US EditionChevy Chase Details 'Physically Abusive' Childhood in New Documentary
The CNN documentary reveals Chevy Chase's physically abusive childhood and substance struggles, highlighting his controversial exit from Community and featuring insights from family and colleagues.
- On Jan. 1, CNN debuted the documentary I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not, which features Chase and relatives saying he endured physical abuse while tracing his career.
- Chase’s childhood was shaped by family upheaval as his parents divorced when he was about four, and relatives describe his mother, Cathalene Parker, as `a bag of cats` and his stepfather, John Cederquist, as humorless with sudden anger.
- Chase details episodes of physical punishment, with Peter Aaron and Ned recounting being beaten, locked in a closet, and slapped awake, including one incident at breakfast.
- The documentary revisits his exit from Community, highlighting Jay Chandrasekhar’s account of the on-set scandal and noting co-stars, including Yvette Nicole Brown, declined participation.
- Former colleagues Alan Zweibel and Dan Aykroyd recall widespread cocaine use during Chevy Chase's career, while wife Jayni describes his alcoholism, cardiomyopathy, and hospitalization for five weeks with a coma of maybe eight days.
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In a new documentary on his life and career, the famous American comedy actor Chevy Chase claims that he was subjected to physical abuse in childhood by his mother and his stepfather, reports Variety. In...
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