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Are Cheech and Chong a couple

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Sarah Rodriguez

Published Mar 11, 2026

Richard Anthony “Cheech” Marin (born July 13, 1946) is an American activist, actor, musician, art collector, stand-up comedian and writer who gained recognition as part of the comedy act Cheech & Chong during the 1970s and early 1980s with Tommy Chong and as Don Johnson’s partner, Insp.

Is Cheech and Chong a couple?

Richard Anthony “Cheech” Marin (born July 13, 1946) is an American activist, actor, musician, art collector, stand-up comedian and writer who gained recognition as part of the comedy act Cheech & Chong during the 1970s and early 1980s with Tommy Chong and as Don Johnson’s partner, Insp.

Did Cheech and Chong like each other?

‘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 together?

In a 2020 interview with All Out Show, he called his current relationship with Marin “great.” He also noted that he had been “really really hurt” by their break, but admitted it was “probably [his] fault” as he had become “a bit of a megalomaniac when it came to the movies.” After “stewing around the house for a couple …

Were Cheech and Chong actually high?

Cheech Marin was always high While Marin is an unabashed user and proponent of cannabis, he was rarely if ever high while actually performing, as Marin actually takes his art quite seriously. According to the Wrap, he has said that he “didn’t get stoned making the record, [and was] never stoned on stage.”