I hope that the brotha is ok....
 Danielle Levitt Comedy Central star Dave Chappelle has checked himself into a mental health facility in South Africa, the magazine Entertainment Weekly reported on Wednesday. |
NEW YORK - Comedy Central star Dave Chappelle has checked himself into a mental health facility in South Africa, the magazine Entertainment Weekly reported on Wednesday.
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Chappelle flew from Newark, N.J., to South Africa on April 28 for treatment, said the magazine, quoting a source close to the show it would not identify. Entertainment Weekly said it had corroborating sources for its story.
“We don’t know where he is,” Comedy Central spokesman Tony Fox said. “We’ve heard about South Africa. We don’t know. We haven’t talked to Dave.”
Chappelle’s spokesman, Matt Labov, would not comment on the magazine’s story.
“It seems like the issues he’s contending with are really quite serious,” said Dade Hayes, a senior editor at Entertainment Weekly. “It isn’t a case of him spending a weekend someplace recuperating from exhaustion.”
The magazine’s sources say Chappelle is still in the facility, which was not named, Hayes said. Chappelle’s representatives have denied that the comedian was abusing drugs.
Chappelle reportedly signed a $50 million deal with Comedy Central for two more seasons of his show, a payday made possible because of the explosive sales of the show’s first season DVD.
The magazine said Chappelle had shot four to five episodes’ worth of sketches for the new season, but none of its onstage introductions.
posted by Apocalypse at 8:46 AM
7 Comments:
*smh* :( i know. how sad huh? i couldn't believe it. i hope he's ok. in a way i'm kinda glad he's keeping his whereabouts secretive b/c some folks just need a little peace in their life followed by some alone time to cope...and just need to get away at times, even if that means others you see everyday, not knowing where they are. i know i do at times. i wish him luck tho. i hope he doesn't let the stress of the business get the best of him.
genius borderlines insanity!
me personally, I thinks the bruh is just fine and in fact is orchestrating for himself an even bigger appetite for his show by creating high drama. I'm sure the "stress" of his global success is probably wearing him down some, but the boy is genius and will play it to his advantage...anyway you know the tabloids will magnify every little thing and fly with it too, so...All in all I pray the bruh is OK.
According to the latest news, brotha man just needed some pt for himself. The rigors of success was taking its toll. He's just replenishing his batteries ready to do the damn thing! Go Dave!
The only thing wrong with Dave is that he sat a tough bar to get over...Season 2 was off the chain...I'll keep you posted
I love me some Dave.
It's funny how the blogger community knew about Dave BEFORE CNN!
We have all knew why Dave just bounced out the country. He was just looking for some solace, when everything around him was going haywire. BUT on ET, they made it seem as if HE went haywire.
Gotta love the media.
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