( EW.com ) -- In light of `` Community 's '' return tomorrow night , the rocky relationship between the show and one of its stars , Chevy Chase ( who has since left the show ) became the topic of discussion for Joel McHale and Howard Stern on Stern 's Sirius/XM radio show . McHale said that Chase had no desire to be involved in the show , and when he attempted to talk to him about it , there were repercussions . `` When I would try , he would just try to fight me . He physically wanted to fight me , '' McHale tells Stern in this clip . Tensions boiled over last year , after months of reports that Chase had acted out on set , insulting the show 's writing and sending former showrunner Dan Harmon an insulting voicemail that was leaked online . McHale told Stern that Chase did use the ' n'-word on set . Ellie Kemper to star in NBC comedy pilot . `` When he said it , it was like 'We are now at Defcon 1 , ' '' McHale said . He added that Chase was protesting the direction that his character , Pierce , was going in on the show claiming that his racist rants were sure to include the ' n'-word in the future . Blair Waldorf dating Seth Cohen ? ! `` He said that Richard Pryor said it was okay for him to call him that , '' McHale said . `` He literally ... he used that . '' See the original article at EW.com . CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly . © 2011 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved .
McHale said that Chase had no desire to be involved with `` Community '' Tensions boiled over last year , after months of reports that Chase had acted out on set . McHale told Howard Stern that Chase did use the ' n'-word on set .