The new CNN documentary I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not revisits Chevy Chase's controversial exit from Community in late 2012. Chase notoriously departed the NBC sitcom midway through its fourth season after a series of creative clashes with Community creator Dan Harmon and an alleged on set meltdown. His feud with Harmon reached a boiling point when the writer allegedly asked the cast and crew of Community to chant "F*** You" toward Chase and his family at the season 3 wrap party in April 2012. Harmon was fired at the end of season 3, though trouble on the Community set only intensified. Chase ultimately left Community in season 4 after he allegedly used a racial slur in front of African-American costars Yvette Nicole Brown and Donald Glover. (Chase later apologized, while Community director Jay Chandrasekhar clarified that the slur was not aimed at either Brown or Glover.) Everything We Know About the 'Community' Movie: Returning Cast and More Keep scrolling to look back at the tumultuous events leading up to Chase's Community exit, as well as what happened next. What Led Up to Chevy Chase's Departure From 'Community'? Community creator Dan Harmon cast Chevy Chase as curmudgeonly college student Pierce Hawthorne for the NBC sitcom's first season. While the hit sitcom introduced Chase to a new generation of fans, there were reports of a tense onset atmosphere from the beginning. Deadline reported in March 2012 that Chase had grown increasingly uncomfortable with the edgy direction of his character and walked off the set during the season 3 finale. Chase eventually agreed to return for Community's season 3 wrap party alongside his wife, Jayni Chase, and their daughter Caley. According to Deadline, an angry Harmon got up on stage to say, "F*** you, Chevy," during the wrap party and then got some attendees to chant "F*** you" as Chase entered with his wife and daughter. In the 2026 CNN documentary I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not, Chase's daughter Caley described the incident as "rough and mean" toward the legendary comedian. "Community" stars Yvette Nicole Brown, Danny Pudi, Gillian Jacobs, John Oliver, Joel McHale, Alison Brie, Chevy Chase and Donald Glover. Courtesy Paul Drinkwater / NBC / Courtesy Everett Collection "My dad was super excited to bring me and my mom to the wrap party," she recalled. "We walk in, [Community creator] Dan [Harmon], he had had some drinks. He had gotten the whole cast and crew to yell, 'F*** you, Chevy!' 'F*** you, Chevy!" She went on, "I'm there, he's showing his daughter, like, 'This is the show I did,' and we walk in to 'F*** you, Chevy!' That's rough and mean." Chase later left Harmon an angry voicemail about the incident - which the Community creator promptly played on stage at one of his "Harmontown" comedy events, according to TMZ. In the leaked voicemail, Chase blasted Community as a "f***ing mediocre sitcom" and called Harmon "a goddamn, asshole, alcoholic, fat s***." "The other part of the disconnect is obviously, you don't get my humor at all, or what it is I do that's funny, that actually makes people laugh," he complained to Harmon. Chase went on, "I should have had this talk with you face to face, but I didn't want to because I really like you. I think your writing is great. I think everything you do is great. But the problem really is Dan that you're not there when we shoot, and you're not there when we edit." "If you want me on this show again, I have news for you: I don't want it. It's just a mediocre f***ing sitcom," he added. "I want people to laugh, and this isn't funny. And it ain't funny to me, because I'm 67 years old and I've been making people laugh a long time, and I've been doing it a lot better than this." Chase stood by those comments when TMZ caught up with him outside the Chateau Marmont in West Hollywood shortly after the voicemail leaked. "It was the right thing to say at the time," Chase insisted. Harmon was fired as Community showrunner by NBC in May 2012, though his departure was not directly tied to him butting heads with Chase. (Harmon later returned as showrunner in Community season 5 following Chase's departure.) "A few hours ago, I landed in Los Angeles, turned on my phone, and confirmed what you already know. Sony Pictures Television is replacing me as show runner on Community," Harmon wrote on Tumblr in May 2012. "Why'd Sony want me gone? I can't answer that because I've been in as much contact with them as you have. They literally haven't called me since the season four pickup, so their reasons for replacing me are clearly none of my business." Why Did Chevy Chase Leave 'Community'? While Dan Harmon was fired by NBC before Community season 4 started filming, his showrunner replacements, David Guarascio and Moses Port, continued to have trouble with Chase. Chase allegedly blew up on set while filming a scene alongside costars Donald Glover and Yvette Nicole Brown for Community's season 4 episode "Advanced Documentary Filmmaking." Chase al