- - Yvette Nicole Brown Shares Scathing Post as Former “Community” Costar Chevy Chase's N-Word Scandal Makes Headlines

Brianne TracyJanuary 1, 2026 at 4:45 AM

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Yvette Nicole Brown shared a statement amid the release of her former Community costar Chevy Chase's headline-making new documentary I'm Chevy Chase and You’re Not

In the documentary, director Jay Chandrasekhar recalled Brown's tension with Chase and the 2012 N-word scandal that led to his exit from the show

"In East Cleveland speak: Keep my name out your mouth," Brown said in her statement

Yvette Nicole Brown is making it clear that she speaks for herself.

On Monday, Dec. 29, the actress, 54, shared a statement on Instagram seemingly in response to being mentioned in the new CNN documentary I'm Chevy Chase and You’re Not. In the film, director Jay Chandrasekhar recalled Brown's tension with her former Community costar Chevy Chase and the 2012 N-word scandal that led to his exit from the show.

"These are things I’ve never spoken of publicly and perhaps never will," Brown began. "Anyone currently speaking FOR or ABOUT me with perceived authority is speaking without EVER speaking to me about the things they claim to know about. They actually don’t really know me — at all."

"They also have no knowledge of my relationship with anyone I’ve worked with & cannot credibly speak on any current or previous issues," she continued. "I hate that this all had to be said. In East Cleveland speak: Keep my name out your mouth."

In her caption, Brown shared that her "motto" is "do your own work so you don't become labor for others."

"Beyond that truth, if I have something to say, I have NO problem saying it," she said. "I’ve never had a problem speaking up and out with my whole chest when it is warranted or I when think it will change a wayward mind or some disgusting behavior."

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Yvette Nicole Brown and Chevy Chase in 'Community'

Brown added that when she chooses "not to speak on something it's because it will not change a thing and more importantly because it is most likely tawdry, low-vibrational and dumb and therefore BENEATH me."

"I don’t sully myself for anyone," she said. "We don’t defile over here. And when someone chooses to sully or defile themselves, I let them — BIG age or not. And they need to own fully what they alone have done without placing blame or looking for scapegoats. Don’t smear any of that mess over here for clout or reputation rehabilitation. This side of the street remains clean."

"Read between whatever lines you need to, but before you run anywhere with anything I've said here, make sure YOU know what YOU'RE talking about, too. Mmkay?" she concluded her caption. "I will not be saying another word about any of this mess... again, because it is beneath me. No one else should be chiming in on MY behalf, either."

Brown did not name Chase or Chandrasekhar directly in her post, and her representatives have not responded to PEOPLE's request for comment. Chase does not mention Brown by name at all in I'm Chevy Chase and You’re Not.

In I'm Chevy Chase, Chandrasekhar, 57, said he “was there, directing, the night that Chevy Chase got fired from Community.” He said the events could be traced back to a “blackface” hand puppet bit written for Chase's character, Pierce Hawthorne.

Chandrasekhar recalled Chase “said something” to Brown, though he claimed he did not hear what exactly was said.

"I know that there was a history between [Chevy and Yvette] around race, and she got up and stormed out of there," Chandrasekar said. "Chevy storms off, so the producer is like, ‘We need Yvette in the scene, right?’ I’m like, ‘Yeah, she’s in the next scene.’ And he goes, ‘Well, she won’t come out unless Chevy apologizes to her.’ "

After filming that day, Chandrasekhar recalled someone leaking that there was a “racial incident” on set to The Hollywood Reporter. When the cast returned to set after the leak, the director said Chase had a “full meltdown.”

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Chandrasekhar said Chase came “storming onto the set, and he goes, ‘Who f----- me over?’ … ‘My career is ruined! I’m ruined!’ Like, it’s a full meltdown. ‘F--- all of you!’ "

"And I’m like, ‘Alright, let’s shoot the scene.’ He never ended up coming back after that,” he said.

Following the 2012 incident, production was halted, and Chase was reportedly forced to issue an apology. The actor left Community after season 4, which aired in 2013, though he returned briefly for one episode in 2014.

Chase's exit came not only after the headline-making incident but also a very public feud with creator Dan Harmon over creative and on-set disagreements, which are also discussed in I’m Chevy Chase.

"It was out in the open that Chevy Chase was a little difficult on Community, and I’m being nice. People were talking about it, enough that Dan did that thing at the wrap party,” Chandrasekhar said in the documentary, referring to when Harmon, 52, got party guests to say, “F---- you, Chevy!” — which led to the infamous and profanity-laden leaked voicemail the comedian left for the show creator.

I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not, directed by Marina Zenovich, premieres Jan. 1 at 8 p.m. EST / 5 p.m. PST on CNN.

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