Joel McHale claims he dislocated Chevy Chase’s shoulder during ‘Community’ physical altercation
12.03.2024 - 15:17
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Fox workplace sitcom “Animal Control,” was a guest on a recent episode of Michael Rosenbaum’s “Inside of You” podcast, where he was asked if incidents with Chase ever got physical or verbal.“It would get a little contentious. It would get to this point where I’m like, ‘Okay…’ I got in trouble one time because I injured him. I dislocated his shoulder,” said McHale.
He added that there were “multiple times” where a physical altercation involved shoving or pushing. “It was an advanced horseplay,” he joked. “You know, horseplay, and then it always turned into sex.
It wasn’t fun.”“Community” ran for six seasons on NBC, following a group of people at a community college. Along with McHale and Chase, it starred Donald Glover, Alison Brie, Ken Jeong, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown and Jim Rash. McHale has made no secret that there’s no love lost between him and Chase.
In his 2016 memoir “Thanks for the Money,” he even wrote a “step by step on how to fight Chevy Chase.”According to McHale, Chase never reached out to him about that chapter in his book. “Does he know he’s an a–hole?” Rosenbaum asked on the podcast. McHale replied that he “would think so.”During a 2023 interview on Marc Maron’s WTF podcast, Chase said that he didn’t think “Community” was “funny enough.”“I felt a little bit constrained a bit.
Everyone had their bits and stuff. I thought they were all good, but it just wasn’t hard-hitting enough for me,” the former “Saturday Night Live” star said. “My response to that was, well, yeah the feeling is mutual about your attitude, and you didn’t have to be there,” McHale said on the “Inside of You” podcast.