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Are Cheech and Chong best friends

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Mia Russell

Published Apr 09, 2026

‘We were never best friends. We were more like brothers,’ Cheech writes. ‘As brothers, we could love and hate with equal intensity, but we always had each other’s backs – because we were brothers.

Are Cheech and Chong still best friends?

Richard “Cheech” Marin is best known as half of the pioneering stoner comedy duo, Cheech and Chong. … The act and their friendship faded, and Cheech went on to success with projects like the TV cop show “Nash Bridges.” Cheech and Chong reunited in 2008 for a tour, and they continue to perform around the country.

Why are Cheech and Chong not friends?

Despite the fact that the interpersonal drama didn’t affect their chemistry as comedy partners, the offstage rivalry became too much to take. In a Talks at Google interview in 2017, Cheech noted that “[Chong] wanted to be the director and the sole writer….