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Comedian Chevy Chase, known for his slapstick humor and pratfalls, is addicted to painkillers and has checked into the Betty Ford drug

rehabilitation center, a spokeswoman said Friday.

Chase, 43, who skyrocketed to fame along with the late John Belushi on the TV satire series ”Saturday Night Live,” voluntarily entered the drug program at the Eisenhower Medical Center 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.