Chevy Chase's Mom Allegedly Abused Him

Source: @StreamOnCNN/YouTubeChevy Chase left nothing unsaid in his new CNN documentary.

Chevy Chase spilled it all in his new CNN documentary.

In I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not, which premiered on New Year's Day, the 82-year-old actor laid everything on the table - from his Saturday Night Live days to his infamous ousting from Community.

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

The National Lampoon's Vacation 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 issues. Bad ones... But she was physically abusive to me."His wife, Jayni Chase, recalled, "The first time we stayed together, the first time I went to wake him up, he shuddered. And he explained, 'Well, my mother would wake me up slapping me,' from the time he was a little guy."

Chevy Chase Allegedly Drank Alcohol While Working on 'Community'

Source: @StreamOnCNN/YouTubeChevy Chase starred in the NBC sitcom starting in 2009.

According to Jayni, Chevy was regarded as "an old f---" on Community."His castmates, they were so much younger, and they were just living a very different life," she added.

Elsewhere in I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not, Jayni recounted she used to buy a "six-pack" of organic red wine while her husband was working on Community."And after about four days, it was gone," she observed. "I pointed it out to Chevy probably five different times ... And then he didn't like me pointing it out to him, because the beast of addiction starts taking over."Jayni explained, "But alcoholism is a whole different level, it really takes over, and that was hard for him to stop. Chevy was functional, I didn't realize it right away."Their daughter Caley Chase also noticed Chevy's alcohol use, telling the matriarch, "Mom, I think he's drinking on set."

Inside the Fallout That Led to Chevy Chase's Firing From 'Community'

Source: @StreamOnCNN/YouTubeChevy Chase made a brief return in 2014.

The new CNN documentary also focused on Chevy's meltdown that led to his firing from Community. Director Jay Chandrasekhar recalled the incident happened during a scene intended to feature a "blackface" hand puppet routine."The character is a little tone-deaf ... Had it 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 those 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 costar apologized.

When Chevy returned, 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 responded, "For what?"News of the "racial incident" emerged afterward when someone on set leaked what happened to The Hollywood Reporter "at two in the f------ morning.""Chevy came storming onto the set, saying, 'Who f----- me over? My career is ruined! I'm ruined! Like, it's a full meltdown. 'F--- all of you!'" Jay continued.

Production halted after the fallout, and Chevy was ultimately fired from the show after Season 4 in 2013. He briefly returned in 2014.

Chevy Chase's History of Drug Use

Source: @StreamOnCNN/YouTubeChevy Chase's former costars shared their thoughts about his cocaine use.

Chevy's SNL costars also appeared in the CNN documentary, each of them discussing the Caddyshack actor's cocaine use.

Former SNL writer Alan Zweibel admitted "to help stay up as [they] made money, people were doing drugs."Dan Aykroyd confirmed he tried "every powder and pill," confessing, "We all did back then.""The person they worried about the most was Chevy. He was doing a lot of drugs," journalist James Andrew Miller elaborated.

Chevy Chase 'Prefers to Be Liked'

Source: @StreamOnCNN/YouTubeSeveral stars shared their experiences working with Chevy Chase.

While Chevy is seen as difficult by some colleagues, the Foul Play star clarified he just prefers "to be liked, not disliked, like all of us.""I don't know what to say about the people who don't like me, except f--- 'em. What can you say about something like that? I can't say they're misunderstanding me. Because maybe they're not, by their standard," he said in the CNN documentary.

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