"Hayes and his "South Park" alter ego are at the center of
an ongoing flap over an episode last November that poked fun at
the Church of Scientology and its celebrity adherents,
including actor Tom Cruise.
The tenth season of "South Park" will launch Wednesday
with a new episode titled "The Return of Chef!", marking the
"triumphant homecoming" of lusty school cafeteria cook James
"Chef" McElroy to the show, the network said in a statement.
Hayes, 63, himself a follower of Scientology, surprised
producers a week ago by announcing he was leaving the series
because he objected to its "inappropriate ridicule" of
religion, though he made no reference to the show's spoof of
Scientology last fall.
Two days later, Comedy Central abruptly pulled a scheduled
repeat of that episode, titled "Trapped in the Closet." Sources
close to the show said the rerun was canceled after Cruise
threatened to boycott promotion of his upcoming film, "Mission:
Impossible III," for sister studio Paramount Pictures."
tom cruise has become such a little bitch