It’s no secret Chevy Chase had turbulent relationships with the Community cast and its creator, Dan Harmon. Now, those relationships and his abrupt exit from the comedy are coming back into the spotlight as a documentary about Chase hits the 2026 TV schedule. However, he does not address it in the new project. During a new interview, he was directly asked about how he left the show, and he answered.
Ahead of the premiere of I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not, which aired January 1 on CNN, Chase and the project’s director, Marina Zenovich, spoke with the NYT about it and the comedian’s career. Specifically, the journalist brought up Community, because in the documentary Chase apparently does not address it and his exit. In response to that fact, the SNL vet said:
