The Dark Side of Hollywood Icon Jerry Lewis | Vanity Fair

Jerry Lewis’s patented form of slapstick made him a 20th-century comedic icon. But former co-stars first interviewed by the directors behind Allen v. Farrow say he was a bully who sexually harassed-and in at least one case, sexually assaulted-women with impunity. A collaboration between Vanity Fair and filmmakers, Amy Ziering and Kirby Dick, reveals what happened when the cameras weren’t rolling.
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[@lifeenvironments]

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.

[@user-xq5vx7rs4w]

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

[@thomasmargolis6057]

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

[@helwigtwin]

I find these stories very sad!

[@moonroxxit]

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

[@carolmarkel9171]

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.

[@michaelbrinks8089]

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

[@annmariemccooey6731]

Well said.

[@revelation1215]

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

[@chrisoverka7341]

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

[@AJdet-2]

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

[@jlms69]

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]

@@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.

[@user-fj1pq8me7w]

They are all a certain religion

[@user-fj1pq8me7w]

Another Hollywood Jewish person Matt Lauer had a button that would lock you into his room

[@aedsell]

I pray we never hear such things about Ryan Reynolds.

[@charleshammer2928]

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]

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

[@henryottis295]

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

[@milliemouse6525]

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

[@henryottis295]

@@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]

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

[@earlgray7003]

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]

Rickles knew all bout Lewis.

[@Bearintheair]

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

[@henryottis295]

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

[@johnnysmoke1442]

@@Bearintheair Don was a Racist !

[@WVgirl1959]

And was a Harvey Weinstein

[@user-vb5ui7lq7o]

It's so sad that people we admired for many years turned out to be nothing more than garbage

[@giuseppenuzzaci69]

but he is death now, he look so gentleman , he has a nice family, why hi did that?

[@mikemiller659]

Its the money and Power that corrupt many of us

[@None-zc5vg]

@@mikemiller659...plus Greed

[@josepha.r5839]

I grew up in the 50s, 60s in a family that admired and thought wonderful of Lewis. This is not the first time I've heard of him being a monster.

[@stevengalindo7932]

I agree. Hollywood has no heroes or heroines. Just flawed selfish people who use and abuse others to get ahead. I grew up admiring actors. Now I would not cross the street to see one.

[@EricWalterMovesBetweenWorlds]

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]

Think: Bob Hope

[@grizzlybear4]

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

[@videorocketzmillar007milla5]

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

[@daydays12]

I agree - creepy and not funny.

[@ChrisKay54]

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

[@PeaceNYC2011]

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

[@orbanfurer]

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]

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]

@@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]

@@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]

@@HMMELD she has every reason to lie about it

[@fairylovr33]

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]

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

[@justice-jb5ld]

@@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]

@@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]

as are most of us presidents

[@skatee99]

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.

[@memonk11]

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

[@DexterHaven]

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

[@theonemodifier]

The Jerry Lewis telethon was nice

[@courteous01]

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

[@scotnick59]

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

[@kyereCat]

I saw signs of selfishness when he was being himself.

[@rudythecat7320]

Another Bill Cosby. Talk about Jekyll and Hyde!

[@graphicbrew]

Bill Cosby > Dr. Huxtable

[@ChrisKay54]

Actors acting actually.

[@65TossTrap]

Jerry should have been arrested and thrown in jail.

[@kyereCat]

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]

100 %

[@sharyldutter9694]

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

[@xena2shoes]

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

[@militaryvetandfather]

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

[@Carpenterdane]

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

[@sheilagravely5621]

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]

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]

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

[@wolfgangwoldt1941]

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

[@frisco21]

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.

[@NBZW]

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]

They had plenty of prescribed drugs then too

[@NBZW]

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

[@azsunburns]

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

[@joederocco9321]

tell more

[@Nicks_Pix]

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

[@stevenleslie8557]

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]

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]

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]

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

[@marksmith7425]

@@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]

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

[@vanessafarias3244]

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]

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

[@HMMELD]

This takes to a whole new level

[@gardensofthegods]

Vanessa I do believe it .

[@peterlawrence8665]

I believe these victim of prey

[@outlawedTV88]

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.

[@peterfranks6243]

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.

[@richardekers3025]

Listen to Fenella Fielding talking about NW.

[@anmnou]

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

[@peterfranks6243]

@@anmnou i don't know what pal ?

[@paulweir5031]

Wisdom was about as funny as Ted Rogers.

[@peterfranks6243]

@@paulweir5031 everyone to their own

[@dr.davidgerstenaminoacidth2421]

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.

[@NKdidit.24]

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

[@jeffreymartin6369]

@@NKdidit.24I don’t think he was funny

[@cherylsmith4826]

He's just gross

[@danitaharris9919]

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

[@rosemarykennedy5430]

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

[@HisWordisLife4U]

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_]

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

[@HisWordisLife4U]

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

[@taroman7100]

Truly hideous man. Bizarre in character.

[@jimwhite2743]

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]

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

[@TheDianne888]

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]

You are so full of shyt!

[@revrotunda3206]

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

[@Kari.F.]

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

[@greg19071961]

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]

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.

[@TheGoatlady50]

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

[@johnz4412]

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

[@g3everex]

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]

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.

[@davedee4382]

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

[@georgevavoulis4758]

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]

Were you a policeman? Just asking.

[@simonmcleish2703]

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

[@ICONICPARIS]

@@simonmcleish2703 lol

[@brooklyn7722]

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.

[@gwarren6386]

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.

[@maddynavarro77]

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

[@johnreidy2804]

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

[@Martimus98]

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]

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]

Good for you! He was a dickhead!

[@hecatearadia1959]

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

[@MargieB51]

Proud of you

[@wilchambers1401]

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

[@200991602]

I love Jack Benny forever

[@DorianLS]

Jack Benny was great!

[@michaelcipriano1713]

Neither could Bing Crosby. He hated Lewis.

[@randycox3522]

@@michaelcipriano1713 another great father figure

[@jeffpagan7735]

he seemed like a d

[@stevenelief6784]

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.

[@alexflowers97]

We need more details

[@angelwingz892]

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 💜

[@alphasxsignal]

My heart goes out to these ladies.

[@kascade9145]

You are a sucker

[@caravanrose]

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

[@lindasloat2794]

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]

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

[@militaryvetandfather]

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?

[@shaunreilly774]

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]

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]

@@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]

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

[@benparks3564]

@@shaunreilly774 Well said.

[@anteandrovic]

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

[@amberjohnson4820]

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]

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]

@@Nickster_P Exactly! Just look at Jimmy Savile.

[@Clarice-rp7mh]

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]

​@@autophyte💯!!

[@celticjewel913]

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

[@kathleen4376]

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]

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]

@@johnreidy2804 Keep your hands to yourself, John.

[@brettk9316]

Are you his F'd up kid or something?

[@Aristotelezz]

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]

How Hollywood overhyped these FAKES

[@valerieneal2747]

ABSOLUTELY. HE WAS A NARCISSISTIC, CRUEL MONSTER.

[@CJM-rg5rt]

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]

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

[@excalibur2024guy]

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

[@georgevess4784]

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

[@wolfgangwoldt1941]

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]

Excellent point

[@brittoverbaugh4035]

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! 😂

[@Winterwood768-yx9kx]

The character he played in the King of Comedy was a saint compared to the real Jerry Lewis.

[@wolfgangwoldt1941]

@@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.

[@jeffreymartin6369]

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

[@auntiefan4202]

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

[@HigherWaysWoman]

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]

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

[@Rls_0523]

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]

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]

They are shallow and empty like politicians.

[@Rick-zw7zv]

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

[@heatherwhaley7623]

Exactly. All this fawning over celebrities sickens me too.

[@kentclark6420]

Explains the cultist behavior, like Trumpers.

[@lianakilgore8873]

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.

[@diggitydog412]

"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.

[@deborahfairbanks4012]

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

[@theonemodifier]

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

[@CC.DeVille]

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]

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

[@Santos.Sarmento]

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.]

Such behaviour happens everywhere and anywhere not just in entertainment.

[@Santos.Sarmento]

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

[@Omnicient.]

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]

@@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.

[@1968weedsmoke]

He was abusive to his own children too.

[@douglasrodrigues8361]

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]

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

[@grandcreator11]

Lol ​@@blondie4512

[@pixietherabbit5176]

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

[@Ratbazlily]

Amen! 🙏🙏

[@ratsoratso]

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]

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]

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

[@Ausgar-yc1yl]

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

[@ratsoratso]

@@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]

@@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.

[@vitawater4259]

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

[@azsunburns]

Thank you.

[@danieldelarosa2976]

she's an actor and she seems to be bullshitting you...

[@jajanesaddictions]

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.

[@darrylskylar8757]

🙏♥️

[@gretchenbeck441]

Hope it is really HOT where is is now!

[@FLStelth]

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

[@polarbearsrus6980]

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

[@henrygingold6549]

@@polarbearsrus6980 He was funny as dysentery

[@reneeskutt7064]

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

[@henrirousseau9541]

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]

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?

[@MrUnidyne]

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.

[@JohnSmith-fw2et]

"I'm different now" That is the deepest point that can't be expressed or understood unless you are actually the one who's been effected. Narcissistic people go through their lives sometimes destroying other persons identity, they never comprehend the damage they do. A victims life can be altered negatively for the rest of their life, you can't explain it, its just there. It's like a part of your existence and identity dies inside you. Twenty years later you still think about the damage every day and sometimes multiple times a day, it never goes away. Like I said, something dies inside you but you can't put a finger on it. It's something in your soul, yet the abuser never feels or understands what they have done.

[@janetjohnson6897]

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

[@johnreidy2804]

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

[@shawnt797]

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]

There are two sides to every story.

[@anteandrovic]

@@kascade9145 what do u mean by that. ?

[@BlindMellowJellyInc]

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

[@kascade9145]

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

[@johnbeaton1076]

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

[@Snake-qw9oh]

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.

[@larry1824]

He outlived his time and became a bitter crank

[@sacoderfolk1]

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]

P

[@harrietharlow9929]

He was a total POS just like all abusive celebrities.

[@carolnahigian9518]

yes IT RINGS TRUE

[@wesdorado8916]

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]

@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!!

[@questionmark9819]

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]

What, like Amber Heard?

[@bigbilltoady412]

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

[@elynum]

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

[@karentoffan7027]

@@detroitmade4125 Apples and oranges. Grow up.

[@kidnap2010]

@@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

[@hollyidrucker6897]

It was very hard for these women to talk about this so publicly , My heart goes out to these women.

[@danieldelarosa2976]

it's an act....victim mentality is everywhere these days....it's for ratings...

[@pedebe100]

I always felt like he was the person he played in King of Comedy

[@chrisprime8032]

I have an immediate family member that dealt with him when he was receiving medical treatment and said he was real jerk to be around. Very condescending.

[@alanrogs3990]

Your relative broke his/her oath. Very unprofessional and should lose his/her job.

[@jlm0400]

@@alanrogs3990 well. That would depend on when the information was disclosed. He is dead.

[@alanrogs3990]

@@jlm0400 You're right but I still think it is tacky and of low character.

[@jazzmanchgo]

@@alanrogs3990 Eh -- I know nurses in Chicago who treated some well-known performing artists in the hosptal, and they've shared similar stories. I don't think there's any oath-breaking involved.

[@alanrogs3990]

@@jazzmanchgo I'm impressed.

[@girlcheck]

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]

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

[@Michael-ro5cu]

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

[@lukeyznaga7627]

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]

​@@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]

@@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!!!

[@kaisgzara4302]

I watched this again &/- nearly cried . . . it was heartbreaking ! . . . so sad to see how these women were treated ! . . . so sad that the culprits got away with it !

[@peterkiviat9969]

Amazing, at the end of his film career, he basically played himself, in The King of Comedy

[@sandorx4]

He was really great in that film.

[@Tanlegal41]

Talvez ali Lewis tenha mostrado ao público sua verdadeira face. Estou com o coração partido, pois sempre o considerei um anjo...

[@filmsforsmartpeople3587]

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

[@johnchambers2996]

Now they have everyplace to go, and instant credibility.

[@pjhey947]

@@johnchambers2996 Somewhere in the middle would be nice.

[@johnchambers2996]

@@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]

@@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]

@@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".

[@TheRealLeewon]

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

[@BigMamaDaveX]

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

[@cashflowglo7262]

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

[@lindaweller6538]

It's with you forever .

[@20greeneyes20]

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]

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

[@leslieholland6477]

Oh my heart breaks for these women. I was raped by an ex boyfriend. He overpowered me. I layed there stunned, paralyzed. 😢 It does affect your relationships going forward. I’m so sorry these women experienced this.

[@omahaw1728]

I can imagine that these ladies were so shocked to have gone through what they did. It's shocking to hear about what they went through.

[@carolinemodenbach]

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]

@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]

She said it was a different actor who raped her.

[@aaacomp1]

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.

[@theresareynolds3133]

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]

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]

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

[@marilynwillett804]

My uncle worked for Universal for decades Diahann Carroll was drunk while doing her Christmas special.

[@noOnionswithoutTears]

Wow. This was very well done. Jerry Lewis gave me the ickies as a kid, I grew up in 70's/80's. This was a huge time for his Labor Day telethons. Good to know that even as a kid, my red flag radar was working. At least with famous people.

[@Jameslopez5682]

Hello Anastasia how are you doing hope you’re having a great time with your family may God bless you and your family

[@shawndahill2847]

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

[@danpro8622]

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]

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

[@prudencepineapple9448]

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

[@JamesMiller-lq5rd]

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

[@shanehollister8976]

They’re not brave! They wanted it

[@MatteoPrezioso]

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

[@dub2536]

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

[@mja91352]

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

[@johnskelly2542]

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

[@anti-apathy9715]

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]

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

[@sandyg202]

Lewis always irritated me and I found him creepy! I was spot on!

[@rafehr1378]

In the 1960s and 70s. Called it, Hollyweird.

[@deborahg3093]

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

[@victornice858]

God Bless DG.

[@jamsheadaziz3999]

Same question could be asked about Jimmy Saville??

[@ianworley8169]

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]

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]

Trump won't let us

[@Lisa80mba]

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]

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]

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]

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]

@@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]

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

[@user-vr6xm8lm1o]

It was either in the early 1970s or 1980s ; Jerry Lewis and Zsa Zsa Gabor were on the Tonight Show and Zsa Zsa said, yes, in front of Lewis that he uses a belt on his sons. Lewis DID NOT deny it, and he soon said if he had a daughter " I would use a softer belt". 😮

[@gabrielleangelica1977]

The children of the Telethon complained about him. I was shocked. He has a fragile daughter who he grossly neglected as well...Dean Martin knew more than we knew I guess.

[@aaroncrilly2005]

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

[@mstwelvedeadlycyns]

Harvey Weinsten resurrected

[@jhanes3791]

He left his first wife and kids financially ruined.

[@cfcreative1]

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

[@danrook5757]

@@mstwelvedeadlycyns : more like his idol

[@julikin8539]

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]

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

[@rext8949]

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

[@belledecaucase]

You were right.

[@wmbrown6]

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

[@AJ-yw7hf]

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

[@judysibley1066]

Thank goodness women are now speaking up. Must have been horrible working with these men who thought they could do what they wanted and knew they would get away with it. Feel so sorry for these ladies.

[@martinbisschoff988]

They are still getting away with it. Up to today.

[@betsyveritas1055]

I ran into Jerry at Opryland Hotel in the late 80s, early 90s, can't say which. He glared at me in the oddest way & I truly felt that I was in the presence of evil. Scary!

[@saifonlawrence2044]

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

[@deanpd3402]

Dean cared about his family. Jerry didn't.

[@keithpopko2540]

I laughed, but then I turned 10 years old.

[@ethannielson942]

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

[@teresastillabower8361]

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

[@lisamayo7657]

Same

[@maximillion8442]

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

[@stregalilith]

Yes, what she said! #metoo.

[@rubicunduseratiudas1264]

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]

@@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]

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

[@rubicunduseratiudas1264]

​@@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?

[@southernc4919]

As a child i watched the telethon’s and you could see what a rotten person he was if you paid attention to the little things. No warmth

[@pleiadian13]

I read his biography because like many kids we watched the repeats, the movies, the charity drives and loved him. The biography exposed his negative behaviour. I can see the suffering in these ladies, they suffered him because of fear.

[@rjsweda]

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.

[@Fitforacting]

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]

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]

Jerry's kids??

[@militaryvetandfather]

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]

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]

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

[@italianstallion9170]

60 years later it's time to grass him up...These women need to raise the alarm as and when it happens.

[@natalier7204]

Dean Martin stopped working with Lewis because he was becoming too controlling and Jerry took Dean wanting to leave as a betrayal. Lots of stories about Lewis around, including calling kids with muscular dystrophy “cripples” right before he died.

[@tothelighthouse9843]

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.

[@elkstereidolon3523]

There's no real women in the Hollywood celebrity cult...or on Capital Hill. They're all MTFs and intersex.

[@robd1329]

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

[@paraguaymike5159]

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]

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

[@carolb1871]

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

[@clurkroberts2650]

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]

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

[@learnedtolove1611]

@@jeanb3489 I know right my fellow German friend

[@hermanwilliams4745]

These ladies signed up for that fame fortune that's the price you pay

[@EmilyKresl]

I never thought he was funny. Mad respect to the ladies coming forward. You're stronger than you know

[@gretchenbeck441]

I just thought Lewis was goofy and boring, couldn't understand why he even got airtime.I still don't, Dean Martin had talent