We already knew 2023 was going to mark the end result of a number of TV eras, from The CW’s Arrowverse wrapping up with The Flash’s truncated last season to HBO bidding farewell to sensible originals Succession and Barry to doubtlessly the last look of Ellen Pompeo’s Meredith on Gray’s Anatomy. It appears to be like like considered one of cable’s most reliable mainstays can also be heading out the door, as MTV’s Ridiculousness unfold the information that longtime co-host Chanel West Coast shall be making a non-non-non-ridiculous exit after 12 years and 30 seasons of laugh-out-loud silliness.
Chanel West Coast has been laughing her signature snigger at wacky AF web movies alongside Rob Dyrdek and Steelo Brim since 2011, and I can’t even think about what number of clips they’ve conquered on the present throughout that stretch. However although that quantity might have appeared prefer it’d stretch on eternally, its finiteness was confirmed first by Selection, after which by the singer and entrepreneur herself on Instagram. Right here’s how she reacted in her publish, confirming her TV future is heading in all the correct instructions.
I’m SO excited for this subsequent chapter! To the followers who’re unhappy I’ll now not be on Ridiculousness don’t fear…I’ve my very own docu collection television present popping out quickly! I’m additionally very excited to be getting into the manager producer seat and develop some superb television & movie tasks for you as effectively. Thanks to the followers for 12 years of watching & supporting me & thanks @mtv & @paramountco for this superb alternative! Love you all & I promise to ship you some fireplace music, movie & tv quickly 😘
Although she could also be stepping away from one of many reveals that made her a family identify inside the MTV viewership, Chanel West Coast (who additionally goes by Chelsea Chanel Dudley) is sticking with the father or mother corporations at massive. She signed on for an total improvement cope with Paramount Media Networks, for which the purpose shall be to create and government produce new unscripted collection, with the choice of additionally serving as an on-screen star. Her publish famous above additionally mentions movies, so it is potential she’ll even be engaged on some feature-length streaming tasks in due time.
Brim shared a congratulatory remark beneath the publish:
- Steelo Brim: 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
As anybody who has paid any consideration to MTV’s schedule in recent times is effectively conscious, the channel traits to air Ridiculousness for extra hours out of the day than it doesn’t, which is less complicated to do after producing a dozen years’ value of episodes. So it isn’t a wildly far-off assumption to assume that Chanel West Coast has accrued as a lot airtime in these 12 years as hosts corresponding to Pat Sajak or Drew Carey. Not that reruns from these first 30 seasons will not air in fixed rotation, however it’s positively going to be a distinct present with out her anchoring issues.
However a part of the explanation behind exiting the present and spreading her artistic wings is in order that extra followers can begin to admire her for being greater than what Ridiculousness has allowed her to showcase. Here is how she worded it within the official launch:
After years of being part of the Ridiculousness household, I’m unhappy to say goodbye to the present however very excited to announce my subsequent large enterprise with MTVE/Paramount. It’s time for me to step off the pink sofa and step into the function of government producer. My ardour has all the time been to create, whether or not it’s music, clothes, or movie and TV. I plan to deliver a few of my wildest concepts and goals to life via superb movie & tv tasks, construct my groups, and work with different creatives paving the best way on the display. I’m additionally very excited for the world to see me past ‘the snigger’ and for as soon as, see the true me.
At this level, it isn’t clear precisely what sort of docu-series Chanel West Coast shall be fronting at any time when all of it comes collectively, however she sounds extraordinarily excited for it, and that enthusiasm will doubtless snowball right down to the fanbase. There is a good probability we’d even see it hitting MTV, VH1 or one of many conglomerate’s many different media avenues. She may enhance a few Paramount+ subscriptions if her new present lands on the streaming service.
Chanel West Coast has been working with Rob Dyrdek since her TV debut, as she served as his receptionist on his present Fantasy Manufacturing unit, together with his late Rob & Large co-star with the late Christopher “Large Black” Boykin popping up on that present and Ridiculousness. She’s additionally labored on MTV’s The Onerous Instances of RJ Berger and Wild Grinders, and branched out to co-star within the fourth season of Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood, although she left after that season was wrapped.
