Due to the recent chatter on the internet regarding the 3rd season of Chappelle Show I figured something was happening with Dave. I didn't know if it was drugs or him just being a pussy, I guess it turns out he's a mentalcase and can't handle the pressure due to his $50m dollar deal with Viacom. Waaa, waaa, I got $50m to do my show and I can't live up to the hype or pressure... Waaaaaa.



Dave, you think too much. Just come back and do your damn show. Even if it is half as funny as the old show it will still mop the floor with anything else on tv.

Report: Chappelle in mental health facility
Entertainment Weekly reports that the star checked in 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.

The comedian’s whereabouts and condition have been unknown since Comedy Central 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 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.

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