Chevy Chase Speaks Out After Being Excluded From SNL50 Anniversary Special

Chevy Chase isn’t holding back when it comes to his feelings about being snubbed from SNL50: The Anniversary Special.

Nearly five decades after helping launch Saturday Night Live, the comedian is opening up about what he calls an “upsetting” exclusion from the milestone celebration — and admitting the snub stung more than fans may realize.

In CNN Films’ upcoming documentary I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not, the 82-year-old reflects on watching the February special unfold without him taking the stage alongside fellow original cast members.

“Well, it was kind of upsetting actually,” Chase says in the film, per Entertainment Weekly. “This is probably the first time I’m saying it. But I expected that I would’ve 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’t. No one asked me to. Why was I left aside?”

Chase — who famously served as the show’s first-ever “Weekend Update” anchor — also questioned his absence during one of the night’s most iconic segments. “Why was Bill Murray there and why was I not?” he asked. “I don’t have a...