Yvette Nicole Brown is setting the record straight about anyone trying to speak on her behalf.
Taking to Instagram, Brown seems to mention the new CNN documentary I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not. Jay Chandrasekhar, the director of the film, spoke about Brown’s alleged tension with her former Community co-star Chevy Chase. He also mentioned the 2012 N-word scandal, which led to his termination from the show.
“These are things I’ve never spoken of publicly and perhaps never will,” Brown began. “Anyone currently speaking FOR or ABOUT me with perceived authority is speaking without EVER speaking to me about the things they claim to know about. They actually don’t really know me — at all.”
“They also have no knowledge of my relationship with anyone I’ve worked with. And cannot credibly speak on any current or previous issues,” she continued. “I hate that this all had to be said. In East Cleveland speak: Keep my name out your mouth.”
Brown said that her “motto” is “do your own work so you don’t become labor for others.”
“Beyond that truth, if I have something to say, I have NO problem saying it,” she said. “I’ve never had a problem speaking up and out with my whole chest when it is warranted. And when I think it will change a wayward mind or some disgusting behavior.”
Brown went on to say that when she chooses “not to speak on something, it’s because it will not change a thing.”
In the doc, Chandrasekhar recalled Chase “said something” to Brown. But he didn’t know what exactly was said.
“I know that there was a history between [Chevy and Yvette] around race, and she got up and stormed out of there,” Chandrasekar said. “Chevy storms off, so the producer is like, ‘We need Yvette in the scene, right?’ I’m like, ‘Yeah, she’s in the next scene.’ And he goes, ‘Well, she won’t come out unless Chevy apologizes to her.’ “