Someone Other than Hayes Burnt Chef

It wasn't Isaac Hayes who quit South Park, someone quit it for him, according to FOX News' Roger Friedman:

I can tell you that Hayes is in no position to have quit anything. Contrary to news reports, the great writer, singer and musician suffered a stroke on Jan. 17. At the time it was said that he was hospitalized and suffering from exhaustion. It’s also absolutely ridiculous to think that Hayes, who loved playing Chef on "South Park," would suddenly turn against the show because they were poking fun at Scientology. Last November, when the “Trapped in a Closet” episode of the comedy aired, I saw Hayes and spent time with him in Memphis for the annual Blues Ball. If he hated the show so much, I doubt he would have performed his trademark hit song from the show, “Chocolate Salty Balls.” He tossed the song into the middle of one of his less salacious hits and got the whole audience in the Memphis Pyramid to sing along. I can tell you, Hayes was very pleased with himself, was in a great mood and, as always, loved his fans' coming up to him and asking him about Chef. As recently as early January, before his stroke, Hayes defended the "South Park" creators in an interview with “The AV Club,” the serious side of the satirical newspaper, The Onion. Link

As LAT's Scott Collins noted in a column on Saturday, Trapped in the Closet will be the episode that keeps on giving. [posted by Sheigh] UPDATE: Reuters reports that the Chef character will live on.

Comments

[Bailey]

Whoa. That excuse is every bit as weird as the White House aid who blamed his twin brother for his crime spree at Target.

[Chef Uniforms]

wow i never knew that chef was an awesome character he will def live on!

-steve