Comedian, writer, and producer Dave Chappelle is finally breaking his silence about leaving his hit TV-series 'The Chappelle Show' on Comedy Central.

The LA Times reports that on Tuesday, Chappelle sat down with David Letterman to talk about his abrupt departure from the show.

Since his exit from the limelight, Chappelle has made it a point to keep a low profile.

His appearance on David Letterman was his first late-night television appearance that he had in six years, the LA Times explained.

Chappelle also has a series of late-night stand up performances at NYC's Radio City Music Hall next week, so this could mean that the funny yet controversial comedian may be easing his way back into the limelight after years of no spotlight.

During his interview with Letterman, Chappelle addressed his shocking departure from Comedy Central.

Chappelle joked, "Technically, I never quit -- I am seven years late for work," he explained. "It's like divorce in the '50s. You go out for cigarettes and don't come back."

In 2005, during production of Season 3 of "The Chappelle Show," Dave Chapelle shocked fans and Comedy Central producers when he decided to quit the show with no warning and flee to South Africa.

Chappelle's abrupt departure naturally caused controversy and created a rift between Comedy Central and Chapelle.

Comedy Central even offered Chappelle a $50 Million contract to continue the show, but Chapelle declined due to artistic differences with the network.

Letterman later asked Chappelle about his bold move to walk away from $50 million and Chappelle responded that money isn't "the end-all be-all."

"It's very hard to go through something like this because no one's really done it before," Chappelle told Letterman. "So there's not too many people that don't think I'm crazy."

Chappelle continued, "Money is the fuel for choices ... That's not nothing, it's something, but it's not the end-all be-all."

Check out a clip from Letterman's interview with Chapelle below.