Chevy Chase is back in rehab for an alcohol-related ‘tune-up’

Chevy Chase has checked into a Minnesota addiction center for an alcohol issue, according to his rep.

“Saturday Night Live’s� original “Weekend Update� host checked into the Hazelden Addiction Treatment Center recently, his publicist confirmed Tuesday. “He is there for an alcohol-related tune-up because he wants to be the best he can be,� she said.

Chase, 72, went to rehab for drug treatment in California in the ‘80s, but told Esquire in 2010, “I never shot things up or freebased. I was pretty low-level when it came to drug abuse. I checked myself into the Betty Ford Clinic after my nose started to hurt.�

The “Community� and “Vacation� actor has two movies slated for release this year: “Dog Years,� with Burt Reynolds and Ariel Winter, and “The Christmas Apprentice.�

TMZ was the first to report the news Monday.

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