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Yvette Nicole Brown wants no part in Chevy Chase’s drama.

The actress, 54, released a statement on Instagram Monday addressing the latest revelations over her former co-star Chase’s N-word scandal, in which he used the racial slur on the set of their NBC sitcom “Community” in 2012 and was fired from the show.

Director Jay Chandrasekhar claims in the upcoming CNN documentary “I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not” that Chase, 82, and Brown had a contentious interaction that led to each of them storming off set. Chase allegedly said the racial slur during the conversation, but later apologized.


  Yvette Nicole Brown onstage at the End Well conference in LA in November. Getty Images for End Well Project Yvette Nicole Brown onstage at the End Well conference in LA in November. Getty Images for End Well Project

  Chevy Chase at the premiere of CNN’s “I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not” in NYC on Dec. 4. Getty Images for CNN Chevy Chase at the premiere of CNN’s “I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not” in NYC on Dec. 4. Getty Images for CNN

“These are things I’ve never spoken of publicly and perhaps never will,” Brown began her statement.

“Anyone currently speaking FOR or ABOUT me with perceived authority is speaking without EVER speaking to me about the things they claim to know about,” she wrote. “They actually don’t really know me — at all. They also have no knowledge of my relationship with anyone I’ve worked with & cannot credibly speak on any current or previous issues.”

Brown added, “I hate that this all had to be said. In East Cleveland speak: Keep my name out your mouth.”


  Yvette Nicole Brown’s Instagram statement. yvettenicolebrown/Instagram Yvette Nicole Brown’s Instagram statement. yvettenicolebrown/Instagram

  “Community” stars Ken Jeong, Donald Glover, Joel McHale, Danny Pudi, Gillian Jacobs, Alison Brie, Yvette Nicole Brown and Chevy Chase. ©NBC/Courtesy Everett Collection “Community” stars Ken Jeong, Donald Glover, Joel McHale, Danny Pudi, Gillian Jacobs, Alison Brie, Yvette Nicole Brown and Chevy Chase. ©NBC/Courtesy Everett Collection

The “Inside Out 2” star had more to say in her Instagram caption.

“Do your own work so you don’t become labor for others. That is my motto,” she wrote. “Beyond that truth, if I have something to say, I have NO problem saying it. I’ve never had a problem speaking up and out with my whole chest when it is warranted or I when think it will change a wayward mind or some disgusting behavior.”


  Yvette Nicole Brown and Chevy Chase at Comic-Con 2010. Kevin Winter Yvette Nicole Brown and Chevy Chase at Comic-Con 2010. Kevin Winter

“When I choose NOT to speak on something it’s because it will not change a thing and more importantly because it is most likely tawdry, low-vibrational and dumb and therefore BENEATH me,” she went on. “I don’t sully myself for anyone. We don’t defile over here. And when someone chooses to sully or defile themselves, I let them — BIG age or not. And they need to own fully what they alone have done without placing blame or looking for scapegoats. Don’t smear any of that mess over here for clout or reputation rehabilitation. This side of the street remains clean.”

Brown told her fans they can “read between whatever lines you need to, but before you run anywhere with anything I’ve said here, make sure YOU know what YOU’RE talking about too. Mmkay?”

“I will not be saying another word about any of this hot mess,” she insisted. “Again, because it is beneath me. No one else should be chiming in on MY behalf, either.”


  Alison Brie, Yvette Nicole Brown and Chevy Chase in the first episode of “Community.” ©NBC/Courtesy Everett Collection Alison Brie, Yvette Nicole Brown and Chevy Chase in the first episode of “Community.” ©NBC/Courtesy Everett Collection

  Chevy Chase, David Neher, Joel McHale and Yvette Nicole Brown in “Community.” ©NBC/Courtesy Everett Collection Chevy Chase, David Neher, Joel McHale and Yvette Nicole Brown in “Community.” ©NBC/Courtesy Everett Collection

The Post has reached out to Brown’s and Chase’s reps for comment.

In the documentary, out Thursday, Chandrasekhar recalled that while he was working on the set of “Community” in 2012, Chase “said something” to Brown regarding his frustrations about a “blackface” hand puppet bit written for Chase’s character.

“I know that there was a history between [Chase and Brown] around race, and she got up and stormed out of there,” Chandrasekhar claimed. “Chevy storms off, so the producer is like, ‘We need Yvette in the scene, right?’ I’m like, ‘Yeah, she’s in the next scene.’ And he goes, ‘Well, she won’t come out unless Chevy apologizes to her.’”


  Yvette Nicole Brown and Chevy Chase hugging at the NBC rooftop party during Comic-Con 2010. Kevin Winter Yvette Nicole Brown and Chevy Chase hugging at the NBC rooftop party during Comic-Con 2010. Kevin Winter

Chandrasekhar said that Chase returned to the set, but the comedian was allegedly adamant that he “didn’t say anything” wrong.

The director recalled of Chase, “He goes, ‘You know, me and Richard Pryor, I used to call Richard Pryor the N-word, and he used to call me the Honky, and we loved each other.’ And I’m like, ‘I know, man, I love that bit.’ I said, ‘You know, can we just have a little apology?’ He goes, ‘For what?’ ”

After the “racial incident” leaked to the Hollywood Reporter, Chase had a “full meltdown” in front of the entire cast and crew, Chandrasekhar claimed, adding that the “SNL” alum yelled that his career was “ruined.”

Chase was subsequently fired from the series.


  Chevy Chase at “The Drew Barrymore Show” in NYC on Dec. 19. MediaPunch / BACKGRID Chevy Chase at “The Drew Barrymore Show” in NYC on Dec. 19. MediaPunch / BACKGRID

  Chevy Chase sits front row at an NBA game in Dallas on April 4, 2024. AP Chevy Chase sits front row at an NBA game in Dallas on April 4, 2024. AP

At the time, THR claimed Chase “apologized immediately” to his co-stars.

But in a 2018 interview with the Washington Post, Chase didn’t deny using the N-word while talking to Brown and their co-star Donald Glover.

“I could have said it,” Chase told the publication.

Meanwhile, Glover, 42, claimed at the 2023 Writers Guild Awards that Chase had directed the N-word at him.

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