Was driving home today, and the radio DJ started talking about the constant delays of the new season of Dave Chappel. He then said that the station has reliable information that Dave Chappel is in a mental institution in South Africa. Now naturally I assume this guy is full of shit… but he acted like it was legit. I looked on the net for the info but found nothing.
I think this radio station has some bad info… I hope. But I can’t help but get the mental image of Dave Chappel in a straight jacket screaming
Both of you are gay :). Why… IN THE HELL!!! Would someone as rich as Dave chappelle goto SOUTH AFRICA!!! For mental treatment??? Makes no sense to me, and it would be on the news if true, Dave’s a pretty populare guy.
The guy is a mastermind of comedy! He’s in control & knows well what’s he’s doing. He’s creating “talk” which is what they all do to get more in the public eye.
Chappelle Checks Into Mental Health Clinic
Thursday, May 12, 2005
NEW YORK ? Comedy Central star Dave Chappelle (search) has checked himself into a mental health facility in South Africa, the magazine Entertainment Weekly reported on Wednesday.
The comedian’s whereabouts and condition have been unknown since Comedy Central (search) abruptly announced last week that the planned May 31 launch of the third season of “Chappelle’s Show” had been postponed and production halted.
Chappelle flew from Newark, N.J., to South Africa (search) 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.
howard stern was talking about this last friday. he said dave was flipping out and can’t deal with his new fame. he’s having a hard time making the jump because all of his life he’s been doing weird comedy that most people didn’t get. now that the public is catching up to him and loving it he 's having a wicked time trying to adjust . sudden fame is tough for anyone but dave’s personality makes it really hard - according to howard who’s friends with him - chappelle’s never had much confidence in himself anyway and this supreme public acceptence of everything he does is overloading him.
Tonight at 10 on fox, he sets the muthafucken record strizaight yo!!! I just saw a commercial that says not to believe the rumors, I told ya he wasn’t in africa…