Comedian Dave Chappelle claims, “I’m not smoking crack.” What a relief! He’s not a crazy bitch or a drugged up bitch. He’s just a stressed out bitch.
“I’m definitely stressed out,” said Chappelle, who took off last month to South Africa for a “spiritual retreat,” leaving his fans — and even his agent and publicist — wondering where he went.
“You hear so many voices jockeying for position in your mind that you want to make sure that you hear your own voice,” he said.
“So I figured, let me just cut myself off from everybody, take a minute and pull a Flintstone and stop a speeding car by using my bare feet as the brakes.”
After Comedy Central announced that the planned May 31 debut of the third season of Chappelle’s Show had been postponed, the magazine Entertainment Weekly reported that Chappelle had checked himself into a mental health facility in South Africa.
“I’m not in a mental facility,” said Chappelle, who also said he did not have a drug problem but had consulted a psychiatrist for one 40-minute visit.
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The 31-year-old comedian said he fled to stay with friends in Durban because he wasn’t happy with the direction of the show, which is behind only South Park as Comedy Central’s most-watched program.
“There’s a lot of resistance to my opinions, so I decided, ‘Let me remove myself from this situation,'” Chappelle said.
The obscure Flintstone reference kind of leads me to believe that he may be crazy after all. This all sounds like someone who is in way over his head. The lesson to be learned kiddies: success can fuck you up.
Socialite Life debuted back in 2003. SL Flashback showcases some of our favorite content from years past. This article was originally published on May 16, 2005.
