Yvette Nicole Brown wants no part in Chevy Chase’s drama.
The actress, 54, released a statement on Instagram Monday where she appeared to subtly reference the latest revelations from Chase’s N-word scandal that got him fired from the NBC sitcom “Community,” which the pair starred in together from 2009 to 2013.
Director Jay Chandrasekhar claimed in the upcoming CNN documentary “I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not” that Chase, 82, and Brown, 54, had a seemingly contentious interaction that led to each of them storming off on the set of the show. Chase allegedly uttered the racial slur during the conversation, but later apologized.
“These are things I’ve never spoken of publicly and perhaps never will,” Brown began her statement.
“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,” she continued. “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.”
Brown added, “I hate that this all had to be said. In East Cleveland speak: Keep my name out of your mouth.”
The “Inside Out 2” star had more to say in her Instagram caption.
“Do your own work so you don’t become labor for others. That is my motto,” she wrote. “Beyond that truth, if I have something to say, I have NO problem saying it. 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.”
“When I choose 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,” she went on. “I don’t sully myself for anyone. 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.”
Brown told her fans they can “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?”
“I will not be saying another word about any of this hot mess,” she insisted. “Again, because it is beneath me. No one else should be chiming in either.”
The Post has reached out to Brown and Chase’s reps for comment.
In the documentary out Jan. 1, Chandrasekhar recalled that while he was working on the set of “Community,” Chase “said something” to Brown regarding his frustrations about a “blackface” hand puppet bit written for Chase’s character.
“I know that there was a history between [Chevy and Brown] around race, and she got up and stormed out of there,” Chandrasekhar claimed. “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.’”
Chandrasekhar said that Chase returned to the set, but the comedian was allegedly adamant that he “didn’t say anything” wrong.
After the “racial incident” leaked to The Hollywood Reporter, Chase had a “full meltdown” in front of the entire cast and crew, Chandrasekhar claimed, adding that the “SNL” alum allegedly yelled that his career was “ruined.”
Chase was subsequently fired from the series.
At the time of the incident in 2012, THR claimed that Chase “apologized immediately” to his “Community” co-stars after using the N-word. He reportedly used the slur when he was confused about the dialogue in a scene with Brown and Donald Glover.
Chase didn’t deny using the racial slur during an interview with the Washington Post in 2018.
“I could have said it,” Chase told the publication.
Meanwhile, Glover, 42, claimed at the 2023 Writers Guild Awards that Chase directed the N-word at him on the show’s set.
“I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not” comes out Jan. 1.
