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Beverly D’Angelo’s CONFESSION is SHATTERING the wholesome image of a beloved holiday classic—and exposing a SHOCKING act of on-set sabotage that stayed hidden for DECADES.
The actress has finally admitted to a JARRINGLY INAPPROPRIATE and UNSCRIPTED physical act she performed on Chevy Chase during the filming of “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.” In a scene where police storm the Griswold home, D’Angelo REVEALS she deliberately GRABBED Chase’s crotch as the cameras rolled—a move she HID from the director and FORCED into the final cut.
“I threw that in. That was DEFINITIVELY improvised,” D’Angelo bragged to Fox News Digital. “All in one take.” What she’s not saying? This was a CALCULATED power play. With only ONE take left, she KNEW the producers were trapped. “They didn’t have a choice,” she admitted, exposing the RAW manipulation behind Hollywood’s so-called “family fun.”
The story gets DARKER. Chase himself reportedly told her, “You can’t do that,” predicting the move would be cut. But D’Angelo, smirking, told him no one would be looking at her hand. She WAS WRONG. For 35 years, millions of families have unwittingly watched this crude gag, a testament to how ONE actor’s rogue decision can CORRUPT a piece of cultural history.
But the film’s disturbing secrets don’t end there. D’Angelo casually revealed a GRIM animal welfare scandal: the first trained squirrel allegedly DIED from stress, forcing crews to use a “relatively wild” replacement. The message is clear: in the pursuit of our nostalgic laughs, REAL SUFFERING was an acceptable cost.
D’Angelo claims her act was about “guarding the family jewels,” but the truth is far more sinister. This was a blatant violation of professional boundaries, an assault disguised as comedy, and a stark warning about who REALLY holds power on a film set. It forces us to ask: what other VILE secrets are lurking in our most cherished “family” movies?
We’ve been laughing at a scene born from DECEPTION and disrespect for over three decades. The curtain has been pulled back, and the innocent Christmas tradition you thought you knew is FOREVER tainted.




