Overview
- At 82, Chase praises wife Jayni, 67, calling her the most honest person he has met and sharing affectionate details in PEOPLE.
- The CNN documentary, I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not, presents a deeper look at his life, career, and family.
- The couple met on the 1981 film Under the Rainbow and married in 1982, later welcoming daughters Cydney, Caley, and Emily.
- The film confirms he developed cardiomyopathy in 2021, experienced heart failure, spent weeks hospitalized, and was in a coma for about eight days.
- During promotion, Jayni publicly defended him, urging critics to “dial it back” and saying he is not an “a**hole.”