As Chappelle walked along the beach, he painted a picture of someone struggling to come to terms with his position and power as well as with the people around him and the way they were reacting to that $50 million deal. Without naming specific people–“Out of respect, I’d rather say those things directly to the people involved than through the press”—he seems to blame some of his inner circle and himself (but not his family) for the stresses created by last year’s contract. “If you don’t have the right people around you, and you’re moving at a million miles an hour, you can lose yourself,” he says.
