The Dark Side of Hollywood Icon Jerry Lewis | Vanity Fair

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  • Опубликовано: 23 янв 2025

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  • @michaelbrinks8089
    @michaelbrinks8089 2 года назад +454

    Someone said......Money doesn't change you, it reveals who you are when you no longer have to be nice.

    • @annmariemccooey6731
      @annmariemccooey6731 Год назад +11

      Well said.

    • @revelation12_1
      @revelation12_1 Год назад +9

      For the love of money is the root of all evil.

    • @chrisoverka7341
      @chrisoverka7341 Год назад +4

      Stfu- money has nothing to do with anything- people suck because they suck- I've never had a dime but what's with these cliches- dum down talk

    • @JD-hy2pg
      @JD-hy2pg 4 месяца назад

      Excellent.

    • @kellyalexis80
      @kellyalexis80 3 месяца назад

      Yessss

  • @earlgray7003
    @earlgray7003 2 года назад +653

    Contrast Lewis against Don Rickles' personality. Rickles was a sweet guy who pretended to be a jerk. Lewis was a jerk who pretended to be sweet-natured.

    • @DavidPatersonPortraits
      @DavidPatersonPortraits Год назад +34

      Rickles knew all bout Lewis.

    • @Bearintheair
      @Bearintheair Год назад +42

      I knew Don through his family. It’s true Don was an angel. A true stand up guy.

    • @henryottis295
      @henryottis295 Год назад +3

      ​@@DavidPatersonPortraits
      What did he know ?
      Can you elaborate?

    • @johnnysmoke1442
      @johnnysmoke1442 Год назад

      @@Bearintheair Don was a Racist !

    • @WVgrl59
      @WVgrl59 Год назад +10

      And was a Harvey Weinstein

  • @lifeenvironments
    @lifeenvironments Год назад +1628

    My ex-father-in-law worked for him as a guard. Said he was one of the most abusive, classless and disrespectful people he knew. He quit and never looked back.

    • @RangerJohnreid
      @RangerJohnreid Год назад +184

      He was a monster. All of Hollywood knew that. Dean wasn’t like that. You can’t blame him for leaving.

    • @thomasmargolis6057
      @thomasmargolis6057 Год назад +74

      Interviews with at least 1 son following his death confirms the general sense of him. Hooray for hollywood.

    • @helwigtwin
      @helwigtwin Год назад +85

      I find these stories very sad!

    • @moonroxxit
      @moonroxxit Год назад +49

      yup. I worked in H for 8 years and heard about “Jerry’s kids.”

    • @carolmarkel9171
      @carolmarkel9171 Год назад +135

      Same…my mother-in-law and father-in-law were his cook and driver/gardener and they didn’t stay long because he was so verbally abusive and demeaning.

  • @Seadog..C5
    @Seadog..C5 Год назад +1395

    It would be easier to do a story on who wasn't a psychopath in Hollywood

    • @jlms69
      @jlms69 Год назад +82

      Who wasn’t, and who isn’t, also.
      I stopped watching Hollywood movies 20 years ago… not a regret in the world. My IQ went up 20 points

    • @appledoreman
      @appledoreman Год назад +36

      @@jlms69 I stopped watching them 30 years ago. Whenever I do relent - usually on someone's recommendation - I'm struck by the soullessness that permeates them & wonder why others don't notice it.

    • @aedsell
      @aedsell Год назад +24

      I pray we never hear such things about Ryan Reynolds.

    • @jhoughjr1
      @jhoughjr1 Год назад

      I think the boomers idolizing them explains a lot of what is wrong with the world

    • @kuri369kuri
      @kuri369kuri Год назад +31

      Ya know, the more stories that come out about the depravity of these psychopaths the shorter my list of movies I would watch gets.

  • @charleshammer2928
    @charleshammer2928 Год назад +631

    These women have ABSOLUTELY NOT ONE PENNY to gain financially, not one penny, that ship sailed long ago. What possible reason could they have for making these terrible accusations? I believe them 100%.

    • @milliemouse6525
      @milliemouse6525 Год назад +46

      Of course! Just look at how he treated his kids!

    • @henryottis295
      @henryottis295 Год назад +28

      ​@@milliemouse6525
      And his poor wife.
      She lived in fear.

    • @milliemouse6525
      @milliemouse6525 Год назад +17

      @henryottis295 yes but it's not uncommon to 'hate' your wife but your KIDS? Monster and to think I used to love him ☹️!

    • @henryottis295
      @henryottis295 Год назад +7

      @@milliemouse6525
      I grew up going to the movies as a young child to see him at the theatre.
      Looking back you would actually have to be very young to see his films and enjoy them.

    • @thomasc3877
      @thomasc3877 Год назад +1

      desperate to feel like somebody important????? pathetic!

  • @nessamargaret
    @nessamargaret 2 года назад +603

    I helped Jerry Lewis when I worked at Aaron Bros Art Mart in Las Vegas when he came in to pick up some framed art. He was rude, impatient and entitled. I’m so glad these women’s stores are coming out and hope they can find peace.

    • @aaacomp1
      @aaacomp1 2 года назад

      It's far more likely that you are incompetent and slow.

    • @HMMELD
      @HMMELD Год назад +6

      This takes to a whole new level

    • @gardensofthegods
      @gardensofthegods Год назад +4

      Vanessa I do believe it .

    • @peterlawrence8665
      @peterlawrence8665 Год назад +4

      I believe these victim of prey

    • @outlawedTV88
      @outlawedTV88 Год назад +1

      and Disney Company knew this all along. They even support this behavior to this very day. Hollywood is very dark and evil place. You cannot be a part of that place if you yourself were not evil.

  • @fairylovr33
    @fairylovr33 2 года назад +819

    My father was put into an orphanage at the age of 10 after his father died and jerry came to see the kids one day. My dad LOVED him he was so excited about Jerry coming. He came walked down the hall smoking his cigarette and was in a foul mood. After his cigarette was done he flung it to the floor and stepped on it smooshing it into the newly cleaned floor (just for him!) turned around scowling at the kids and left. My father was absolutely heart broken by this. Seems he was an awful awful entitled narcissistic man. Shame on him.

    • @cynthianewman6314
      @cynthianewman6314 2 года назад +71

      Could be that's why Martin and Lewis broke up.

    • @justice-jb5ld
      @justice-jb5ld 2 года назад +78

      @@cynthianewman6314 I’m sure that’s the principal reason why they broke their act, wasn’t funny anyway.
      Dean Martin was great but Jerry Lewis wasn’t.

    • @fairylovr33
      @fairylovr33 2 года назад +35

      @@justice-jb5ld yes my father also really liked/likes Dean Martin. He’s always walking around or sitting around the house singing that’s amore. I love it and always loved it growing up.

    • @cornballsack6271
      @cornballsack6271 2 года назад +6

      as are most of us presidents

    • @skatee99
      @skatee99 2 года назад +36

      I can not express in words the deep respect I have for these women, being brave enough to come forward with this. And also, the deep remorse for what they unfairly went through. I loved Jerry Lewis as an entainer when I was younger, but looking at him, his personality, his persona through the eyes now of wisdom and time, I can clearly (and sadly) see what kind of man (which disgraced men), he really was.

  • @PeaceNYC2011
    @PeaceNYC2011 2 года назад +477

    So horrid. My deepest respect for these women who came forward--what they were put through is intolerable.

    • @orbanfurer
      @orbanfurer Год назад +14

      My mother-in-law worked for him as a personal manager. Said he was one of the most abusive, classless and disrespectful people he knew. She quit and never looked back.

    • @vickieelisa2248
      @vickieelisa2248 Год назад +12

      Very brave for her to tell her story after carrying such fear, terror, abuse, anger, depression all because of these predators. You are a survivor.

    • @HMMELD
      @HMMELD Год назад +7

      @@vickieelisa2248 They have no reason to lie about it. At least they got their stories out without fear of retribution, dragging their names thru mud, called liars - unlike the Cosby women.

    • @johnreidy2804
      @johnreidy2804 Год назад +1

      @@vickieelisa2248 Not at all brave to tell stories about an alleged event that she says took place over 60 years ago. Why didn't she mention it when Lewis was alive? Uh huh

    • @johnreidy2804
      @johnreidy2804 Год назад

      @@HMMELD she has every reason to lie about it

  • @stevenleslie8557
    @stevenleslie8557 2 года назад +910

    I loved him as a kid, but lost all respect for him as an adult. It's sad how he treated his family. Not leaving them anything when he died was the ultimate added insult to injury!

    • @mrbrucewayne631
      @mrbrucewayne631 2 года назад +31

      I thought that too at first, but then realized that the idea of not leaving anything to his family may have been a tax dodge... there may be other ways to leave them money via a laundering method of giving to another tax exempt organization that then can give to another org and get back to the family without losing to the inheritance tax

    • @karenborley6349
      @karenborley6349 2 года назад +64

      I liked bing Crosby when I was a child,then read recently he would beat his children with a belt.the mother was a drunk.he was cruel to his young children.dont like him now and won't watch any of his films.

    • @blancamiranda778
      @blancamiranda778 2 года назад +25

      U CAN'T KNOW THAT ITS A WOLF IN SHEEP CLOTHING 🐺🔥

    • @marksmith7425
      @marksmith7425 2 года назад +37

      @@karenborley6349 I read that years ago karen and he was a monster and if that happened today he would have been spending a long time behind bars.

    • @karenborley6349
      @karenborley6349 2 года назад

      Mark Smith.read about errol flynn aswell.he was a walking STD and not a good husband.

  • @xena2shoes
    @xena2shoes 2 года назад +297

    “I’m different now” 😢 the stripping of someone else’s innocence and hope is just one of the worst evils

    • @militaryvetandfather
      @militaryvetandfather 2 года назад +1

      Yeah that was a good touch at the end. It made her sound a bit more believable without a shred of evidence!

    • @MrVimtomelon
      @MrVimtomelon 5 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@militaryvetandfatherHow Jerry Lewis treated everyone around him is enough evidence

  • @memonk11
    @memonk11 2 года назад +232

    No one I've known who met Jerry Lewis ever had something nice to say about him.

    • @DexterHaven
      @DexterHaven 2 года назад +24

      What about his kids? They were disinherited. That tells you something as well.

    • @theonemodifier
      @theonemodifier Год назад +5

      The Jerry Lewis telethon was nice

    • @dakotahstr
      @dakotahstr 7 месяцев назад +2

      I met Jerry. I love him,he was courteous.

    • @orgafelaforeginatum
      @orgafelaforeginatum 5 месяцев назад

      @@dakotahstrwere you a real hot chick? Then of course your first and only meeting would be like that…

  • @courteous01
    @courteous01 Год назад +269

    He sure played that funny, endearing, lovable character quite well. A true Jekyll and Hyde.

    • @scotnick59
      @scotnick59 Год назад +1

      That is too nice; he was a real Azzhole to boot

    • @kyereCat
      @kyereCat Год назад +12

      I saw signs of selfishness when he was being himself.

    • @graphicbrew
      @graphicbrew Год назад +2

      Bill Cosby > Dr. Huxtable

    • @ChrisKay54
      @ChrisKay54 Год назад +1

      Actors acting actually.

    • @gardensofthegods
      @gardensofthegods Год назад +2

      And yet oddly enough decades ago on David Letterman , I saw Jerry Lewis as a guest put Letterman in his place and talk down to him saying " I know it's hard to be nice when you're feeling miserable " ... I doubt those are the exact words but he said something along those lines and David Letterman put his head down in shame
      ... but here the funny thing is , it wasn't just Lettermen who could be a creep at times because obviously somebody should have given that same speech to Jerry Lewis in front of millions to watch .
      I don't know if there's a film clip of that anywhere on RUclips .

  • @Carpenterdane
    @Carpenterdane 2 года назад +127

    After he divorced his 1st wife, he treated his sons terrible. I liked Dean Martin, but never liked Jerry Lewis.

    • @sheilagravely5621
      @sheilagravely5621 2 года назад +10

      that? Adored him all my life, until I saw him in an interview sometime before he died. He talked about his children and other stuff with such venom and I was completely shocked. It was like Jekyll turning into hyde. I lost all respect and love that day.😪

    • @padfolio
      @padfolio 2 года назад +12

      He said in an interview that when he was addicted to pain killers, he was going to commit suicide. He was in his bathroom and had a gun in his mouth, but he heard his kids laughing and running in the hallway and that snapped him out of it. You would think for basically saving his life that would be cause enough for him to leave them something.

    • @Michael-ro5cu
      @Michael-ro5cu 2 года назад +5

      It was a curse being one of "Jerry's Kids" similar to being in one of Jimmy Savile's homes for crippled children.

    • @wolfgangwoldt1941
      @wolfgangwoldt1941 8 месяцев назад +7

      Dean Martin, by all accounts, was a lovely guy.

    • @Kathryn-qs1tb
      @Kathryn-qs1tb 4 месяца назад

      Especially with that showboating Labor Day telethon. Ugh

  • @alphasxsignal
    @alphasxsignal 2 года назад +1164

    My heart goes out to these ladies.

    • @kascade9145
      @kascade9145 2 года назад

      You are a sucker

    • @caravanrose
      @caravanrose 2 года назад +1

      Likewise.
      Hard not to notice a pattern with Hollywood abusers like Weinstein, Polanski, Ezra Miller, Adam Venit, Jeffrey Katzenberg & Jerry "Lewis" Levitch.

    • @lindasloat2794
      @lindasloat2794 2 года назад +20

      It wasn't bad at ALL...OR THEY WOULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING WHEN IT SUPPOSEDLY HAPPENED. LEAVE THE DEAD ALONE. IT'S ALL HEARSAY...

    • @caravanrose
      @caravanrose 2 года назад +1

      @@lindasloat2794 no sloat, you don't know 💩

    • @militaryvetandfather
      @militaryvetandfather 2 года назад +17

      Your heart goes out to these ladies for what? Is it because if this story is true they said nothing for years so it could happen to others? Or is it because they now have the courage to come forward and accuse a dead guy that cannot defend his name?

  • @HisWordisLife4U
    @HisWordisLife4U 2 года назад +556

    My Dad worked with Jerry Lewis on the telethon in Seattle. He had a reputation for being an egomaniac. My father avoided him and thought he was weird. He said Jerry should have been put in jail for what he did to these poor women.

    • @Jesus_Saves777_
      @Jesus_Saves777_ 2 года назад +10

      The pupose of telethon was to collect money to serve devil not to help humanity!

    • @HisWordisLife4U
      @HisWordisLife4U 2 года назад +16

      @@Jesus_Saves777_ Hmmm. They didn't share that with the staff.

    • @taroman7100
      @taroman7100 2 года назад

      Truly hideous man. Bizarre in character.

    • @jimwhite2743
      @jimwhite2743 2 года назад

      there was something wrong with lewis - he was mean as could be to people - the women he raped he should have been in prison for life -

    • @HisWordisLife4U
      @HisWordisLife4U 2 года назад +5

      @@jimwhite2743 Why was he so mean? He had wealth and fame and talent.

  • @NBZW
    @NBZW Год назад +166

    Tip of the iceberg my friends, that’s Hollywood. My grandmothers younger sister was a bit part actress in the 30-50s. The stories she told my grandparents were sickening, it’s worse now with all the drugs involved.

    • @azsunburns
      @azsunburns Год назад +14

      They had plenty of prescribed drugs then too

    • @NBZW
      @NBZW Год назад +8

      @@azsunburns Coke was the drug of choice at the time.

    • @azsunburns
      @azsunburns Год назад

      @@NBZW so were numerous other prescribed easy to get pills. Research the long history amphetamines, Ritalin and Adderall

    • @joederocco9321
      @joederocco9321 Год назад

      tell more

    • @Nicks_Pix
      @Nicks_Pix Год назад +2

      @@NBZW Bendzedrine (Bennies) was more prevalent than coke at this time because it was more easily obtainable.

  • @EricWalterMovesBetweenWorlds
    @EricWalterMovesBetweenWorlds 2 года назад +513

    Always thought he was creepy and never thought he was funny. These stories are disturbing and heartbreaking. I am so sorry for what these women endured. 😢

    • @None-zc5vg
      @None-zc5vg 2 года назад +11

      Think: Bob Hope

    • @grizzlybear4
      @grizzlybear4 Год назад +19

      Yes. I always thought his attempts at being funny were just icky.

    • @videorocketzmillar007milla5
      @videorocketzmillar007milla5 Год назад +20

      Mom made us watch his movies. She laughed. I never did. Always felt like he was fake. Always knew.

    • @daydays12
      @daydays12 Год назад +17

      I agree - creepy and not funny.

    • @ChrisKay54
      @ChrisKay54 Год назад +9

      Forced laughs. Like at the end of a switch blade.

  • @g3everex
    @g3everex 2 года назад +106

    As a kid I thought he was funny. When I got older I wondered how Dean Martin stood him all those years. I couldn’t stand how he tried to act funny then act all snobby. Dean was a class act. Jerry was a POS!

    • @laurabeane8862
      @laurabeane8862 2 года назад

      It reminds me of all the s*t Robert Culp took on the set of "I Spy" for divorcing his wife in the 1960's. Bill Cosby of all people gave him a ration of sh*t for being true to himself.

  • @wilchambers1401
    @wilchambers1401 2 года назад +281

    Jack Benny who loved everyone couldn't stand Jerry Lewis. Don Rickels once said.

    • @200991602
      @200991602 2 года назад +31

      I love Jack Benny forever

    • @DorianLS
      @DorianLS 2 года назад +30

      Jack Benny was great!

    • @michaelcipriano1713
      @michaelcipriano1713 2 года назад +38

      Neither could Bing Crosby. He hated Lewis.

    • @randycox3522
      @randycox3522 2 года назад +20

      @@michaelcipriano1713 another great father figure

    • @jeffpagan7735
      @jeffpagan7735 2 года назад

      he seemed like a d

  • @peterfranks6243
    @peterfranks6243 Год назад +148

    As an Irishman living in Dublin Ireland, I grew up with Norman Wisdom. A British genius of slapstick comedy, a very successful movie star and devoted husband and father. He was in every way the complete opposite of Jerry Lewis in private life.

    • @CharlieBrown-c5x
      @CharlieBrown-c5x Год назад +6

      Listen to Fenella Fielding talking about NW.

    • @aiai-j7i
      @aiai-j7i Год назад +1

      You don't know that. That is the whole point of this video...

    • @peterfranks6243
      @peterfranks6243 Год назад +1

      @@aiai-j7i i don't know what pal ?

    • @paulweir5031
      @paulweir5031 Год назад

      Wisdom was about as funny as Ted Rogers.

    • @peterfranks6243
      @peterfranks6243 Год назад

      @@paulweir5031 everyone to their own

  • @Aristotelezz
    @Aristotelezz 2 года назад +1843

    Judging by the way JL treated his own children these stories don't surprise me at all. Basically there is nothing at all funny about the man. He was a textbook sociopath.

    • @georgevavoulis4758
      @georgevavoulis4758 2 года назад

      How Hollywood overhyped these FAKES

    • @valerieneal2747
      @valerieneal2747 2 года назад

      ABSOLUTELY. HE WAS A NARCISSISTIC, CRUEL MONSTER.

    • @CJM-rg5rt
      @CJM-rg5rt 2 года назад

      This guy is a freaking lunatic! POS! AND I'm just basing this off his Wiki page. Listen to Labor Day by The Dead Milkmen, it's hilarious! I'm glad he was so physically sickly but that's not nearly enough.

    • @Lighthousepreserve
      @Lighthousepreserve 2 года назад +40

      R u a therapist? If not, I wldnt be wagging that label around.

    • @excalibur2024guy
      @excalibur2024guy 2 года назад

      I had no idea Lewis hurt women much less kids. I know that Bing Crosby was a big time child abuser.

  • @TheDianne888
    @TheDianne888 2 года назад +771

    Born in 1962, I grew up watching Jerry Lewis movies and I just adored him. When I was 20 years years old I worked at a Jewish delicatessen/restaurant in Toronto. One night around 12:30 am, Jerry Lewis came in with three other's, I couldn't believe it, Jerry Lewis, and I was his server and would ask for his autograph too! I said hello and welcomed them into the restaurant and asked what brought him into town. He looked at me so very unfriendly like and said, 'we're filming a movie here." His hair was dyed jet black and shining with what looked like a tube of Vaseline in it. I served them, brought the bill and he gave me a $10 tip which would be equal to $25 + change today. But because he was so cold and unfriendly, I no longer wanted his autograph, I found him to be a real jerk. Watching this video has repulsed me greatly. I'm so sorry for all the women he sexually abused, what a filthy pig. I wish he'd been caught and thrown in prison but I am so sure he would have been completely untouchable. Sorry this was so long.

    • @shanehollister8976
      @shanehollister8976 2 года назад

      You are so full of shyt!

    • @revrotunda3206
      @revrotunda3206 2 года назад +32

      Those who abuse their so-called privileges will very often use their power for bad instead of good.

    • @Kari.F.
      @Kari.F. 2 года назад +88

      Never apologize for bringing insight through personal experiences. I found your comment very interesting. Thank you for sharing!

    • @greg19071961
      @greg19071961 2 года назад +1

      Wow! Thanks for sharing this. I loved his movies and adored him too (same age) Now I think he was just another Weinstein. Hollywood was, and is full of men and some women controlling, intimidating and preying on vulnerable men, women and children. It isn't called "Pedo Hollyweird" for nothing! Disney? OMG... check out all the hdden but in your face satanic and phallic symbolism in Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs and a lot of the cartoons! Couldn't believe it until my husband showed me 😮 Lots of videos on this on all the platforms...It's well known many of them are into satanism...do some research...it's everywhere! These criminals are STILL getting away with it today. Taking adrenochrome! Trafficking children etc etc! 😭🤮😡

    • @user-py3mj6nd7dBianco
      @user-py3mj6nd7dBianco 2 года назад +29

      I too grew up watching Jerry Lewis, my mom and dad enjoy watching his movies, I didn't like him at all. Now I know why, probably had some kind of instinct. I really like Dean Martin. I also was born in the yr of '62.

  • @jajanesaddictions
    @jajanesaddictions 2 года назад +136

    You can still hear the pain and anguish in Hope Holiday's voice. This broke my heart. I will pray for both of these women.

  • @angelwingz892
    @angelwingz892 Год назад +42

    My heart goes out to these lovely women. I am so sorry you were treated like this. I know why you didnt do anything at the time. Many of us have been there. Sending you love and light in this world and the next 💜

  • @deborahfairbanks4012
    @deborahfairbanks4012 2 года назад +80

    It's awful when you find out someone you loved all your life is so twisted...

    • @theonemodifier
      @theonemodifier Год назад +4

      Allegedly. 50/50, maybe, maybe not. Maybe a little, maybe a lot. Maybe none, maybe for fun. Need to hear his side of the story, but that's impossible

    • @emmateague-s7m
      @emmateague-s7m Месяц назад

      @@theonemodifier Agree. This isn't fair. He is not here to defend himself.
      I loved him all my life too. It's easy for people to pile on someone. He was just not a people person. Who was the 'other actor' that lovely actress was talking about? She did not name him. This was not Jerry. Please no.

  • @Rls_0523
    @Rls_0523 2 года назад +120

    This is why I don't put anyone on a pedestal , especially celebrities, like many people do. I've never understood people screaming and fainting, etc., at the set of a celebrity. No one reacts that way to people in their lives, that they know and love, but they do it with people they've never even met before, and likely never will. Almost always, the people that are idolized would greatly disappoint in person. The other weird thing to me is that people immediately forgive things with celebrities, who don't even know they exist, that they would never forgive with their own loved ones. It's insane to me.

    • @LSU01
      @LSU01 Год назад +2

      Well stated , I feel the same way about putting people on a pedestal that you think you know by their " on screen " persona not who they really are deep down !

    • @kevinlutz5994
      @kevinlutz5994 Год назад +2

      They are shallow and empty like politicians.

    • @Rick-zw7zv
      @Rick-zw7zv Год назад

      If you have parents that are healthy role-models then you're less likely to become infatuated with celebrity cults.

    • @heatherwhaley7623
      @heatherwhaley7623 Год назад +1

      Exactly. All this fawning over celebrities sickens me too.

    • @kentclark6420
      @kentclark6420 Год назад +2

      Explains the cultist behavior, like Trumpers.

  • @CC.DeVille
    @CC.DeVille 2 года назад +118

    7:28 - I'm so glad she said that. Victims are often reluctant to express the extent of the rage they feel because they're concerned about how it will make them look. People either get it, or they don't. You can't waste your time worrying about the people who don't.

    • @kanegreene33
      @kanegreene33 2 года назад +1

      What victims victims choose freedom and not the money in that case

  • @TheGoatlady50
    @TheGoatlady50 2 года назад +32

    Read Hal Wallis' book years ago and he said "Jerry was a jerk" and worse. This is the guy who produced all his movies.

  • @davedee4382
    @davedee4382 2 года назад +735

    I was in Hollywood in the 70s. Jerry was universally hated. He treated others horribly!

    • @georgevavoulis4758
      @georgevavoulis4758 2 года назад

      So many of these famous celebrities are such awful horrible low life's if we all knew what they were really like NOBODY would want anything to do with them

    • @geraldammons5520
      @geraldammons5520 2 года назад +4

      Were you a policeman? Just asking.

    • @simonmcleish2703
      @simonmcleish2703 2 года назад +39

      @@geraldammons5520 why would he be a policeman!!!!!!?

    • @ICONICPARIS
      @ICONICPARIS 2 года назад +2

      @@simonmcleish2703 lol

    • @brooklyn7722
      @brooklyn7722 2 года назад +39

      I had no idea..... I never heard of these horrible stories about him. I thought he was a decent person and a good family man. I guess I was too young to know these things. This is truly sad.

  • @tothelighthouse9843
    @tothelighthouse9843 2 года назад +909

    It's so heartbreaking & enraging to hear them as older women tell these experiences...because you know it means they've carried the trauma & fear & shame for a lifetime. So many women carry trauma like this, inflicted by men.
    Incredibly brave of them to come forward, because Jerry Lewis is a icon & that makes him untouchable to many fans & to the general public.

    • @robd1329
      @robd1329 2 года назад

      They should have faced him on camera while the coward was alive!

    • @paraguaymike5159
      @paraguaymike5159 2 года назад +33

      So...they suffered in silence for 50 years, but decided that 51 years was just too long to remain silent. Dead men can't defend themselves like Johnny Depp did.

    • @wwc51450
      @wwc51450 2 года назад +19

      @@paraguaymike5159 Read the comments below. It appears that you are wrong.

    • @carolb1871
      @carolb1871 2 года назад +35

      We’ll said. Too bad this didn’t come out sooner. What a creep! Just like Cosby

    • @rachellaurent4394
      @rachellaurent4394 2 года назад +18

      @@paraguaymike5159 I believe his son

  • @janetjohnson6897
    @janetjohnson6897 2 года назад +96

    I truly had no idea he was so bad . How awful for all his victims 💔

    • @johnreidy2804
      @johnreidy2804 Год назад

      You don't even know this happened. Humans lie women are human therefore they lie

  • @65TossTrap
    @65TossTrap 2 года назад +115

    Jerry should have been arrested and thrown in jail.

    • @kyereCat
      @kyereCat Год назад

      Those days and even now, it's hard to go to the authorities when the abuser is your bread and butter. Matt Laur was one of very few got caught early on. Bill Crosby was only caught after decades later.

    • @jeffmclean9411
      @jeffmclean9411 Год назад +5

      100 %

    • @sharyldutter9694
      @sharyldutter9694 Год назад +4

      I agree, then let's put him UNDER the jail. 😡

  • @filmsforsmartpeople3587
    @filmsforsmartpeople3587 2 года назад +99

    The sad fact is back in the day, nobody would believe them, no place to go.

    • @johnchambers2996
      @johnchambers2996 2 года назад +4

      Now they have everyplace to go, and instant credibility.

    • @pjhey947
      @pjhey947 2 года назад +5

      @@johnchambers2996 Somewhere in the middle would be nice.

    • @johnchambers2996
      @johnchambers2996 2 года назад

      @@pjhey947 The "justice" system is based upon the premise of innocent until "proven" guilty. Nowadays, the accusation alone is enough to totally ruin people, especially once the media gets the story. The sexist bias of the media and system is one of the main reasons that so many men see women as nothing more than an expensive liability just looking for a time and place to happen.

    • @pjhey947
      @pjhey947 2 года назад

      @@johnchambers2996 Well for years powerful men had gotten away with it and were never held accountable. The compromise is that they need to take the monetary gain out of the equation. You should NEVER get paid unless you’re injured and have medical bills. That’s it. Zero money but the person could lose status and jobs AFTER they are convicted with evidence.

    • @johnchambers2996
      @johnchambers2996 2 года назад +3

      @@pjhey947 Well Paula, there's also an extortion element involved and one gets rather tired of listening to the old "powerful men getting away with everything" mantra. My great grandfather got dumped by his wife and left with three daughters to raise. Those girls idealized him ... but you'll never hear about it along with all the powerful women that "got away with everything".

  • @Martimus98
    @Martimus98 2 года назад +173

    I remember back in the late 1980's/1990's when my family got bulldozed by Jerry Lewis and his body guard at the Fashion Show mall in Las Vegas. Jerry came storming in like he owned the place. Walked through us like we weren't there. I called him a few choice words as he pushed my mom out of his way. He ignored me but his body guard turned and threatened to have us arrested for disturbing Mr. Lewis. I told him to f off as we walked away. 🙄 Following that event, I swore off Jerry Lewis movies and never watched another of his telethons. I would never allow anyone to push my mother around.

    • @QuantumEffectResidue
      @QuantumEffectResidue 2 года назад +11

      Good for you! Me neither. My sister has a 1950's autographed 8" x 10" photo of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. To me, the only thing that's worth anything is Dean Martin obviously! But having him in it lowers the value for sure.

    • @richardjoseph8532
      @richardjoseph8532 2 года назад

      Good for you! He was a dickhead!

    • @hecatearadia1959
      @hecatearadia1959 2 года назад +9

      Good for you for swearing him off, the more I read about this man, he is truly a fake and a monster.

    • @Maggie19701
      @Maggie19701 Год назад +5

      Proud of you

    • @PaulFormentos
      @PaulFormentos 5 месяцев назад

      James T Kirk salutes you

  • @shaunreilly774
    @shaunreilly774 2 года назад +472

    I had one encounter with him when I was 18, I was an usher in a movie theatre in Boston in the mid-seventies, he was in town for a play he was staring in, I was at the door taking tickets, he walked up to me and wanted me to let him in for free! The ticket was $3.00; he did not introduce himself, he just assumed I knew who he was and I'd let him in because he was Jerry Lewis, I told him I'd have to call my manager for permission, I picked up the phone to the manager's office, but Lewis was obviously insulted that I didn't break the rules for him and stormed off! A very unpleasant man, I've never forgotten that uncomfortable encounter.

    • @roystonmason9125
      @roystonmason9125 2 года назад +11

      with a sag card you get in free ,,,, lotta stars don't keep all these cards and things with them ,,, i woulda let him in

    • @shaunreilly774
      @shaunreilly774 2 года назад +138

      @@roystonmason9125 My manager told me not to let anyone in for free without his permission or I could have lost my job; sorry, if you're a multi-millionaire you can buy a ticket, and by the way I tore many a star's ticket, no other star tried to get in for free, they bought their tickets like everyone else at the box office and I tore their tickets, and they were very pleasant, Lewis was not.

    • @benparks3564
      @benparks3564 2 года назад

      @@roystonmason9125 Later for him. Why should anyone let some millionaire, arrogant jerk in?

    • @benparks3564
      @benparks3564 2 года назад +46

      @@shaunreilly774 Well said.

    • @anteandrovic
      @anteandrovic 2 года назад +12

      isnt it great how u can now 50 years later, tell the whole world about it ...that's karma

  • @johnz4412
    @johnz4412 Год назад +36

    He didn't seem sincere as a person. He appeared to be a legend in his own mind.

  • @shawndahill2847
    @shawndahill2847 2 года назад +647

    These two women are very brave & it breaks my heart what they had to go through.

    • @danpro8622
      @danpro8622 2 года назад +7

      They were not brave,that’s why it happened. Eventually it doesn’t matter because He ll got what he deserves,we all will. Whatever it is.

    • @militaryvetandfather
      @militaryvetandfather 2 года назад +7

      What evidence do you have that would suggest what they went through?

    • @prudencepineapple9448
      @prudencepineapple9448 2 года назад +21

      @@danpro8622 I see you have a case of missing empathy. You weren't there and you have zero insight. They *are* brave.

    • @JamesMiller-lq5rd
      @JamesMiller-lq5rd 2 года назад +1

      If they are not Democrats... We can't believe them!

    • @shanehollister8976
      @shanehollister8976 2 года назад +1

      They’re not brave! They wanted it

  • @questionmark9819
    @questionmark9819 2 года назад +594

    Think of all of the women who never got to share their stories or were silenced or career ruined by these kinds of awful men. Very sad that this happened.

    • @detroitmade4125
      @detroitmade4125 2 года назад +11

      What, like Amber Heard?

    • @bigbilltoady412
      @bigbilltoady412 2 года назад +1

      I've said over and over for many years that Hollywood is nothing short of a cesspool of debauchery.

    • @elynum
      @elynum 2 года назад +28

      @@detroitmade4125 Did you even listen to the documentary, it's sad that people like you are out there.

    • @karentoffan7027
      @karentoffan7027 2 года назад +12

      @@detroitmade4125 Apples and oranges. Grow up.

    • @kidnap2010
      @kidnap2010 2 года назад +1

      @@detroitmade4125 There are and have been many psycho bitches like or much worse than Amber, that's true, but never this number will achieve what bad men did to others, because they could, and they build that world based on their abilities to control and dominate weaker one. Don't bring that BS because there is nothing to compare

  • @auntiefan4202
    @auntiefan4202 2 года назад +95

    "I'm different now." I feel this to my core.

    • @HigherWaysWoman
      @HigherWaysWoman 2 года назад +1

      exactly how I felt it too....breaks my heart....every woman knows what that is like...it's why hellywood likes remaking their Beauty & the Beasts movies

    • @gregwatson8219
      @gregwatson8219 2 года назад +1

      Everyone. Mr Lewis will b rememberd 4 ever. Everyone. RIP

  • @kathleen4376
    @kathleen4376 Год назад +57

    I appreciate how brave she was to share her story and create awareness for other young women today. Ladies protect yourselves . You are worth it

    • @johnreidy2804
      @johnreidy2804 Год назад

      It's not brave to talk about something that may or may not have happened over 60 years ago and with Lewis being deceased. In fact its rather cowardly

    • @basbleupeaunoire
      @basbleupeaunoire Год назад +3

      @@johnreidy2804 Keep your hands to yourself, John.

    • @brettk9316
      @brettk9316 Год назад

      Are you his F'd up kid or something?

  • @girlcheck
    @girlcheck 2 года назад +585

    Grew up watching these people. Admiring them Laughing at their jokes.. I'm saddened now knowing the truth. Hollywood has truly been a fantasy for some and a nightmare for far too many.

    • @marijooneill8015
      @marijooneill8015 2 года назад +24

      The HOLLYWEIRDS live in another UNIVERSE and think they should tell us anything. UGH UGH UGH

    • @Michael-ro5cu
      @Michael-ro5cu 2 года назад +1

      @@marijooneill8015 Just call them what they call themselves: Illuminists.

    • @lukeyznaga7627
      @lukeyznaga7627 2 года назад +1

      You are right, C C. BIG EXAMPLE of this, is the truth that eventually came out about BOB HOPE. People don't realize the power and corruption of Hollywood. I actually believe Bob Hope started out as a great guy. But in the 60s something happened to him and he became secretly joined with a cult that was starting to inhabit Hollywood at that time. YOU CANNOT DISMISS the truth about the JACKSON FAMILY testimonies about abuse.

    • @jamesbarnes4227
      @jamesbarnes4227 2 года назад +18

      ​@@marijooneill8015 and apparently they think their above the law and don't answer to anybody talk about a Dr jekyll and Mr Hyde personality just think if that was another person that did that they would be in prison for years totally disgusting

    • @michaelconnor5378
      @michaelconnor5378 2 года назад +1

      @@marijooneill8015 not to mention Roman Polanski. He raped an underage girl and fled US. The Academy still gave him a Best Picture award in absentia. Hypocritical phony Hollywood. He should have been banned for life and yet they award him. Disgusting!!!

  • @shawnt797
    @shawnt797 2 года назад +727

    I hate hearing stories like these. I believe that women, children, and the elderly should be protected at all costs. No real man would harm either.

    • @kascade9145
      @kascade9145 2 года назад +10

      There are two sides to every story.

    • @anteandrovic
      @anteandrovic 2 года назад +9

      @@kascade9145 what do u mean by that. ?

    • @BlindMellowJelly
      @BlindMellowJelly 2 года назад +10

      No one knows if this is even true. They waited too long and Jerry is not here to speak on it

    • @kascade9145
      @kascade9145 2 года назад +9

      @@anteandrovic , if Jerry was alive you could hear his side of the story. But he isnt alive to defend himself.

    • @johnbeaton1076
      @johnbeaton1076 2 года назад

      @@kascade9145 How kind of you to point out the bleeding obvious! What would we do without your laser like insight! IDIOT!

  • @sacoderfolk1
    @sacoderfolk1 2 года назад +534

    Years ago, Jenny Jones (talk show host and comedienne) told a story about an experience she had with an iconic comedian that was almost identical to one of the stories here. She didn't mention him by name, but now we can hypothesize it was Jerry Lewis. He was a very talented, abusive, misogynistic creep. My heart goes out to all the women he abused and the children he denied.

    • @ricardowilhelmsen6611
      @ricardowilhelmsen6611 2 года назад +1

      P

    • @harrietharlow9929
      @harrietharlow9929 2 года назад

      He was a total POS just like all abusive celebrities.

    • @carolnahigian9518
      @carolnahigian9518 2 года назад +12

      yes IT RINGS TRUE

    • @wesdorado8916
      @wesdorado8916 2 года назад +10

      Jenny at the end said that she wouldn't say who it was but will always be known as the unknown comic.
      Who was Murry Langston

    • @KP-mb9jx
      @KP-mb9jx 2 года назад +16

      @Zoot Rollo What an awful thing to say! It doesn't matter wether that live in a mansion or a but hut! What happened to them was WRONG!!

  • @dr.davidgerstenaminoacidth2421
    @dr.davidgerstenaminoacidth2421 Год назад +327

    A friend of mine told me this story. In the late ‘60’s she was working at Disneyland. Gary Lewis and the Playboys had a regular musical gig there. Gary began dating her, and asked her to join his band. She was quite beautiful. She replied, “I sing or play an instrument.” Gary said, “You can just hold a tambourine.” She spent time at the Lewis house, where Jerry (father of Gary) would chase her around the pool table when no one else was around. His intentions were obvious...but she could run faster and Lewis failed in his attempts. Personally I never thought his whiny act was funny.

    • @JenX1975
      @JenX1975 Год назад +52

      I'm glad I'm not the only one who didn't think he was funny. At all!

    • @jeffreymartin6369
      @jeffreymartin6369 Год назад +34

      @@JenX1975I don’t think he was funny

    • @cherylsmith4826
      @cherylsmith4826 Год назад

      He's just gross

    • @danitaharris9919
      @danitaharris9919 Год назад +36

      I don't know how he got so famous. He was not funny at all.

    • @rosemarykennedy5430
      @rosemarykennedy5430 Год назад +9

      I didn’t realise that Gary Lewis was Gerry’s son! Gerry was funny in the King of Comedy playing an obnoxious comedy star!

  • @FLStelth
    @FLStelth 2 года назад +285

    I never understood his popularity. His cruelty and arrogance towers above anything he ever did in movies or on TV.

    • @polarbearsrus6980
      @polarbearsrus6980 2 года назад +35

      And I never laughed at him, he wasn't the least bit funny.

    • @henrygingold6549
      @henrygingold6549 2 года назад +23

      @@polarbearsrus6980 He was funny as dysentery

    • @reneeskutt7064
      @reneeskutt7064 2 года назад +15

      Totally agree, never found him the least bit funny either. Met him on an elevator once at a hospital. Ugh.

    • @henrirousseau9541
      @henrirousseau9541 2 года назад +21

      I was in grade school and junior high when JL was riding high. To me he wasn't funny, but the one boy in my class who adored him and idolized him was a slick manipulator who later did some time for financial fraud. Like is drawn to like.

    • @vitocorleone8323
      @vitocorleone8323 2 года назад +15

      How come his wife and adopted daughter he left his millions to don't simply rent a small studio for his actual daughter who looks just like him and lives out of a shopping cart today?

  • @Fitforacting
    @Fitforacting 2 года назад +277

    Sucks to hear this. All of these women couldn't say a word back then. That's the worst. It eats away at your soul and then countless others also get abused too

    • @Serai3
      @Serai3 2 года назад +14

      Lewis's status as a complete a hole was well known in the industry. I remember hearing rumors in the 70's about his behavior.

    • @bigtimepimpin666
      @bigtimepimpin666 2 года назад +2

      Jerry's kids??

    • @militaryvetandfather
      @militaryvetandfather 2 года назад

      these women couldn't say a word back then? We didn't have police back then? Oh so they are brave now when Jerry is dead and can't defend himself. After all these years and now they are brave? What your not seeing is the fact that these women are making claims, just claims and without any evidence or knowing Jerry personally you believe them! HOW?

    • @kingflipptheog
      @kingflipptheog 2 года назад +5

      and they were only under contracts and had these things happen to them, imagine how it must have been for African American women who were slaves for over 2 hundred years that had to deal with a Master that owned them???

    • @Serai3
      @Serai3 2 года назад +7

      @@kingflipptheog Um, okay. Thanks for the _non sequitur,_ I guess.

  • @MatteoPrezioso
    @MatteoPrezioso 2 года назад +653

    No doubts all of this actually happened. And who knows how many more stories, just as horrendous, went unheard. For ever.

    • @dub2536
      @dub2536 2 года назад +46

      Exactly what I think. These are just a very minor amount of the stories that likely exist.

    • @mja91352
      @mja91352 2 года назад +10

      Also, Bambi's mother shouldn't have been shot.

    • @johnskelly2542
      @johnskelly2542 2 года назад +11

      no doubt ??????, her allegations may well be true, however, without any proof, there is a whole world of doubt

    • @anti-apathy9715
      @anti-apathy9715 2 года назад

      A male will pursue a female. It is inside of him. Female's role in a society/ nation/ tribe is to procreate. Females are *NOT* males. Lewis was given a lot of $$ and at that time he probably felt the girls just came along with the $$.

    • @hwirtwirt4500
      @hwirtwirt4500 2 года назад +3

      If this lady's story is "proof" of this actually happened then I have a bridge to sell you.

  • @amberjohnson4820
    @amberjohnson4820 Год назад +158

    I am always grateful for the outreach and support the MD community has gotten due to Jerry’s telethons each year. People with muscular dystrophy need all the help (medical or otherwise) they can get. I however, severely hate Jerry Lewis. After hearing about his horrible behavior and abuses towards colleagues and fans, I will never have any respect for him again! My heart goes out to these women and their families. 😞

    • @Nickster_P
      @Nickster_P Год назад +20

      Historically, it's not unusual for the greatest of celebrities, with the darkest of secrets, to be known for massive acts of charity.
      Purely a smokescreen, so that nobody would believe the rumours about such a 'wonderful person'.

    • @autophyte
      @autophyte Год назад +12

      @@Nickster_P Exactly! Just look at Jimmy Savile.

    • @Clarice-rp7mh
      @Clarice-rp7mh Год назад +9

      My niece was an MD poster child for TX. Her father has horrible stories about Jerry Lewis and his interactions with "Jerry's Kids"

    • @jdevivre7512
      @jdevivre7512 Год назад

      ​@@autophyte💯!!

    • @celticjewel913
      @celticjewel913 Год назад +1

      @@autophyte Now Jerry Lewis is being equated with Jimmy Saville---? Give me a break! No way!

  • @douglasrodrigues8361
    @douglasrodrigues8361 2 года назад +64

    Many years ago, my wife happened to be in her Corvette parked next to Jerry Lewis. Jerry got into his car and attempted to start the engine. He tried over and over again to start his engine. My wife, still looking at him laughed, but it wasn't a malicious laugh. She said that Jerry looked at her and flipped her off. He was angry.

    • @blondie4512
      @blondie4512 Год назад

      And?? so what... alot of people do that...

    • @grandcreator11
      @grandcreator11 11 месяцев назад

      Lol ​@@blondie4512

  • @deborahg3093
    @deborahg3093 2 года назад +111

    Why can't we expose these predators when they are violating us? God give us strength.

    • @victornice858
      @victornice858 2 года назад +3

      God Bless DG.

    • @jamsheadaziz3999
      @jamsheadaziz3999 2 года назад +4

      Same question could be asked about Jimmy Saville??

    • @ianworley8169
      @ianworley8169 2 года назад +2

      Why can't we expose these predators whilst they're alive and see them brought to justice? True, some see the inside of a prison cell, but many, many more seem to have died of old age. Hopefully, this younger generation will not suffer in silence.

    • @stevekitt52
      @stevekitt52 2 года назад

      What was worse with Savile were the people who protected him. I would have thought MI5 would have screened him before allowing him access to Royalty, yet they either knew what he was like or were woefully incompetent. The police too.

    • @edsnotgod
      @edsnotgod 2 года назад

      Trump won't let us

  • @anotherarmchairhistorian2831
    @anotherarmchairhistorian2831 2 года назад +253

    I'm so glad these women had the courage to finally come forward.

    • @elputas
      @elputas 2 года назад +7

      Amber Heard should be a cautionary tale. Jerry Lewis is not here to defend himself and he is long dead who cares.

    • @arlenmargolin4868
      @arlenmargolin4868 2 года назад

      @@elputas well it obviously isn't dead in her mind what a stupid comment

    • @lindaoliver9981
      @lindaoliver9981 2 года назад

      @@elputas the victim..

    • @Galantski
      @Galantski 2 года назад +1

      @@elputas I thought Amber Heard, too -- _immediately._

    • @Nastyfinger1444
      @Nastyfinger1444 2 года назад +6

      It would have helped had these people come forward when this crap occurred.

  • @maddynavarro77
    @maddynavarro77 Год назад +68

    My heart goes out to these women and men that were violated in Hollywood. 🙏🏽💔❤️

    • @johnreidy2804
      @johnreidy2804 Год назад +1

      How do you know she was violated? Because she said something happened over 60 years ago? Why didn't she mention it before Lewis death? Uh huh

  • @maximillion8442
    @maximillion8442 2 года назад +676

    Courageous women righteously exposing a pathetic person. I applaud everyone involved in making this.

    • @stregalilith
      @stregalilith 2 года назад +12

      Yes, what she said! #metoo.

    • @rubicunduseratiudas1264
      @rubicunduseratiudas1264 2 года назад +14

      I don't see much courage in people pretending to accuse somebody who's dead and cannot defend himself. These women had decades to do it and didn't do it. I'm not judging if Jerry's conduct was right or wrong, but I know that Hollywood always roled this way and that was a matter of course. All these women knew what they were getting into and they accepted. Some of them got very, very rich indeed.

    • @arlenmargolin4868
      @arlenmargolin4868 2 года назад

      @@rubicunduseratiudas1264 oh and that makes it okay what a stupid comment it's a good thing people don't live forever cuz stupidity needs to die off

    • @greencastle4180
      @greencastle4180 2 года назад +18

      @@rubicunduseratiudas1264 Do you understand the word "Power" ?
      Make and break ,and get rid off ? Think about it .

    • @rubicunduseratiudas1264
      @rubicunduseratiudas1264 2 года назад +9

      ​@@greencastle4180 Irrelevant. All those women had a choice. I think they took it and had a good life. They come out until now? Doesn't this strike you as irrelevant?

  • @TheRealLeewon
    @TheRealLeewon 2 года назад +435

    Must be so hard holding on to that trauma all those years 😞 poor ladies

    • @BigMamaDaveX
      @BigMamaDaveX 2 года назад +23

      The ladies aren't holding on to their trauma... it's holding on to them. 😢

    • @cashflowglo7262
      @cashflowglo7262 2 года назад +8

      @@BigMamaDaveX ha I went on here to this comment to reply exactly what you said. God Bless You !

    • @lindaweller6538
      @lindaweller6538 2 года назад +10

      It's with you forever .

    • @20greeneyes20
      @20greeneyes20 2 года назад +6

      I'll say. What are our if her mouth what she would say to him. The hurt is still very raw.i can't blame her, it's very sad how one person can have such impact.
      He will have to stand before God and his punishment will be appropriate to say the least. God's his Judge!

    • @Lighthousepreserve
      @Lighthousepreserve 2 года назад

      Casting couch been surpassed by Darrel zanuck. They need psa when changing the game?

  • @angelacarleton9575
    @angelacarleton9575 2 года назад +425

    I wasn't a big fan of Jerry Lewis but when I learned how he abused his first family I was in shock. I never been able to get over the way he didn't even think about his children once he passed away by not giving any of them any of his wealth which he had over 40Million Dollars to his new wife and daughter. How despicable he was to never consider the family that once care for him but ignore his children.

    • @AlreadyShort
      @AlreadyShort 2 года назад

      maybe his children were aholes

    • @jamesjennings3726
      @jamesjennings3726 2 года назад +16

      Why should anyone give the money they worked hard for to their children? Their children should learn to earn their own money.

    • @Deutschie
      @Deutschie 2 года назад +48

      @@jamesjennings3726 People usually leave their wealth to their children . No, its' not mandatory, but who else should you leave your money to when you're gone?

    • @quewalabear8575
      @quewalabear8575 2 года назад +13

      @@Deutschie Muscular Dystrophy?

    • @Deutschie
      @Deutschie 2 года назад +6

      @@quewalabear8575 Good point. I can't believe I didn't think of that.
      Cheers!

  • @lianakilgore8873
    @lianakilgore8873 Год назад +26

    My heart goes out to these brave women. Telling their stories. I fully believe them. I'm so disappointed to learn the truth. It's heartbreaking.

  • @billding7073
    @billding7073 2 года назад +114

    Hope Holiday was a fabulous character actress. She worked with Billy Wilder, Jack Lemmon and Hollywoods best, and each and in every role, she stood out and grabbed you by the funny bone and your heart.

    • @sopranosd
      @sopranosd 2 года назад +11

      She was fabulous in The Apartment. A standout.

  • @pixietherabbit5176
    @pixietherabbit5176 2 года назад +81

    He didn't escape justice. Fame and fortune doesn't sway the Judge. His rulings are final and eternal.

    • @Ratbazlily
      @Ratbazlily 8 месяцев назад

      Amen! 🙏🙏

  • @Lisa80mba
    @Lisa80mba 2 года назад +63

    Kind of knew Jerry Lewis was a jerk because of the way he treated Dean Martin and plus he left his son nothing in his will. Plus, when he talked you could tell he was very into himself.

    • @barrymoore4470
      @barrymoore4470 2 года назад +3

      I agree that he was a self-absorbed person, as many creative personalities are. But I think he had some degree of self-awareness about this aspect of himself--critic Jonathan Rosenbaum (a long-time Lewis fan) has argued that Lewis' Buddy Love character in 'The Nutty Professor' serves as a bitter self-portrait of Lewis rather than the caricature of Dean Martin that many others have perceived.
      In Lewis' defense, I do believe he had genuine concern and appreciation for children and the afflicted. I think there was a sincere impulse behind the muscular dystrophy telethons he hosted over the years.

    • @connievino4226
      @connievino4226 2 года назад +5

      He left none of his money to he and his first wives sons. He took them out of his will. His new wife and adopted daughter got a lot. He was a very bitter and mean man.

    • @tubester4567
      @tubester4567 2 года назад +5

      He acted like a gangster in interviews and thought he was an expert on everything. He also seemed to be very sensitive to criticism. When a movie critic said something bad he tried to destroy them. He would hold a grudge for years. As has been said his own kids hated him;

    • @ridgebriar17
      @ridgebriar17 2 года назад +6

      @@tubester4567 These observations of Lewis's arrogant, narcissistic, vindictive behavior - are far too similar to a particular egomaniacal politician who can't even accept he lost an election - and would rather destroy an entire country - than to admit he failed.

    • @denise5745
      @denise5745 2 года назад +1

      Have you seen the state your country is in? Boy are you delusional.

  • @frisco21
    @frisco21 Год назад +61

    Jack Benny was famously magnanimous toward his Hollywood peers, but he hated Jerry Lewis. When Jack Benny hates you, something is terribly wrong with you.

    • @JustBeYouooh
      @JustBeYouooh 4 месяца назад +4

      Cos he saw the real arrogant and dirty Jerry

    • @johnreidy2804
      @johnreidy2804 3 месяца назад +1

      @@JustBeYouooh Easy to talk about people who are no longer with us. Where were these women for 60 years?

  • @moreofawave
    @moreofawave 2 года назад +418

    There was always something creepy about Jerry. I believe when you are a bad person it shows up on you. It showed up on him. He took advantage of his position just like many men in power positions have. It's sad and disappointing to say the least. I'm sorry these women learned that not all that glitters is gold, the hard way.

    • @NaturaBreeze
      @NaturaBreeze 2 года назад +8

      most comics have a dark side......they're human....are you perfect??

    • @thomasward00
      @thomasward00 2 года назад +10

      Oh but Women don't abuse power when they have it?.....

    • @Ve-suvius
      @Ve-suvius 2 года назад +8

      I just wanted to add, change men into people.
      People in power positions often become lousy human beings.
      It's the nature of many humans.
      Not all. There are those that don't care for power, don't get affected by it.

    • @moreofawave
      @moreofawave 2 года назад +22

      @@thomasward00 Who said women don't abuse power when they have it. Last time I checked we were talking about a man, in this instance AND for a long time women didn't have positions of power, so MEN were the main perpetrators. Now, BOTH abuse their positions. You happy now? Feeling less pathetic?

    • @moreofawave
      @moreofawave 2 года назад +15

      @@Ve-suvius Yeah, definitely people abuse power but I said men because we were talking about a MAN, in this scenario. But again BOTH men and women can be power players. But let's be intellectually honest, however. Women did not begin to gain power positions until the 60's/70's. A woman couldn't even order a credit card without her husband until 1974.

  • @nicolosito
    @nicolosito 2 года назад +182

    In retrospect, it's clear why Dean Martin left Jerry Lewis. And Dean ended up being a far greater star and human being than Jerry, who could never come to grips with the fact that Dean never really liked him. Dean turned out to be a great comedian. Jerry never was.

    • @BIGBADWOOD
      @BIGBADWOOD 2 года назад +7

      Jerry Lewis’s the Zipper snake King!

    • @r8chlletters
      @r8chlletters 2 года назад +3

      Dean Martin was a lazy drunk! Lewis was a dedicated genius.

    • @daghostxxx1797
      @daghostxxx1797 2 года назад +37

      @@r8chlletters DM played a lazy, drunk.

    • @anteandrovic
      @anteandrovic 2 года назад +25

      @@r8chlletters lewis was clearly a phoney...

    • @robpelick7460
      @robpelick7460 2 года назад

      It seems obvious now that Lewis used disabled people as props in his MS telethons to masquerade as some kind of saint. He reminds me of Jimmy Saville in that regard, a man who raised millions for children while sexually abusing them in private.

  • @aaroncrilly2005
    @aaroncrilly2005 2 года назад +113

    Sure he was a bully even to his own Family.
    Man was a monster.

    • @mstwelvedeadlycyns
      @mstwelvedeadlycyns 2 года назад +8

      Harvey Weinsten resurrected

    • @jhanes3791
      @jhanes3791 2 года назад +21

      He left his first wife and kids financially ruined.

    • @cfcreative1
      @cfcreative1 2 года назад

      I would not believe a thing in VF a magazine that worships the evil elite.

    • @danrook5757
      @danrook5757 2 года назад

      @@mstwelvedeadlycyns : more like his idol

  • @Santos.Sarmento
    @Santos.Sarmento Год назад +68

    Lewis is not the exception, he is the rule, and that remains true in Hollywood, but also throughout show business, music, theater, TV, and any activity where relationships are tainted and corrupted by differences in money and power.

    • @Omnicient.
      @Omnicient. Год назад +1

      Such behaviour happens everywhere and anywhere not just in entertainment.

    • @Santos.Sarmento
      @Santos.Sarmento Год назад

      @@Omnicient. “… and any activity where relationships are tainted and corrupted by differences in money and power”.

    • @Omnicient.
      @Omnicient. Год назад +1

      Men are men in any and every part of the planet. I wouldn't try to defend such behaviour. It's not just about money and power. Learn about human psychology. @@Santos.Sarmento

    • @Santos.Sarmento
      @Santos.Sarmento Год назад +1

      @@Omnicient. I did not defend or justify anything, quite the opposite. Assuming that anyone with a bit of brain had a minimum understanding of psychology and sexuality - and even ethology, because it's not men, it's males, even in other species - I just wrote that these drives tend to surface and leave the social control of the individual in situations where power and money establish interpersonal hierarchical differences.

  • @vampoftrance
    @vampoftrance 2 года назад +211

    Her pain and anguish hit me to the core. Never feel guilty because it wasn't your fault. I hope this interview helps the healing start for many I that situation.

    • @andrestarke241
      @andrestarke241 2 года назад +9

      well said

    • @ampcafe64
      @ampcafe64 2 года назад +1

      Now that she is old she see it in a different way. Truth is all the PEOPLE that goes in that industry knows what they have to do to pay for favors…..

    • @KimberlyLetsGo
      @KimberlyLetsGo 2 года назад +2

      @Zoot Rollo That's such a horrible thing to say.

    • @militaryvetandfather
      @militaryvetandfather 2 года назад

      Someones story about something that might have happened that wasn't reported in a timely manor so it couldn't happen to others hit you to the core? Well that's strange!

    • @strnglhld
      @strnglhld 2 года назад +2

      @@militaryvetandfather You report something like that back then, they’d laugh and tell you to GTFO.

  • @seattlebeard
    @seattlebeard 2 года назад +320

    Imagine reaching the end of your life knowing you'd ruined the lives of other people? But I wonder if creeps like Lewis ever feel any remorse. His real legacy is in the voices of those whom he harmed. What a P.O.S.

    • @rajindarsingh1417
      @rajindarsingh1417 2 года назад +12

      They will never have remorse & people who helped him, are the same too.

    • @cozmowiz5593
      @cozmowiz5593 2 года назад

      Hurt people hurt people, if you have not understood this then look it up. Making him the bad guy does nothing it is what hurt him so bad he is hurting others. It is funny how white people do not complain when the stuff happens....they wait until it serves them
      Emmit Till has a murderer on the loose after 60 years and we are going to find her and place her in jail just like white people did to us for so many years.

    • @adbc1f72
      @adbc1f72 2 года назад

      @Frederick Wells
      What about Bing Crosby’s son’s?

    • @adbc1f72
      @adbc1f72 2 года назад +6

      @Frederick Wells
      Never mind apparently Mr Narcissist abused his family by doing what narcissist’s do.

    • @cozmowiz5593
      @cozmowiz5593 2 года назад

      @@michaelnippert945 Look hurt people hurt people. In his day he was hurt so it is expected for him to hurt others. It is not normal for anyone to seek a career in show business they see you coming and exploit you until you break. I dont see the prob with Jerry as he is another R Kelly and Harvey Weinstein I dont know why people are shocked....just makes no sense to anyone with a brain

  • @clurkroberts2650
    @clurkroberts2650 2 года назад +89

    Sad thing is these actresses were the one to speak out, Lewis had a horrible reputation around Hollywood for abusing others, professionally and personally. How many other young women were abused by Lewis in hopes of a role in films? Sad story.. pathetic actor.

    • @cfcreative1
      @cfcreative1 2 года назад

      I would not believe a thing in VF a magazine that worships the evil elite.

    • @learnedtolove1611
      @learnedtolove1611 2 года назад +1

      @@jeanb3489 I know right my fellow German friend

  • @jeffreymartin6369
    @jeffreymartin6369 Год назад +40

    I read a biography about him, he was a maniac.

  • @barryallenflash1
    @barryallenflash1 2 года назад +121

    I've heard stories about him doing things like this, but to hear them firsthand..wow!

    • @daniellamcgee4251
      @daniellamcgee4251 2 года назад

      @Zoot Rollo It's a month later. I hope you are better educated now.

  • @bartleydalfonso2853
    @bartleydalfonso2853 2 года назад +224

    During a March of Dimes Telethon, the camera unintentionally focused on him backstage while he rudely and angrily gave hand signals to his crew to "wrap it up", and he looked like a brutal dictator instead of the goofy clown he portrayed. That half-minute of his true ugly nature undid all his previous comical gigs. His head swelled too much with fame and money.

    • @peggypasson8794
      @peggypasson8794 2 года назад

      I can't believe the hate he had.so sad because at the beginning he was humble .whew he was an ugly angry old man

    • @honeybunch5765
      @honeybunch5765 2 года назад +30

      Like so many Hollywood stars.

    • @lesleysimpson5793
      @lesleysimpson5793 2 года назад +25

      I remember the Jerry Lewis telethons where he used to intimidate and bully the audience to donate money. He was cruel; definitely not funny.

    • @patrickmorgan4006
      @patrickmorgan4006 2 года назад +7

      It's beside the point, but his telethons were for muscular dystrophy, not March of Dimes.

    • @bartleydalfonso2853
      @bartleydalfonso2853 2 года назад +7

      @@patrickmorgan4006 You are correct Patrick, good catch. 👍

  • @saifonlawrence2044
    @saifonlawrence2044 2 года назад +112

    I never once laughed at anything Lewis ever did. Dean never needed him .

    • @deanpd3402
      @deanpd3402 2 года назад +14

      Dean cared about his family. Jerry didn't.

    • @keithpopko2540
      @keithpopko2540 2 года назад +11

      I laughed, but then I turned 10 years old.

    • @ethannielson942
      @ethannielson942 2 года назад +15

      I never found him funny either. There was always something kind of mean about him to me, even as a small child.

    • @teresastillabower8361
      @teresastillabower8361 2 года назад +6

      @@ethannielson942 he was funny for 5 minutes tops. Now I can't stand him.

    • @lisamayo7657
      @lisamayo7657 2 года назад +5

      Same

  • @gwarren6386
    @gwarren6386 Год назад +28

    I watched Jerry’s son Garry and his band play on a talk show in the 70s. Jerry was on there with him. When the host asked what it was like growing up with such a funny and talented father, (expecting to hear something funny or sentimental) he looked at his father awkwardly and then never really responded. He just drifted away. I don’t remember what he said but you could see how awkward it was. I later found out why. 7 sons, 40 or 50 million dollars and you leave them nothing.

  • @standardnerd9840
    @standardnerd9840 2 года назад +91

    I'm so sad how these women, these professionals, were treated.

    • @angelakimbrell1214
      @angelakimbrell1214 2 года назад +8

      And it is still going on.

    • @standardnerd9840
      @standardnerd9840 2 года назад +8

      @@angelakimbrell1214 but now it's being called out publicly more often. So there is progress.

    • @karenryan78
      @karenryan78 2 года назад +1

      @Zoot Rollo There you go again. WHAT EXACTLY IS YOUR PROBLEM ?
      Jealous ? Ir did you go through this too abs and didn't get paid or something ??!!

    • @militaryvetandfather
      @militaryvetandfather 2 года назад

      Don't you mean your sad if it is true?

  • @Mamadukee1
    @Mamadukee1 2 года назад +74

    You can tell the two ladies are telling the truth, horrible horrible for them !!!!!!

    • @Mamadukee1
      @Mamadukee1 2 года назад +4

      @Zoot Rollo I don't think it matters if you have all the money in the world ,or the cars and fancy items, at the time he came on to them ,they were young,starting out,and no women or person ,deserves some lecherous person coming on to them,touching them or worse full stop,have a nice day!!!!!

  • @alonzomosley7
    @alonzomosley7 2 года назад +661

    I love her final response about Lewis ,what a creep .I really feel for women abused by him .

    • @Lingchow1
      @Lingchow1 2 года назад

      Gold diggers too. No need to feel sorry for them

    • @englishteacher.8635
      @englishteacher.8635 2 года назад

      Oh stop reading such rubbish. You knew nothing about his real life. Get on with your own.
      The drivel people churn out to make money!

    • @icecol22
      @icecol22 2 года назад +11

      So do I!!!😡😡😡

    • @angelaholmes8888
      @angelaholmes8888 2 года назад +14

      Yeah he was a total creep

    • @tykat7327
      @tykat7327 2 года назад

      Systematic Pedowood.

  • @wolfgangwoldt1941
    @wolfgangwoldt1941 Год назад +23

    I really believe he was playing himself in King Of Comedy. That was a very telling role. Particularly where Deniro turns up unannounced at his house.

    • @shaunigothictv1003
      @shaunigothictv1003 Год назад +3

      Excellent point

    • @brittoverbaugh4035
      @brittoverbaugh4035 Год назад +2

      Wolfgang….I worked the theatre near UCLA that ran that!!! (Jan 1983). It played to almost empty audiences the weekday afternoons I worked. I felt it deserved better, especially with such an educated and wealthy community in the area. Remember that Jerry’s character was asking for it when he diminished the KING in front of his hot lady friend! 😂

    • @wolfgangwoldt1941
      @wolfgangwoldt1941 8 месяцев назад

      @Winterwood768-yx9kx Punching a woman in the face, treating his butler like an imbecile, forgetting who made him famous...his fan base....Nah, he was an a hole, end of story being played by an a hole. That's why it was such a brilliant role for him. He just had to be himself.

  • @theresareynolds3133
    @theresareynolds3133 2 года назад +115

    I had read things about him, and I just thought nahh he wouldn't do that, he's too goofy. Then when he died and it said he left nothing to his children I thought that was cruel, his present wife should have done the right thing and split his fortune between them

    • @Anne--Marie
      @Anne--Marie 2 года назад +10

      He didn't want his son Gary to become a musician. Gary's mom snuck the guitar and music lessons behind Jerry's back, which infuriated him.

    • @daghostxxx1797
      @daghostxxx1797 2 года назад +11

      hahahahaha, there was one reason the current wife was with him, the $$$, why would she think about giving it away.

  • @mrsbluesky8415
    @mrsbluesky8415 2 года назад +157

    When Dean Martin couldn’t forgive him I knew something was up.

    • @MiaFantastic
      @MiaFantastic 2 года назад +9

      If Dean was a jew he would have kept his mouth closed. He was outnumbered in this senerio.

    • @tom4wlt
      @tom4wlt 2 года назад

      Dean and Jerry made up. Your theory failed.

    • @MiaFantastic
      @MiaFantastic 2 года назад +2

      @@tom4wlt No they never made up, they released something saying they did to help sales because they got sick and needed the $$$

    • @198634
      @198634 2 года назад +3

      @@tom4wlt they did not make up ! It was just a stunt that Frank Sinatra orchestrated on one of Jerry’s telethons . Dean only did it that one time and he did it for frank .

    • @tom4wlt
      @tom4wlt 2 года назад

      @@MiaFantastic You knew both them personally? You probably weren't even born.

  • @donnovicki9771
    @donnovicki9771 2 года назад +60

    I'm so sorry this happened to them. They were young and no one helped them cope with this awful crime. Shame on JL and Hollywood for allowing this to happen to them. You can bet there were other women who had this same experience......

    • @rachelperrault4901
      @rachelperrault4901 2 года назад

      And 10’s of thousands of “everyday” women raped and assaulted by “everyday” men.

  • @Snake-qw9oh
    @Snake-qw9oh Год назад +13

    It would be really lovely to have Jerry Lewis still alive to this day so he can see and witness for himself how much of a diatribe & public hate figure he is universally considered today.

  • @Bonniemish
    @Bonniemish 2 года назад +312

    Sad thing is Lewis is dead and this does not affect him personally. If these things could have come out while he was alive, some justice through public humiliation would have been served. These poor women.

    • @todd8331
      @todd8331 2 года назад +29

      These poor women should have come forward. I get it they were scared and trying to protect their careers. However, the reason these abusers get by with this is that no one stood up to these abusers.

    • @donolinger6904
      @donolinger6904 2 года назад +21

      Dean was always the funny one when it came to that duo.

    • @lincolnpinkoln359
      @lincolnpinkoln359 2 года назад +30

      Its because hes dead they have the strength to speak about it.Had he been alive who knows to what extent he would go to stop this coming out.

    • @joeenglert
      @joeenglert 2 года назад +22

      same with kirk douglas

    • @22julip
      @22julip 2 года назад

      That’s the problem these men had power and they thought they could do whatever they wanted , and they were protected just Clinton he got away with abuse of woman and the feminist covered for him , even his wife covered so she could have a crack at the power . It’s sickening.

  • @rjsweda
    @rjsweda 2 года назад +96

    awful, i never knew this about him, terrible what he did to these women, horrible. yet i'm not completely surprised, his interviews seemed like he was self-absorbed & a bit full of himself. i didn't realize he was like this though. my gosh.

  • @lisaerickson6533
    @lisaerickson6533 2 года назад +67

    Because so many celebrities are so loved for the ROLES they play, especially in the decades past, these women (victims) were terrified to say anything. They thought either no one would believe such a thing, they would be black listed or the perp's fans would hate their guts. Very, very sad.

    • @johnmcdonagh50
      @johnmcdonagh50 2 года назад +6

      They would of been Blacklisted that’s the sad thing 🙏 see this is the thing that amber Heard doesn’t Realise Shame 🙏🙏☘️

    • @alwayslernin4400
      @alwayslernin4400 2 года назад +1

      @@johnmcdonagh50 don't compare actual victims to that liar. They couldn't be farther apart.

    • @tomsdottir
      @tomsdottir 2 года назад

      @@alwayslernin4400 She won her case in the UK. Anyone who would text the kind of things he would text about a woman had some serious issues.

    • @alwayslernin4400
      @alwayslernin4400 2 года назад

      @@tomsdottir she didn't have a case in the uk and I could deal with awful texts to friends venting any day over the horrific screeching and taunting I heard on those tapes. She is vile and she is a liar. That's why so many people are supporting him now. People that used to believe her.

    • @tomsdottir
      @tomsdottir 2 года назад

      @@alwayslernin4400 The High Court ruled that The Sun newspaper was right to call Depp a wife beater. I can see why you'd want to split hairs and make excuses.

  • @stevenelief6784
    @stevenelief6784 Год назад +17

    My late mother knew of an incident in Toronto-with staff at the hotel Lewis stayed-who were physically abused by Lewis. What he did to two young gals would put him in prison for 15 today for years.

    • @Ana20arA
      @Ana20arA 10 месяцев назад +2

      We need more details

  • @carolinemodenbach
    @carolinemodenbach 2 года назад +46

    Being raped and having to suppress it is such an awful thing. The damage is life changing. Some never heal especially when people ignore it, brush it off or deny it happened.

    • @davidallison5529
      @davidallison5529 2 года назад +1

      @Zoot Rollo Money means nothing if you feel disgusting. A great many victims turn to drugs, alcohol and suicide, with lives ruined. Your money remark is beyond simplistic.

    • @chrissullivan40
      @chrissullivan40 2 года назад

      She said it was a different actor who raped her.

    • @aaacomp1
      @aaacomp1 2 года назад +1

      These women were not raped. They said no and he did not force himself on them. You might want to re watch the video and this time pay attention to what was said.

  • @talismanallthetime6121
    @talismanallthetime6121 2 года назад +37

    at least Dean had the sense to "back-heel" him and make a career for himself , Dean was more of a real man than lewis ever was , and after watching this i can only say jerry lewis =arsehol

  • @ninabooker2904
    @ninabooker2904 2 года назад +68

    I believe these ladies. My mom worked as a secretary for Muscular Dystrophy Association in New York City in the 1960’s. She told me that Jerry Lewis had a terrible temper and could be heard yelling through the office space. She left there and took a job at Avco Embassy Pictures instead. Evidently Jerry wasn’t the nice man he portrayed in movies and on tv.

    • @palliaskamen5722
      @palliaskamen5722 Год назад +2

      Why would he bother hosting the telethon all those years if he was so miserable?

    • @shaunigothictv1003
      @shaunigothictv1003 Год назад

      @@palliaskamen5722
      The telethon was mainly to promote himself but it was disguised as love for disabled children.
      As for the public, their donations were genuine.

    • @markmorris8532
      @markmorris8532 Год назад +5

      ​@@palliaskamen5722
      To bump up his image, possibly...?

  • @ratsoratso
    @ratsoratso Год назад +26

    My heart goes out to his ex-wife and sons, who he treated miserably. Then for some reason, he remarried and gave everything to his 2nd wife and step-daughter. He seems to have been a super alpha-male who resented his own male children.

    • @Ausgar-yc1yl
      @Ausgar-yc1yl Год назад +3

      He did NOT have a step daughter. She was his adopted daughter. An adopted child is not a step child, they are your real child.

    • @ratsoratso
      @ratsoratso Год назад +2

      @@Ausgar-yc1yl Suzan Lewis is his real child.

    • @Ausgar-yc1yl
      @Ausgar-yc1yl Год назад

      @@ratsoratso His REAL CHILD is also his adopted daughter. Obviously you have NO idea what adoption is.

    • @ratsoratso
      @ratsoratso Год назад

      @@Ausgar-yc1yl It’s a legal issue and not a biological one. Adoption makes you legally equal with biological children in terms of inheritance. But no, you do not become a biological child in fact.

    • @Ausgar-yc1yl
      @Ausgar-yc1yl Год назад

      @@ratsoratso Never said you became a biological one, adoption DOES make you the real child. Keep trying but my husband has been a family and adoption attorney for over 30 years, an adopted child is your real child.

  • @RubyBandUSA
    @RubyBandUSA 2 года назад +183

    Lewis always had a despicable side to him, but now we see just how much.

    • @MaS-es9rv
      @MaS-es9rv 2 года назад +3

      We need to stop taking people seriously for just their word. That is more dangerous than the despicable stuff women accuse people of. There has to be hard proof to convict not just words.

    • @dontbefatuousjeffrey2494
      @dontbefatuousjeffrey2494 2 года назад +15

      @@MaS-es9rv And how is that acquired? You want a witness? You think someone's first reaction when something like this happens isn't mainly to get away somewhere safe, likely desperately want to clean that person off them - literally?
      Get outta here with your nonsense. No word is ever more dangerous than this kind of violence. You should be ashamed of your ignorance and your attitude.

    • @charlescross7868
      @charlescross7868 2 года назад

      @@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494 He's right! At the end of the day. You need proof and women coming forward. It's just a fact! It's a lot of here say.

    • @wmbrown6
      @wmbrown6 2 года назад +4

      @@MaS-es9rv - Even without all this, there was always something about Lewis that was off-kilter and off-putting. His ex-partner Dean Martin was far more likeable, relatively speaking.

    • @militaryvetandfather
      @militaryvetandfather 2 года назад

      Now we see? What are we seeing now exactly? Are you looking at some evidence the rest of us aren't?

  • @TheRealest215
    @TheRealest215 2 года назад +71

    "I'm different now."
    Yeah, an utter violation of your person will make every single thing about you different.
    May these women and all those who have like experiences somehow, someday, find peace.🌹

    • @AA-zq1sx
      @AA-zq1sx 2 года назад +4

      She's stronger. I'm proud of her finding her agency.

    • @johnreidy2804
      @johnreidy2804 2 года назад +3

      She is such a coward she talks about this after Lewis is dead. We can't know what really went on because we are only hearing one side of the story.

    • @cornballsack6271
      @cornballsack6271 2 года назад

      do U have a pace maker?

    • @markmorris8532
      @markmorris8532 Год назад

      ​@@johnreidy2804
      You dont know why they waited so long to tell their experiences.
      But I think it's something that they HAD to talk about, even though it took so long.

  • @julikin8539
    @julikin8539 2 года назад +88

    I had a feeling he was a creep when I was a kid. I would immediately leave the room when his awful movies came on TV. Just the sound of his voice makes my skin crawl.

    • @aliensoup2420
      @aliensoup2420 2 года назад +3

      They love his movies in France and revere him like a god.

    • @rext8949
      @rext8949 2 года назад +3

      @@aliensoup2420 Case of what you don't know. Haven't you heard of Bill Cosby?

    • @belledecaucase
      @belledecaucase 2 года назад +1

      You were right.

    • @wmbrown6
      @wmbrown6 2 года назад +4

      @@aliensoup2420 - Says a lot about the French, dunnit?

    • @AJ-yw7hf
      @AJ-yw7hf 2 года назад +1

      @@aliensoup2420 - France has an immorality problem & a celebrity-worship & art-worship problem.

  • @MrUnidyne
    @MrUnidyne Год назад +8

    I used to live outside of Las Vegas and met a few people who worked with Jerry during his telethons. No one had a kind word about him.

  • @ianwattsOfficial
    @ianwattsOfficial 2 года назад +68

    How he treated his own children says everything

    • @margueritemazzeo2904
      @margueritemazzeo2904 2 года назад +8

      Yes..true..

    • @robinsierra1029
      @robinsierra1029 2 года назад +4

      How did he treat his children?

    • @margueritemazzeo2904
      @margueritemazzeo2904 2 года назад +7

      @@robinsierra1029 He was abusive..left them nothing in his will...3 of his son's weren't allowed to even attend his funeral..

  • @rollinontwojohnny3586
    @rollinontwojohnny3586 2 года назад +149

    I feel horrible for these eloquent ladies. Unfortunately, as we see in the news this kind of thing continues. Always has always will.

    • @georgevavoulis4758
      @georgevavoulis4758 2 года назад

      Hollywood protects these creeps like they did the Polanski ( husband of Sharon Tate ) who drugged and raped 13 year old girl and Harvey Weistien petitioned to have charges dropped and he got standing ovation at awards ceremony.

    • @rollinontwojohnny3586
      @rollinontwojohnny3586 2 года назад +5

      @@georgevavoulis4758 The Paramount’s of the world protect the actor or “investment” at all costs. Sounds like a bank. 👍 George

    • @carolgerhardt4890
      @carolgerhardt4890 2 года назад

      @@JazzStation95 N875v4TcZDa
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    • @BIGBADWOOD
      @BIGBADWOOD 2 года назад +2

      Jerry Lewis’s the Zipper snake King!

    • @rollinontwojohnny3586
      @rollinontwojohnny3586 2 года назад +3

      @@BIGBADWOOD That slithering unfunny perp.

  • @BlueSaphire70
    @BlueSaphire70 2 года назад +56

    I loved Hope Holiday in The Apartment and Irma La Douce! I thought she was an excellent actress. I hope she takes heart in knowing how many people appreciate her performances.

    • @cfcreative1
      @cfcreative1 2 года назад

      I would not believe a thing in VF a magazine that worships the evil elite.

    • @Mrchair-bk5ns
      @Mrchair-bk5ns 2 года назад +6

      100%. I never knew that she was in “The Apartment”. She was amazing in it!

  • @vitawater4259
    @vitawater4259 Год назад +28

    An actor is nothing more than a professional BS artist. Lewis was no different than any modern day producer or actor today.

  • @camiblutube7116
    @camiblutube7116 2 года назад +66

    So sad that this happened to these women! There are plenty of these type in Hollyweird! In the world, period!

    • @elputas
      @elputas 2 года назад

      Oh, so now you talk about "facts" as if you were so well-acqainted with them... Amber Heard should be a cautionary tale for you. At least Amber falsely accused Johnny while he is still alive. Jerry Lewis is not here to defend himself but long dead. If what these women say is true, they should've come out decades ago when, not now. Whatever they say now about him is completely irrelevant.

    • @tubester4567
      @tubester4567 2 года назад +1

      The same people pushing us to believe men can be women and children should get hormones and genital operations.

    • @camiblutube7116
      @camiblutube7116 2 года назад +1

      @@tubester4567 Right, you are!

  • @georgevess4784
    @georgevess4784 2 года назад +33

    Males who treat ladies in this manner, are not men. A man treats all women with respect.

  • @gcruishank9663
    @gcruishank9663 2 года назад +91

    So sad and infuriating to hear. The sick reality of Hollywood slowly comes out. What's really horrifying is that it's happening to children all over the world. There are really messed up, powerful people out there.

    • @slowery43
      @slowery43 2 года назад +3

      Thank you Cpt Obvious, your input helps so many what we would all do without you G C?

    • @chrisbaxter3597
      @chrisbaxter3597 2 года назад +1

      You’re surprised ? really - this has always been a part of Hollywood and the film world generally

    • @jimbo43ohara51
      @jimbo43ohara51 2 года назад

      @@chrisbaxter3597 Bill Cosby would probably agree.

    • @strnglhld
      @strnglhld 2 года назад +1

      And yet you’re in another comment fawning over Jeff Goldblum, a LEGENDARY creep to young girls…

    • @JacksonHoulihan
      @JacksonHoulihan Год назад

      The idea that this is exclusive to or happens more frequently in Hollywood is not only laughable but ridiculous on its face. This is human nature and it exists in every place humans are.

  • @diggitydog412
    @diggitydog412 2 года назад +24

    "I'm different now". What a profound and heartbreaking statement. He singlehandedly changed her for the rest of her life. I too always thought he was funny when I was a kid. Once an adult I found him repulsive. And I too thought there was something odd and disturbing about him. I had no idea why.....but something always bothered me about him. I thought it might be because he looked so dumb at his age acting like a bumbling fool. But maybe it was something much deeper and darker. Maybe that is why Dean Martin didn't have anything to do with him for those many years. Hard to say. But Jerry Lewis is a true P.O.S. My heart aches for these 2 women and countless others who were dealt the same fate.