‘Community’s’ Joel McHale weighs in on the Chevy Chase-gate
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“Community” star Joel McHale weighed in Wednesday on the colorful Chevy Chase voicemails that have made the rounds in recent weeks -- and naturally, he offered a bit of humor.
“The update is, there are four more voicemails coming out so that will make it a whole series,” McHale said Wednesday during the “Community” panel at NBC’s press day in Pasadena. “It will be a book on tape.”
Costar Yvette Nicole Brown, who plays Shirley, added: “It will be read out loud by Samuel L. Jackson.”
Getting more serious, McHale said Chase obviously wasn’t happy when he left the voicemails for series creator Dan Harmon -- in one, Chase referred to the NBC comedy as a ‘mediocre [insert bad word] sitcom’ -- but was quick to note that he’s certain Chase loves the cast. Asked whether he thinks Chase will return in the role of Pierce should the comedy get a fourth season, McHale seemed optimistic.
“My guess is he will be back. Let’s get the pickup and we’ll see what happens.”
[For the record, 1:54 p.m. April 19: An earlier version of this post referred to Yvette Nicole Brown as Nicole Yvette Brown.]
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