Chevy Chase Fights Addiction to Pills

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. —  Comedian Chevy Chase, known for his slapstick humor and pratfalls, is addicted to painkillers and has entered a drug rehabilitation program, a spokeswoman said Friday.

Chase, who skyrocketed to fame along with the late John Belushi on the television satire series “Saturday Night Live,” entered the Betty Ford Center at Eisenhower Medical Center voluntarily several days ago, spokeswoman Pat Kingsley said.

“Chevy Chase entered the Betty Ford Center . . . to take care of a dependency on prescription drugs relating to chronic and long-term back problems,” Kingsley said.

She did not know how long the comedian would remain at the center.