\u201d about the Community<\/em> story line involving a hand puppet in blackface.<\/p>\n\u201cI thought that there was at least one person \u2014 and another who, for some ungodly reason, didn\u2019t get me, didn\u2019t know who I was, or didn\u2019t realize for one second I\u2019m not racist,\u201d he declared. \u201cThey were too young to be aware of my work. Instead, there was some sort of visceral reaction from them.\u201d<\/p>\n
How Did Chevy Chase\u2019s Costars React to Him Leaving \u2018Community\u2019?<\/h2>\n
None of Chevy Chase\u2019s former Community<\/em> coworkers agreed to be interviewed for his 2026 documentary I\u2019m Chevy Chase and You\u2019re Not<\/em>, aside from director Jay Chandrasekhar.<\/p>\n\u201cEvery single person said no,\u201d I\u2019m Chevy Chase and You\u2019re Not<\/em> director Marina Zenovich<\/strong> told Bleeding Cool<\/em><\/a> in December 2025. \u201cI ran into Dan Harmon at a screening of Deaf President Now!<\/em> and I got his number. I was so excited. I thought it was going to happen, but then he declined. I was so lucky to get Jay Chandrasekhar. He has such an amazing delivery, and he was willing to go there. If Jay had said no, I would have been screwed.\u201d<\/p>\nWhen the story of Chase\u2019s Community<\/em> departure recirculated on social media in December 2025, his former costar Yvette Nicole Brown seemingly clapped back<\/a> via Instagram.<\/p>\n
What Led Up to Chevy Chase\u2019s Departure From \u2018Community\u2019?<\/h2>\n
Community<\/em> creator Dan Harmon cast Chevy Chase as curmudgeonly college student Pierce Hawthorne for the NBC sitcom\u2019s first season. While the hit sitcom introduced Chase to a new generation of fans, there were reports of a tense onset atmosphere from the beginning.<\/p>\n Deadline<\/em><\/a> reported in March 2012 that Chase had grown increasingly uncomfortable with the edgy direction of his character and walked off the set during the season 3 finale. Chase eventually agreed to return for Community<\/em>\u2019s season 3 wrap party alongside his wife, Jayni Chase<\/strong>, and their daughter Caley<\/strong>.<\/p>\n According to Deadline<\/em>, an angry Harmon got up on stage to say, \u201cF*** you, Chevy,\u201d during the wrap party and then got some attendees to chant \u201cF*** you\u201d as Chase entered with his wife and daughter.<\/p>\n In the 2026 CNN documentary I\u2019m Chevy Chase and You\u2019re Not<\/em>, Chase\u2019s daughter Caley described the incident as \u201crough and mean\u201d toward the legendary comedian.<\/p>\n \u201cMy dad was super excited to bring me and my mom to the wrap party,\u201d she recalled. \u201cWe walk in, [Community<\/em> creator] Dan [Harmon], he had had some drinks. He had gotten the whole cast and crew to yell, \u2018F*** you, Chevy!\u2019 \u2018F*** you, Chevy!\u201d<\/p>\n She went on, \u201cI\u2019m there, he\u2019s showing his daughter, like, \u2018This is the show I did,\u2019 and we walk in to \u2018F*** you, Chevy!\u2019 That\u2019s rough and mean.\u201d<\/p>\n Chase later left Harmon an angry voicemail about the incident \u2014 which the Community<\/em> creator promptly played on stage at one of his \u201cHarmontown\u201d comedy events, according to TMZ<\/a>. In the leaked voicemail<\/a>, Chase blasted Community<\/em> as a \u201cf***ing mediocre sitcom\u201d and called Harmon \u201ca goddamn, asshole, alcoholic, fat s***.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe other part of the disconnect is obviously, you don\u2019t get my humor at all, or what it is I do that\u2019s funny, that actually makes people laugh,\u201d he complained to Harmon.<\/p>\n Chase went on, \u201cI should have had this talk with you face to face, but I didn\u2019t want to because I really like you. I think your writing is great. I think everything you do is great. But the problem really is Dan that you\u2019re not there when we shoot, and you\u2019re not there when we edit.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIf you want me on this show again, I have news for you: I don\u2019t want it. It\u2019s just a mediocre f***ing sitcom,\u201d he added. \u201cI want people to laugh, and this isn\u2019t funny. And it ain\u2019t funny to me, because I\u2019m 67 years old and I\u2019ve been making people laugh a long time, and I\u2019ve been doing it a lot better than this.\u201d<\/p>\n Chase stood by those comments when TMZ<\/a> caught up with him outside the Chateau Marmont in West Hollywood shortly after the voicemail leaked.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was the right thing to say at the time,\u201d Chase insisted.<\/p>\n Harmon was fired as Community<\/em> showrunner by NBC in May 2012, though his departure was not directly tied to him butting heads with Chase. (Harmon later returned as showrunner in Community<\/em> season 5 following Chase\u2019s departure.)<\/p>\n \u201cA few hours ago, I landed in Los Angeles, turned on my phone, and confirmed what you already know. Sony Pictures Television is replacing me as show runner on Community<\/em>,\u201d Harmon wrote on Tumblr in May 2012. \u201cWhy\u2019d Sony want me gone? I can\u2019t answer that because I\u2019ve been in as much contact with them as you have. They literally haven\u2019t called me since the season four pickup, so their reasons for replacing me are clearly none of my business.\u201d<\/p>\n While Dan Harmon was fired by NBC before Community<\/em> season 4 started filming, his showrunner replacements, David Guarascio<\/strong> and Moses Port<\/strong>, continued to have trouble with Chase.<\/p>\n Chase allegedly blew up on set while filming a scene alongside costars Donald Glover and Yvette Nicole Brown for Community<\/em>\u2019s season 4 episode \u201cAdvanced Documentary Filmmaking.\u201d Chase allegedly objected to his character Pierce using a hand puppet in blackface.<\/p>\n Deadline<\/em><\/a> reported in October 2012 that Chase sarcastically asked if Pierce would use the word \u201cn*****\u201d next. When cast members were upset by his use of the racial slur, Chase allegedly walked off set once again. (Chase later reportedly apologized.)<\/p>\n \t\t<\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\t\tJean Baptiste Lacroix\/WireImage Joel McHale revealed the campus of Greendale Community College sometimes broke out into chaos thanks to his contentious relationship with costar Chevy Chase. McHale, 52, and Chase, 80, appeared together on the NBC comedy for five seasons from 2009 to 2014, with things sometimes escalating to real-life violence. On a recent episode [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Community<\/em> director Jay Chandrasekhar<\/strong> attempted to clarify that Chase\u2019s use of the racial slur was a \u201ca political comment\u201d in a 2013 interview with Splitsider<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cHe wasn\u2019t calling anybody the n-word,\u201d the director said. \u201cHe was saying, \u2018You guys are making me out to be a racist, and that\u2019s not something I want.\u2019 And in so doing, he used the n-word, and unfortunately that word is so charged that there were, in my opinion, misunderstandings in the press, and then it blew up into something that, in that case, shouldn\u2019t have. Now, he\u2019s had other issues in the past with the cast, and that\u2019s separate. In this one case, Chevy was not guilty.\u201d<\/p>\n Chandrasekhar offered a more detailed version of the alleged onset meltdown in the 2026 CNN documentary I\u2019m Chevy Chase and You\u2019re Not<\/em>. The director alleged that Chase \u201csaid something\u201d to Brown about the offensive story line despite already having \u201chistory\u201d with her about racial topics.<\/p>\n \u201c[Brown] got up and stormed out of there,\u201d Chandrasekhar recalled. \u201cChevy storms off, so the producer is like, \u2018We need Yvette in the scene, right?\u2019 I\u2019m like, \u2018Yeah, she\u2019s in the next scene.\u2019 And he goes, \u2018Well, she won\u2019t come out unless Chevy apologizes to her.’\u201d<\/p>\n While trying to convince Chase to apologize to Brown, Chandrasekhar remembered the comedian saying that he \u201cused to call Richard Pryor the n-word, and he used to call me the honky, and we loved each other.\u201d Once the press caught wind of the blowup, Chandrasekhar remembered Chase angrily walking off the Community<\/em> set for the last time.<\/p>\n \u201c[Chase said] \u2018My career is ruined! I\u2019m ruined,\u2019\u201d Chandrasekhar recounted in I\u2019m Chevy Chase and You\u2019re Not<\/em>.<\/p>\n Nonetheless, NBC and Chase mutually agreed that he would leave Community<\/em> with immediate effect in November 2012, Deadline<\/em><\/a> reported. Chase was written out of Community<\/em> by having his character die off screen. (He eventually returned for a brief season 5 premiere cameo.)<\/p>\n Around the time of his departure from Community, Chase admitted to HuffPost UK<\/em> that it was a \u201cmistake\u201d to come back to the show at all after his blowup with Dan Harmon.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was a big mistake,\u201d he insisted. \u201cI just sort of hung around because I have three daughters and a wife, and I figured out I might as well make some bread, every week, so I can take care of them in the way they want \u2026 The hours are hideous, and it\u2019s still a sitcom on television, which is probably the lowest form of television.\u201d<\/p>\n Years later, Chase complained on Marc Maron<\/strong>\u2019s \u201cWTF\u201d podcast that Community<\/em> simply \u201cwasn\u2019t funny enough\u201d for him.<\/p>\n \u201cI felt a little bit constrained \u2026 Everyone had their bits and stuff,\u201d he said in 2023. \u201cI thought they were all good, but it just wasn\u2019t hard-hitting enough for me.\u201d<\/p>\n Maron asked Chase to address rumors that there was on-set friction between himself and his Community<\/em> costars.<\/p>\n \u201cI didn\u2019t mind the character,\u201d he said. \u201cI felt happier being alone, in a sense \u2026 I just didn\u2019t want to be surrounded by that table every day with those people. It was too much.\u201d<\/p>\n As for his current relationship with Harmon, Chase confessed to Maron that he had \u201cno idea if we\u2019re OK.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve never been not OK,\u201d he insisted. \u201c[Harmon is] kind of a pisser. He was angry. He called and said he was sorry. I love him now.\u201d<\/p>\n Chase spoke candidly about his allegedly contentious departure from Community<\/em> in a New York Times<\/em><\/a> interview to promote 2026 CNN documentary I\u2019m Chevy Chase and You\u2019re Not<\/em>.<\/p>\n \u201cIt wasn\u2019t a bad experience. I just didn\u2019t think it was that good, the show,\u201d he initially claimed.<\/p>\n Asked about the controversy surrounding his Community<\/em> exit in 2012, Chase quipped: \u201cI thought it ended great.\u201d<\/p>\n Later in the New York Times<\/em><\/a> interview, Chase blamed the whole ordeal on \u201ca misunderstanding of what I was saying and not saying\u201d about the Community<\/em> story line involving a hand puppet in blackface.<\/p>\n \u201cI thought that there was at least one person \u2014 and another who, for some ungodly reason, didn\u2019t get me, didn\u2019t know who I was, or didn\u2019t realize for one second I\u2019m not racist,\u201d he declared. \u201cThey were too young to be aware of my work. Instead, there was some sort of visceral reaction from them.\u201d<\/p>\n None of Chevy Chase\u2019s former Community<\/em> coworkers agreed to be interviewed for his 2026 documentary I\u2019m Chevy Chase and You\u2019re Not<\/em>, aside from director Jay Chandrasekhar.<\/p>\n \u201cEvery single person said no,\u201d I\u2019m Chevy Chase and You\u2019re Not<\/em> director Marina Zenovich<\/strong> told Bleeding Cool<\/em><\/a> in December 2025. \u201cI ran into Dan Harmon at a screening of Deaf President Now!<\/em> and I got his number. I was so excited. I thought it was going to happen, but then he declined. I was so lucky to get Jay Chandrasekhar. He has such an amazing delivery, and he was willing to go there. If Jay had said no, I would have been screwed.\u201d<\/p>\n When the story of Chase\u2019s Community<\/em> departure recirculated on social media in December 2025, his former costar Yvette Nicole Brown seemingly clapped back<\/a> via Instagram.<\/p>\n<\/div>
\n \u201cCommunity\u201d stars Yvette Nicole Brown, Danny Pudi, Gillian Jacobs, John Oliver, Joel McHale, Alison Brie, Chevy Chase and Donald Glover.<\/span> Courtesy Paul Drinkwater \/ NBC \/ Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWhy Did Chevy Chase Leave \u2018Community\u2019?<\/h2>\n
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