Son of 'South Park' Actor Isaac Hayes Breaks Silence on Dad's Departure from Show
Isaac Hayes III is opening up about why his late father stopped voicing Chef on South Park.
Singer Isaac Hayes voiced Chef on South Park up until his sudden departure in 2006. According to his son, Isaac Hayes III, his father was not the one who made the decision to leave the animated series.
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Isaac shared a post on his Facebook account. In the post, he shared that his late father suffered a stroke in 2005 and was left unable to communicate, meaning that he would have had no way to leave the show and no one in their family made the decision for him.
“After the episode Trapped in the Closet aired in 2005, my father suffered a stroke just a few months later that left him unable to speak or make decisions on his own. He was not in any condition to resign from anything. The truth is, someone else within his Scientology circle made that decision and quit the show for him,” Isaac revealed in the post.
He went on to debunk the rumors that the episode, which poked fun at Scientology, offended his father and caused him to step away from the show. He wrote, “The narrative that he quit because he was offended by the satire is not true. That was a cover story created by others. My father never got to speak for himself because his health robbed him of that chance.”
Isaac also spoke on his father’s thoughts on voicing the beloved character up until his stroke and departure from the series, writing in the post, “He loved being the voice of Chef. He loved the character. He loved connecting with fans. He would joke with people who recognized his voice and he truly enjoyed being part of the show.”
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