Chevy Chase's colleagues, friends and family members gathered to look back on the actor's career in a new CNN documentary - and they didn't hold anything back. "He didn't really have a lot of boundaries. He was very, very free," Goldie Hawn, who costarred with Chase in 1978's Foul Play, said in I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not, which aired on the network in January 2026. "We always had this chemistry that was just always there," Beverly D'Angelo, Chase's costar from the National Lampoon franchise, shared. Johnny Galecki, who costarred with Chase in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, added, "I spent most days in between scenes in his trailer with him and his makeup artist lead, listening to the filthiest jokes I've ever heard in my life." How Many Wives Has Chevy Chase Had? Inside His Marriage History Kevin Smith wasn't afraid to address the mixed headlines about Chase's past behavior. "You know, I was always kind of hoping with my heart, like, they don't get this guy, and when I met him, I understood perfectly that anything that I had ever read was probably true," Smith declared. Other commentators flat out called Chase an "asshole." "He might have been nasty to the other people, but he and I were like that," Saturday Night Live alum Garrett Morris weighed in. Scroll below for the biggest revelations from the documentary. Inside Chevy Chase's College Experience Chevy Chase, born Cornelius Crane Chase, attended Bard College in the '60s. He honed in on his musical talent in school, drumming for a jazz band featuring future Steely Dan members. "I first met Chevy in the dining commons at Bard. I noticed there was this buffoon at the table that would do very peculiar things," Chase's longtime friend Peter Aaron said in the doc, adding that the comedian would reach across the table for salt and purposefully knock over someone's cup of water. "Chevy often fell down flights of stairs and it wasn't by accident," Aaron continued. In college, Chase met Blythe Danner and they briefly dated. "Blythe Danner, that was my first real love," he confessed. "She's a great woman, and I'll always think highly of her." Chevy's brother, Ned Chase, also appeared in the film, offering commentary on his brother's relationship with Danner. "Blythe and Chevy had different paths post-college," Ned said. "Blythe is a very skilled actress, and Blythe's career took off almost immediately. Meanwhile, Chevy did not take off immediately." John Cederquist, Chevy's half-brother, shared some insight on one of Chevy's first big purchases when he was younger. "Our great-grandfather passed away and left an inheritance of eight grand, and Chevy took the whole amount and went and bought a used Rolls Royce," he said. "Played a big wig in that." Jason Merritt/Getty Images for PCA Chevy Chase's 'SNL' Costars Opened Up About Cocaine Use Chevy Chase was selected as a writer and cast member of the inaugural season of Saturday Night Live in 1975. "I wanted him to be a writer, but he really wanted to be in the cast, and I only had room for six people," creator Lorne Michaels said. It was pointed out in the doc that it was common for early SNL cast members to use cocaine, especially on Tuesdays when the group worked late to prepare for that week's show. Former SNL writer Alan Zweibel said castmates used cocaine "to help stay up as we made money." "I tried every powder and pill. We all did back then," SNL alum Dan Aykroyd admitted. Journalist James Andrew Miller explained, "The person they worried about the most was Chevy. He was doing a lot of drugs." "You have a disposable income you've never had, and the drug cocaine is not a friend of any person," SNL alum Rosie Shuster said. "Gilda [Radner] called it the devil's dandruff." "Handling a lot of fame really fast while on drugs when you don't have the strongest emotional foundation, that's a lot to stay balanced, to stay upright on your surfboard on such choppy surf," she added. Chevy's celebrity status continued to rise, and he noted that, "Feeling famous wasn't a big deal to me. I didn't care one way or the other really." Director Marina Zenovich could be heard off camera telling Chevy, "Let's start again so you say it in a complete sentence." "You bitch," Chevy quipped. "OK, I was on a bus, I looked up and there was a picture of me on the cover of New York Magazine and I realized, 'That's it. I'm famous.'" Chevy Chase's Marriage to Jacqueline Carlin Crumbled Chevy Chase opened up about his relationship with second wife Jacqueline Carlin and how it led to his decision to leave SNL. "Jacqueline, she was beautiful," he reflected. "I would show her picture to Lorne [Michaels]. Lorne would say, 'You don't love her.'" Chevy explained that Carlin would not move to NYC where he was shooting the show. "I was just off. I don't think I understood what I really wanted," he noted. Ultimately, Chevy chose to leave the show in 1976 in the middle of season 2. He married Carlin that same year. "It was shocking. We just st