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Chevy Chase admits in his new book that he suffered mental and physical abuse at the hands of his unstable mother for years. Cruel beatings and name calling were an everyday experience for the actor/comedian when he was growing up.

“I lived in fear all the time – deathly fear,” Chase says in a new authorized biography, “I’m Chevy Chase . . . And You’re Not,” by Rena Fruchter. It reveals that Chase’s concert-pianist mother, Cathalene, was a “very unhappy woman” who suffered from depression and panic attacks that could set her off at a moment’s notice. They had her locking young Chevy in a closet for hours at a time and waking him up in the middle of the night to slap him “continually and hard, across the face,” Chase tells the author. “I don’t remember what it was for, or what I had done.” (source)

God damn. Fletch had it hard. Kinda like I am for Gail Stanwyck (Dana Wheeler-Nicholson) from Fletch. I don’t mean to make light of Chevy’s tough time, but if I had a nickel for everytime I’ve heard that story. Plus, have a thing for wet married women. God awful mess. You should see my shoes. Whiick. The best Flecth quote in the comments wins a free Fatback T-shirt or my name isn’t Harvey Poon.