ya the actual episode where he leaves doesn't exist. All market data delayed 20 minutes. ... Friends in Memphis tell me that Hayes did not issue any statements on his own about South Park.


I actually did quite a bit of googling on this after reading this TIL and it's clear this wasn't the case. Isaac Lee Hayes Jr. (August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008) was an American singer, songwriter, actor, and producer. ©2020 FOX News Network, LLC.

All market data delayed 20 minutes.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2020 FOX News Network, LLC. Hayes was one of the creative forces behind the Southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served both as an in-house songwriter and as a session musician and record producer, teaming with his partner David Porter during the mid-1960s.
The decision was made after Hayes suffered a stroke leaving him vulnerable to outside influence and unable to make such decisions on his own."Because they would make an entire episode where they make his character into a predator and hypocrite because they thought he wouldnt have said anything like that.No the dates line up, stroke, then "quit."I'll always remember the good chef.

He wrote: "Isaac Hayes did not quit South Park. Images of the Jerome 'Chef' McElroy voice actors from the South Park franchise. "I'm gonna make love to ya woman..!" even when he got a little harsher on them for the jabs against Scientology he still defended them and their humor, and said he knew why they did it.This was a really good TIL. "There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry towards religious beliefs of others begins," the 63-year-old soul singer and outspoken Scientologist said."Religious beliefs are sacred to people, and at all times should be respected and honored," he continued. Voiced most times by Isaac Hayes. Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr. (August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008) was the voice of Chef from 1997 until he left South Park because of the controversy surrounding "Trapped in the Closet" in 2005.Even without the controversy, his role on the show became less prominent due to the change of style (the boys learning things without the Chef character's involvement) and Hayes own deteriorating health. "As a civil rights activist of the past 40 years, I cannot support a show that disrespects those beliefs and practices."This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Isaac Hayes, who voiced the character Chef, left the show after Parker and Stone's depiction of his religion Scientology in the episode "Trapped in the Closet". Other voice actors and members of South Park's production staff have voiced minor characters for various episodes, ... continues to voice most of the female characters. Even with posting links supporting my TIL though some people were trying to say otherwise?correct Trey and Matt thought it was his handlers, and Isaac's son said that while his father was a Scientologist, but was not a hippocrite and wouldn't have quit based on them bashing Scientology."On March 20, 2006, two days before "The Return of Chef" aired, Roger Friedman of Fox News reported having been told that the March 13 statement was made in Hayes's name, but not by Hayes himself.