Dave Chappelle met with Comedy Central President Doug Herzog Friday in Los Angeles for the first time since flying the coop for the South African “spiritual retreat” that effectively forced production on the third season of Chappelle’s Show to shut down indefinitely. Comedy Central spokesman Tony Fox did not reveal any details of the meeting, including when—or if—Chappelle would return to the network.
However, under the terms of the $50 million contract Chappelle signed last summer, he’s supposedly locked into a production deal with the network through 2006. Chappelle has denied rumors that his unscheduled vacation was the result of drug or psychiatric problems.