‘Community’ star Joel McHale responds to Chevy Chase criticism
nme.comCommunity co-star Chevy Chase’s criticism of the sitcom after he said it “wasn’t funny enough”.Chase, who left the series in 2012 after four seasons, explained the reasons behind his departure on a recent episode of Marc Maron’s WTF podcast.“I honestly felt the show wasn’t funny enough for me, ultimately,” Chase said. “I felt a little bit constrained.
Everybody had their bits, and I thought they were all good. It just wasn’t hard-hitting enough for me.”When asked about his character Pierce Hawthorne specifically, Chase added: “I didn’t mind the character.
I just felt that it was… I felt happier being alone. I just didn’t want to be surrounded by that table, every day, with those people.
It was too much.”McHale, who played Jeff Winger across all six seasons of the show from 2009 to 2015, addressed the comments in an interview with People.“He stopped hurting my feelings in 2009,” McHale said. “I was like, ‘Hey, no one was keeping you there.’ I mean, we weren’t sentenced to that show, It was like, ‘All right, you could have left if you really wanted that.’“But yeah, you know Chevy.
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