The actor recently checked into rehab at the Hazelden Addiction Treatment Center in Minnesota, according to People.
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“(Chase) wants to be the best that he can be”, the rep told the gossip website, referring to his rehab stint as a “tune-up”.
Movie star Chevy Chase has checked into a U.S. rehab facility for treatment for an alcohol problem.
His representative confirmed the actor was getting help for an “alcohol-related problem”, which she described as a “tune-up”.
Chase’s publicist Heidi Schaeffer said Monday that Chase is at Hazelden Addiction Treatment Center for what she calls a “tuneup” in his recovery.
The issue occurred when he was a cast member on “Saturday Night Live”.
He previously sought treatment for addiction to prescription painkillers back in 1986.
In 2010, Mr Chase told Esquire magazine that when it came to drugs, he had always been “pretty low-level”.
‘I never shot things up or freebased.
The 72-year-old’s latest project, Dog Years, in which he stars alongside Burt Reynolds, is now being filmed. He went to Betty Ford in the 80’s.
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In 2012, Chase abruptly left the sitcom Community after a public feud with Dan Harmon, the show’s creator and former executive producer.
