[steve-b]

Hayes admits that even though the show spoofed Scientology in an episode, it's not the reason for his departure.

Uh-huh....

[KarlInOhio]

Hayes tells the Post that the big reason he left the show last year was, "They didn't pay me enough." And, "They weren't that nice."

And in the last couple seasons before he quit he had really been putting in the hours on the show. What did he have, maybe 15 minutes of screen time in it in the past few seasons?

[CounterCounterCulture]

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[garyhope]

Maybe "By The Time I (He) Get To Phoenix", Issac can "Just Walk On By".

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Cue "Shaft" song...

[rawcatslyentist]

Well after they had his character eaten by a bear and mountain lion, his face ripped off, and turned him into a darth vader child molester, do you really think he would return to play that role?

[peggybac]

He's making so much more in residuals that he can quit the show for whatever reasons. But, the lack of pay is something I don't believe.

[EveningStar]

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[HairOfTheDog]

Well, I still miss ya Chef... I don't blame you, I blame that fruity little club that scrambled your brains!

[Revolting cat!]

Tomorrow's headline today:

Hayes Shafted!

[Psycho_Bunny]

The yellow jounalists at the BBC spin it like this (Notice how the word 'bigoted' only appears in their title):

 

 

Hayes leaves 'bigoted' South Park

 

 

Singer Isaac Hayes is to stop providing the voice for a character in cartoon South Park because he objects to its "inappropriate ridicule" of religion.

Hayes, 63, who is the voice of the lustful Chef, has been a regular on the show since its US TV debut in 1997.

But co-creator Matt Stone said Hayes had "never had a problem" until the Scientology Church, to which Hayes belongs, was parodied.

The show was insensitive to "personal spiritual beliefs", said Hayes.

"There is a place in this world for satire but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry toward religious beliefs begins," he said.

The rest...

[Polonius]

Maybe Hayes felt he was being snubbed, but as "South Park" has continued over the years, the cast has grown, and Chef just wasn't as central a character as he had been in the first few seasons. It's too bad he won't be coming back, but if I get more Butters, Jimmy & Timmy, Garrison, etc., I'm OK with that. The world of "South Park" has become more diversified and interesting, and can get along without Chef.