“ In 1993 he became involved with Scientology and within two years had established the Isaac Hayes Foundation aimed at increasing literacy across the globe. There were accusations of hypocrisy levelled against him when, in 2006, he walked out of the irreverent TV cartoon series, South Park, in which he voiced the character of the Chef. The character had been a popular one and he had reached No. 1 in the UK charts with his South Park single, Chocolate Salty Balls. What upset him was an episode in which one of the central characters, Stan, does well in a Scientology test and is hailed as the successor to the church’s founder, L Ron Hubbard. It also suggested Scientology was a lot of bogus claptrap aimed at parting vulnerable and rich people with their money.
