Comedian Joel McHale issued a response to some critical remarks his former
�Community� co-star Chevy Chase made during a podcast interview last month.

�[Chase] stopped hurting my feelings in 2009,� McHale, 51, joked when asked
about it by People.

The 80-year-old actor made waves after appearing on Marc Maron�s �WTF�
podcast in September and making critical remarks about his time on the NBC
comedy �Community,� which he was part of from 2009 until 2012.

�I honestly felt the show wasn�t funny enough for me, ultimately. I felt a
little bit constrained,� Chase told Maron. The �National Lampoon� actor was
eventually written off the show during season 4. �Everybody had their bits,
and I thought they were all good. It just wasn�t hard-hitting enough for me.�

Chase played Pierce Hawthorne, a millionaire attending community college with
McHale and other castmates who were much younger than he was. His character
died of dehydration while collecting sperm samples.

�I didn�t mind the character,� Chase said during the interview. �I just felt
that it was � I felt happier being alone. I just didn�t want to be surrounded
by that table, every day, with those people. It was too much.�

McHale told People of his former co-star�s comments, �I was like, �Hey, no
one was keeping you there.� I mean, we weren�t sentenced to that show. It was
like, �All right, you could have left if you really wanted that.� But yeah,
you know Chevy. That�s Chevy being Chevy.�

�I wrote about this in my book, but I was like, �Hey, the feeling�s mutual,
bud,�� McHale said, referencing his 2016 memoir, �Thanks for the Money: How
to Use My Life Story to Become the Best Joel McHale You Can Be.�

McHale also previously mentioned that Chase would likely not be part of the
spinoff movie based on �Community.� He told Kelly Ripa during a podcast
interview that it seemed unlikely that the �Vacation� star would join the
former cast, and not just because of his character being killed off.

�Yeah, I don�t think so,� McHale told Ripa when she asked if Chase would be
part of the reunion. �There weren�t any issues at all when we were making the
show,� he continued sarcastically.

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