Last week Newsweek reported that Dave Chappelle, the star of Comedy Central's Chappelle's Show, was exhausted due to tension, partying and creative differences with Comedy Central, causing the recent halt in the shows production. Tonight Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Chappelle checked himself into a mental health facility in South Africa. His whereabouts had been a mystery since Comedy Central announced that the 3rd season of Chappelle's Show, originally slatted to premiere May 31, had been halted.
Chappelle flew from Newark, N.J., to South Africa on April 28 for treatment, said the magazine, quoting a source close to the show it would not identify. Entertainment Weekly said it had corroborating sources for its story.Maybe life is imitating art - he's becoming Rick James, bitch!..."We don't know where he is," Comedy Central spokesman Tony Fox said. "We've heard about South Africa. We don't know. We haven't talked to Dave."
"It seems like the issues he's contending with are really quite serious," said Dade Hayes, a senior editor at Entertainment Weekly. "It isn't a case of him spending a weekend someplace recuperating from exhaustion."
The magazine's sources say Chappelle is still in the facility, which was not named, Hayes said. Chappelle's representatives have denied that the comedian was abusing drugs.
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<a href="http://www.jokaroo... (Below threshold)1. Posted by mesablue | May 11, 2005 10:38 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Grape Juice
1. Posted by mesablue | May 11, 2005 10:38 PM |
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Posted on May 11, 2005 22:38
2. Posted by reelcobra | May 11, 2005 11:15 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
He's not the only star in trouble. look at Robin Williams
2. Posted by reelcobra | May 11, 2005 11:15 PM |
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Posted on May 11, 2005 23:15
3. Posted by Charles | May 11, 2005 11:46 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Sure he wasn't abusing drugs...he was enjoying them.
3. Posted by Charles | May 11, 2005 11:46 PM |
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Posted on May 11, 2005 23:46
4. Posted by Laurence Simon | May 11, 2005 11:57 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I was about to say that Jonathan Winters cracked up early on while doing characters, but MAN Robin Williams is... is...
Ugh. No good will come of this.
4. Posted by Laurence Simon | May 11, 2005 11:57 PM |
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Posted on May 11, 2005 23:57
5. Posted by Cybrludite | May 12, 2005 12:20 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
YOW!
5. Posted by Cybrludite | May 12, 2005 12:20 AM |
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Posted on May 12, 2005 00:20
6. Posted by Expertise | May 12, 2005 3:28 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Skybird, he's a skit comedian. He was imitating Rick James in that picture.
Actually, I'm surprised Kevin actually watches his show. It's hilarious, though.
6. Posted by Expertise | May 12, 2005 3:28 AM |
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Posted on May 12, 2005 03:28
7. Posted by Eric | May 12, 2005 9:32 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Cocaine is a hell of a drug...
7. Posted by Eric | May 12, 2005 9:32 AM |
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Posted on May 12, 2005 09:32
8. Posted by reelcobra | May 12, 2005 10:56 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
It just got worse for Williams. Now he's being sued
8. Posted by reelcobra | May 12, 2005 10:56 AM |
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Posted on May 12, 2005 10:56
9. Posted by -S- | May 12, 2005 8:44 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
He's a super freak, alright.
9. Posted by -S- | May 12, 2005 8:44 PM |
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Posted on May 12, 2005 20:44
10. Posted by Joe | May 13, 2005 1:40 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
50 million dollars for 2 more years of a show that is NEVER EVER funny? Were they crazy? He sucks. Maybe we will be spared another season of his terrible show. I do hope he gets the help he needs, the coke head.
10. Posted by Joe | May 13, 2005 1:40 AM |
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Posted on May 13, 2005 01:40
11. Posted by Walshy | September 21, 2006 8:57 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Joe, Joe, Joe... Open you're God damned eyes. Dave Chappelle is a revolutionary. He's the funniest comedian I know and behind all of his comedic antics he's getting out a message. This man is out there actively doing something, being a voice, for the black community in America - not just sitting back and talking about it - he's doing something. And I don't even live in America, I'm Australian, and I can see that. And I'm white and I can still see what he's doing. I suggest you go to your nearst video store and hire out 'Dave Chappelle's Block Party' and take notice of why he does that shit and have a listen to the lyrics and words from the artists whom he gets to perform there. "It's bigger than Hip-Hop" - from a song performed by Dead Prez that Dave plays as his intro music to each of his shows. Just like Kanye West, Talib Kweli, Common, Lauren Hill, he's got a message and he's getting it out there in his own way and SHIT is he funny! And seriously, do you think a man worth as much as Dave would be on drugs? Even when he's got a son? Open your eyes mate. And get a sense of not only humour but respect... I'm OUT
11. Posted by Walshy | September 21, 2006 8:57 AM |
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Posted on September 21, 2006 08:57