By Anna Ruthven 2014-11-03 22:27:56
So, I was watching some stuff from my teen years, namely South Park clips including Chef's chocolate salty balls. I remember his final appearance and had wondered if there was ever a follow-up within the two years leading up to Isaac Hayes' death and I found out something interesting...
The story was that Chef's final appearance was a jab at Scientology due to a report of Hayes quitting due to the portrayal of Scientologists on South Park. However, in January of 2006 Hayes actually defended the creators' portrayal despite admitting he didn't fully approve of it. It appears the report of him quitting was actually released by someone who wasn't authorized to represent him. The report that later surfaced stated that Hayes never actually quit, it states that in January of 2006 Hayes had a stroke and was being closely watched and deemed unfit to make important decisions and was thus on hiatus, March 13th, 2006 the report of Hayes' departure was released, on March 22nd, 2006 the 10th season of South Park started and marked Chef's final appearance. August 10th, 2008 Isaac Hayes dies of a major stroke.
Not sure which report I want to believe, both make sense to me.