Chevy Chase sparks backlash after telling documentary director she's not bright'

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"Chevy Chase has sparked uproar online after a clip from a new documentary about him went viral in which he tells the film's director that she is not bright enough to understand him. The 82-year-old comedian and actor, who was part of the inaugural Saturday Night Live cast in 1975, is the subject of the CNN documentary I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not. Near the start of the film, director Marina Zenovich tells him: I'm just trying to figure you out."

The Independent solicits donations to fund reporters on the ground covering issues such as reproductive rights, climate change and Big Tech, and states reporting remains free without paywalls. The piece reports on an 82-year-old Chevy Chase viral clip from CNN's documentary I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not, in which he tells director Marina Zenovich she is 'not bright enough' to understand him. Chase, a 1975 inaugural Saturday Night Live cast member and National Lampoon's Vacation star, later said he is complex, deep and easily hurt, and that he reacts spontaneously to people trying to figure him out.

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