Isaac Hayes Has Enough Of South Park's Bad Thetan Energy
When it came to his role as Chef on South Park, Isaac Hayes could rarely have been accused of not being a good sport: If an episode called for him to sing of his "Chocolate Salty Balls," he'd launch into the lyrics with soulful abandon. But after a ninth season that featured some of the series' most blasphemous material including perhaps the single most scathing indictment of his own religion, Scientology, ever broadcast Hayes has reached his breaking point. He recently released a statement in which he demanded to be let out of his South Park contract:
"Religious beliefs are sacred to people, and at all times should be respected and honored," he continued. "As a civil rights activist of the past 40 years, I cannot support a show that disrespects those beliefs and practices."
"South Park" co-creator Matt Stone responded sharply in an interview with The Associated Press Monday, saying, "This is 100 percent having to do with his faith of Scientology... He has no problem and he's cashed plenty of checks with our show making fun of Christians."
We're surprised, frankly, at what took this long for Hayes to toe the Church line. When you consider something as innocuous as John Travolta in a dress can send the Hubbardite clergy into hysterical damage control mode, you'd think nine years of lending one's voice to a show that once devoted an entire episode to a hamster's adventures traveling up a gay S&M enthusiast's lower colon would result in immediate white van dispatching, followed by eyelid removal surgery and the uninterrupted viewing of a 117-hour auditing filmstrip on the dangers of lending one's celebrity to the wrong project.
