Chevy Chase was ‘hurt’ by ‘SNL50’, except for him

Chevy Chase addresses his exclusion from “SNL50: The Anniversary Special.” In the upcoming CNN Films documentary, “I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not” (via People), the original “Saturday Night Live” cast member admitted he was “hurt” about not being included in the milestone anniversary celebration.

“Well, it was actually quite disturbing,” Chase said. “This is probably the first time I’ve said it. But I expected to be on stage with all the other actors as well. 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?”

Chase, the first host and co-creator of “Weekend Update,” also expressed confusion about the satirical news program’s “SNL50’s” segment, saying, “Why was Bill Murray there and why wasn’t I there?” I don’t have an answer to that.’

“I brought it up once in a text to Lorne and then took it back,” Chase said, referring to “SNL” creator Lorne Michaels. “I said, ‘Okay, I’ll take it back, silly.’ But it’s not that crazy. 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.”

Pursuit attended the 50th anniversary special in February this year. According to the CNN documentary, the anniversary show was initially going to feature more of Chase, with the actor’s wife, Jayni Chase, explaining that people “told Chevy up until that day that there were two parts, they went back and forth.”

“And then suddenly, ‘No, there’s no bit,’” she added.

“There were a few versions of it [‘Weekend Update’] “And we went back and forth about that,” Michaels said in the doc. “There was also a warning from someone I don’t want to name, that Chevy, you know, wasn’t that focused.”

“I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not” premieres January 1 at 8pm ET/PT on CNN.