{"id":2213471,"date":"2025-12-27T02:34:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T02:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2213471"},"modified":"2025-12-27T02:34:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T02:34:23","slug":"chevy-chase-has-basically-come-back-from-the-dead-after-2021-heart-scare-and-hospitalization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/chevy-chase-has-basically-come-back-from-the-dead-after-2021-heart-scare-and-hospitalization\/","title":{"rendered":"Chevy Chase &#8216;has basically come back from the dead&#8217; after 2021 heart scare and hospitalization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/chevy-chase-falls-off-stage-christmas-vacation-screening\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Chevy Chase;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Chevy Chase<\/a> is opening up about a health scare that landed him in the hospital for five weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In the upcoming documentary, &#8220;I\u2019m Chevy Chase and You\u2019re Not,&#8221; which will premiere Jan. 1 on celebrity.land, the 82-year-old actor and his family discuss his stay in the hospital after a heart issue, with his daughter, Caley, saying, &#8220;[He] has basically come back from the dead,&#8221; per <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/tv\/news\/chevy-chase-coma-heart-failure-1236617462\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Variety;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Variety<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Something was wrong, and he couldn\u2019t explain to me what was wrong. So, we go to the ER. His heart stops,&#8221; Chase\u2019s wife, Jayni, said in the documentary. &#8220;During those years he was drinking, he got cardiomyopathy; when the heart muscles get weaker, and they can\u2019t pump as much blood out with each beat.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">His longtime friend, Peter Aaron, also appeared in the documentary, revealing that, after his heart issue, doctors &#8220;decided to put him into a coma for maybe eight days.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Chase discussed his 2021 health scare in his new documentary.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/snl-cast-member-devon-walker-describes-show-toxic-hell-farewell-message\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:'Snl' Cast Member Devon Walker Describes Show As 'Toxic As Hell' In Farewell Message;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><strong>&#8216;Snl&#8217; Cast Member Devon Walker Describes Show As &#8216;Toxic As Hell&#8217; In Farewell Message<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">His daughter explained doctors then advised the family to &#8220;prepare yourselves for the worst,&#8221; telling them, &#8220;We might not get him back,&#8221; and, even if they did, &#8220;we don&#8217;t know how present he&#8217;ll be.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS\/mvaj7wvj\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Read On The Fox News App;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><strong><u>Read On The Fox News App<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The actor <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/chevy-chase-five-week-hospital-heart-issue\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:spent five weeks in the hospital;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">spent five weeks in the hospital<\/a> in 2021 after his health scare, although he didn&#8217;t elaborate on the nature of his illness at the time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;These are my first few days home. I can only say how happy I am to now be back with my family. I\u2019m feeling good,&#8221; <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/03\/22\/chevy-chase-is-home-after-hospital-stay-for-heart-issue\/?utm_campaign=iphone_nyp&amp;utm_source=Slack\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:he told Page Six;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><u>he told Page Six<\/u><\/a> at the time. &#8220;I was in the hospital five weeks. A heart issue. So, for now, I\u2019m around the house. Not going anywhere.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Chase previously spoke about his diagnosis of alcohol cardiomyopathy, a condition characterized by a weakening of the heart muscle caused by excessive drinking, in 2018, when speaking to The Washington Post.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"The original cast of &quot;Saturday Night Live&quot; in a promotional shoot in 1975.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/o_3to6xLzbbndSVgaGBx4w--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/fox_news_text_979\/21449083d58db11221e09c1e0c272e1b\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Chase was a member of the original cast of &#8220;Saturday Night Live.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters?cmpid=fnfirstnl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Click Here To Sign Up For The Entertainment Newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><strong>Click Here To Sign Up For The Entertainment Newsletter<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Heart failure is what it is,&#8221; Chase said in the documentary, adding he &#8220;is fine now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The &#8220;National Lampoon&#8217;s Vacation&#8221; star had his breakthrough in Hollywood as one of the original cast members of &#8220;Saturday Night Live.&#8221; He became the first cast member to leave the show, making his exit at the end of the first season with hopes of pursuing a music career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In February, the popular sketch comedy show <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/blake-lively-ryan-reynolds-snl50-appearance-could-undercut-any-claim-emotional-distress-expert\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:celebrated its 50th anniversary;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">celebrated its 50th anniversary<\/a> with a three-hour live special featuring current and former cast members coming together to celebrate some of the show&#8217;s most iconic moments. Noticeably left out of the celebration was Chase, who attended but didn&#8217;t participate in a bit on stage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;It was kind of upsetting, actually,&#8221; he said in the documentary. &#8220;This is probably the first time I\u2019m saying it. But I expected that I would\u2019ve been on the stage too with all the other actors. When Garrett [Morris] and Laraine [Newman] went on the stage there, I was curious as to why I didn\u2019t. No one asked me to. Why was I left aside?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Like What You\u2019re Reading? Click Here For More Entertainment News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><strong>Like What You\u2019re Reading? Click Here For More Entertainment News<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Chevy Chase and his wife Jayni Chase on the red carpet at the SNL50 Anniversary Celebration in February 2025.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/gNB94OsEdTyaDkPxFG4tOA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/fox_news_text_979\/edbdbc0e343525b84b9022ed82f11941\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Chase admitted to feeling hurt that he wasn&#8217;t included in the &#8220;SNL50: The Anniversary Special.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Chase added he reached out to &#8220;SNL&#8221; creator <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/lorne-michaels-snl-retirement-plans\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Lorne Michaels;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Lorne Michaels<\/a> about being excluded but said he took it back and played it off as a joke. But, in reality, he felt as if &#8220;somebody made a mistake, and that &#8220;they should\u2019ve had me on that stage. It hurt.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Click Here To Download The Fox News App;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><strong>Click Here To Download The Fox News App<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Original article source:<\/em> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/chevy-chase-basically-came-back-from-dead-after-2021-heart-scare-hospitalization\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Chevy Chase 'has basically come back from the dead' after 2021 heart scare and hospitalization;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Chevy Chase &#8216;has basically come back from the dead&#8217; after 2021 heart scare and hospitalization<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chevy Chase is opening up about a health scare that landed him in the hospital for five weeks. In the upcoming documentary, &#8220;I\u2019m Chevy Chase and You\u2019re Not,&#8221; which will premiere Jan. 1 on celebrity.land, the 82-year-old actor and his family discuss his stay in the hospital after a heart issue, with his daughter, Caley, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2213472,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[346890,341733],"class_list":["post-2213471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-chevy-chase","tag-health-scare"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Chevy-Chase-has-basically-come-back-from-the-dead-after.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2213471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2213471"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2213471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2213473,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2213471\/revisions\/2213473"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2213472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2213471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2213471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2213471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}