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10 of the craziest revelations from Chevy Chase’s new documentary

Chevy Chase has told it all in his new CNN documentary, as his secrets are now in the spotlight.

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Chevy Chase’s mother allegedly abused him

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Chevy Chase leaves nothing unsaid in his new CNN documentary.

In the documentary, which premiered on New Year’s Day, the 82-year-old actor laid everything on the table – from his Saturday evening live days until his infamous expulsion Community.

The documentary also revisited his childhood, including how his mother, Cathalene Parker, allegedly abused him.

The National Lampoon Holiday star described the matriarch as “an out-of-control woman” who “I look back on, and I say I feel sorry for her. She had her own problems. Bad ones… But she physically abused me.”

His wife, Jayni Chase, recalled, “The first time we stayed together, the first time I went to wake him up, he shivered. And he explained, ‘Well, my mother used to wake me up by hitting me,’ ever since he was a little boy.”

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Chevy Chase reportedly drank alcohol while working on ‘Community’

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Chevy Chase starred in the NBC sitcom starting in 2009.

According to Jayni, Chevy was considered “an old bastard.” Community.

“His castmates were so much younger and just lived a completely different life,” she added.

Elsewhere inside I’m Chevy Chase and you’re notTold Jayni she bought a “six-pack” of organic red wine while her husband was at work Community.

“And after about four days it was gone,” she noted. “I probably pointed it out to Chevy five times… And then he didn’t like me pointing it out to him because the beast of addiction is starting to take over.”

Jayni explained, “But alcoholism is a whole different level; it really takes over, and that was hard for him to stop. Chevy was functioning, I didn’t realize it right away.”

Their daughter Caley Chase also noticed Chevy’s drinking, telling the matriarch, “Mom, I think he’s drinking on set.”

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A Look Behind the Fallout That Led to Chevy Chase’s Firing from ‘Community’

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Chevy Chase made a brief return in 2014.

The new CNN documentary also focused on Chevy’s meltdown that led to his firing Community. Director Jay Chandrasekhar recalled that the incident occurred during a scene intended to feature a “blackface” glove puppet routine.

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“The character is a little tone deaf… If it had been Chevy in his heyday, he would have been totally fine, right. He said something to Yvette [Nicole Brown]I know there was a history between the two, around race,” he added.

To express his frustration, Chevy reportedly used the N-word and stormed out. Brown also left abruptly and would not return unless her co-star apologized.

When Chevy came back, he reportedly said, “Hey man, I didn’t say anything. You know, I used to call Richard Pryor the N-word, he called me a h—–, and we loved each other.”

The director then asked him to apologize to Yvette Nicole, but Chevy replied, “For what?”

News of the ‘racial incident’ subsequently emerged when someone on set leaked what had happened The Hollywood Reporter “at two o’clock in the morning.”

“Chevy stormed onto the set and said, ‘Who seduced me? My career is ruined! I’m ruined! It’s a complete meltdown. ‘F… all of you!'” Chandrasekhar continued.

Production halted following the fallout and Chevy was eventually fired from the show after season 4 in 2013. He returned briefly in 2014.

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Chevy Chase’s history of drug use

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Chevy Chase’s former costars shared their thoughts on his cocaine use.

Chevys SNL costars also appeared on the CNN documentary, all discussing the issue Caddyshack actors’ cocaine use.

Former SNL writer Alan Zweibel admitted “to help stay up as [they] made money, people did drugs.”

Dan Aykroyd confirmed that he had tried “every powder and pill,” and admitted, “We all did that back then.”

“The person they were most concerned about was Chevy. He was on a lot of drugs,” explains journalist James Andrew Miller.

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Chevy Chase ‘prefers to be liked’

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Several stars shared their experiences with Chevy Chase.

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‘Community’ cast was reportedly mean to Chevy Chase

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Dan Harmon created the show.

In I’m Chevy Chase and you’re notCaley said Community creator Dan Harmon “had gotten the entire cast and crew to scream, ‘F— you, Chevy.'”

“I’m there. He’s showing his daughter, ‘This is the show I did.’ And we run into ‘F— you, Chevy,'” Caley said. “That’s rough and mean.”

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Chevy Chase ‘hurt’ by exclusion from ‘SNL50’ sketches

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Chevy Chase was upset about the ‘SNL50’ situation.

Fifty years later SNL aired for the first time, former and current cast and staff members reunited SNL50. While past cast members appeared in sketches, Chevy was excluded from participating and collaborating with them.

“They told Chevy until that day there were two bits, they went back and forth. Then there was no bit,” Jayni said.

Feeling “hurt” and “upset” by the setup, Chevy said, “And this will probably be the first time I say it. But I expected that I would have also been on stage with all the other actors. Then Garrett [Morris] and Laraine [Newman] When I went on stage, I was curious why I didn’t do that. Nobody asked me that. Why was I left out?”

Bill Murray even appeared on stage for it Weekend update during the special.

‘I don’t have an answer to that. I once brought it up in a text message to Lorne [Michaels] and then took it back. I said, ‘Okay, I’ll take it back. It’s silly,” Chevy said. ‘But it’s not that foolish. Someone made a big mistake there. I don’t know who it was, but someone made a mistake… They should have had me on that stage. It hurt.”

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The real reason Chevy Chase left ‘Saturday Night Live’

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Chevy Chase left ‘Saturday Night Live’ early in its second season.

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Chevy, who has been married three times, opened up about his relationship with his second wife, Jacqueline Carlin, and how it played a role in his decision to leave SNL.

“Jacqueline, she was beautiful,” he said in the CNN documentary. “I showed her picture to Lorne. Lorne said, ‘You don’t love her.'”

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Since Jacqueline wouldn’t move to New York City, where he was filming the show, Chevy decided to leave the show in 1976 and married her that same year.

Years later, he admitted that he felt it “was a mistake” to leave SNL.

“It was really the kind of show I was a part of with Lorne, and it’s the kind of thing I wanted to do,” he added.

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Chevy Chase reflects on his relationship with Jayni Chase

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Chevy Chase married Jayni in 1982.

Although his marriage to Jacqueline ended in divorce, Chevy found love again with Jayni.

“I was working on a movie called Under the rainbow. Jayni was the production coordinator on that,” he recalls. “My trailer was parked right by the production facility and I could hear her voice, and I thought, ‘What a beautiful voice,’ but I never looked to see who it was.”

When he finally saw her, he asked her to go to a movie premiere with him. Their romance soon blossomed and led to their marriage in 1982.

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Chevy Chase ‘came back from the dead’ after heart failure

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Chevy Chase talked about his past health problem in the CNN documentary.

In I’m Chevy Chase and you’re notCaley described her father’s past medical emergency that left him in a coma for eight days.

According to Caley, Chevy had “basically come back from the dead.”

Jayni added, “Something was wrong, and he couldn’t explain to me what was wrong. So we go to the ER. His heart stops. During those years he drank, he developed cardiomyopathy; when the heart muscle gets weaker, and they can’t pump out as much blood with each beat.”

The health setback also affected his memory, although he assured fans that he is doing well now.

‘It only affects your memory, that’s what the doctors told me. So I need to be reminded of things,” Chevy continued.

Caley added that the doctors “warned” their family about Chevy’s future and mental state, quoting the doctors: “We may not get him back.” We don’t know how present he will be. Prepare for the worst.’ When he woke up, all he could do was use his voice.”

“They decided to keep him in a coma for maybe eight days,” Chevy’s friend Peter Aaron added in the documentary. “That’s pretty hard on the body.”

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