Former Saturday Night Live star Chevy Chase shared some new stories about fellow alum John Belushi, and among them was an allegation of stolen drugs. Chase and Belushi have the distinction of being two of the original seven cast members of the long-running sketch comedy series that continues to air new episodes to this day. The two were friends, though Chase says there was a situation where his Belushi pilfered his vial of cocaine from him on the set of SNL.

Speaking with Bill Maher for the Club Random podcast, Chase says he’d brought some cocaine with him which he had left on the piano he was playing. Virtually right in front of him, Belushi allegedly took the coke while Chase was focused on his hands. Chase suggests Belushi denied this when confronted, but he was able to figure out what happened soon afterward.

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“Anyway, I had it (cocaine) on the piano of the stage. So I’m just playing the piano, the crowd isn’t in yet, and it’s just sitting. After I played just a little bit, it’s gone. I had no idea how. Obviously, I was looking at my hands at the moment that John swooped in and took it. So I immediately said, ‘Belush, did you take my coke?’ ‘No, what are you talking about?’ So about a month later, I’m invited to dinner at John and Judy’s apartment and I see my little vial empty and washed, just sitting on a shelf by the books.”

Chevy Chase Learned from ‘Media Jackals’ That John Belushi Died

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Sadly, it has since become much more clear just how badly Belushi was struggling with drug abuse. The comedian died in 1982 when he was just 33 years old. In the interview with Maher, Chase also recalls how he found out Belushi passed, revealing how he and his wife were surprised by what Maher referred to as “media jackals” coming to his door looking for comments. Chase then compares the situation to John Candy’s passing, noting how those two losses had been especially painful for him.

The full conversation with Chase is currently streaming for Club Random with Bill Maher subscribers. The episode will be made widely available on Sunday, Oct. 16.

“And that morning, Jayni, my wife and I were in our house and there was knock on the door and I opened the door and there was, it seemed like 12 news people. ‘Media jackals,’ well put. ‘How do you feel about the death of John?’ I didn’t know yet, that John Belushi died. It just shocked me. There I was stuck with these people - ‘Can we come in Mr. Chase and take your clothes off?’ I don’t know what. What a horrible thing. And when John Candy died. John Candy was not a drug abuser. Those were two of my best friends who died that I really felt awful.”