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"Intense personal issues" delay Chappelle

Things don’t look good for our hero. Check out the latest, a Newsweek article on Chappelle that attempts to get at the latest delay in production of the Comedy Central show.

Published explanations for the ini-tial delay ranged from a nasty flu bug to “walking pneumonia” to writer’s block. According to friends of Chappelle’s interviewed by NEWSWEEK, however, the real cause of all the turmoil is more complicated.

Uh oh.

The $50 million deal transformed Chappelle from a funny guy with a decade’s worth of false starts to the hottest comedian in America. He wasn’t prepared. “I saw him start trippin’ when the buzz started to get real loud,” says one celebrity friend.

Double uh oh. We’ll keep you posted.