Chevy Chase doesn’t concern himself with what people think of him. In a new interview on “CBS Sunday Morning”, the 78-year-old comedian addressed his notorious status as a a difficult person to work with. READ MORE: Chevy Chase Serves Customers At Fried Chicken Restaurant Drive-Thru “Community” creator Dam Harmon talked to The New Yorker in 2018 about Chase’s behaviour on-set, including his interactions with co-star Donald Glover. “Chevy was the first to realize how immensely gifted Donald was, and the way he expressed his jealousy was to try to throw Donald off,” Harmon said. “I remember apologizing to Donald after a particularly rough night of Chevy’s non-P.C.
verbiage, and Donald said, ‘I don’t even worry about it.’” Glover added, “I just saw Chevy as fighting time — a true artist has to be OK with his reign being over.
I can’t help him if he’s thrashing in the water. But I know there’s a human in there somewhere — he’s almost too human.” Chase told The New Yorker at the time, “I am saddened to hear that Donald perceived me in that light.” In the new interview, “CBS Sunday Morning” journalist Jim Axelrod asked the actor, “When you read that stuff — ‘Chevy’s been a jerk’ — are those unfounded cheap shots?” “I guess you’d have to ask them.
I don’t give a crap!” Chase laughed. “I am who I am. And I like where, who I am. I don’t care. And it’s part of me that I don’t care.
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