Son of Jerry Lewis Left Out of Comedian’s Will Says He Was Not Surprised

One of Jerry Lewis’ children is speaking out about being cut out of his father’s will after the comedy legend passed away over the summer. “It was putting the knife in and turning it,” Anthony Lewis told Inside Edition. After Jerry Lewis died, news spread that all five of his surviving sons would be disinherited. They would not be left a penny of his estimated $50 million estate. “I was not surprised dad cut me out, but it shocked me that he cut out his grandkids,” Anthony said. #InsideEdition

[jdr]

He raised money to help children and young people with disabilities and yet treated his own very poorly. Sounds like a malignant narcissist.

[messiahgodstar]

Hating your own children is a trait of a narcissist

[barrydow]

I was a private investigator in LA for forty years and had a case involving Jerry Lewis. I had to go to his Beverly Hills office and it was plastered with larger than life pictures of him. I wondered who was so insecure he needed to walk into his own office and see nothing but pictures of themselve. His narcissism was not hard to see.

[cottoncandisandi]

My grandfather was like JL . My father was the opposite . My dad's will included, ALL his children . He didn't want his father's money or belongings . He was an only child . His father left everything to his 3rd wife and his mom left everything to his adopted, orphaned, cousin . Imagine being an only child and getting nothing ??? Good thing my dad was self made . He loved and cared for his family because his parents were so awful. He loved my mom and his daughters . On his deathbed he smiled at all of us and said, " I created this ! " Living and dying, surround by love was my dad's goal . A job well done . 😘😍😇

[MrDukey]

How ironic that someone who raised so much money to help children would neglect his own

[robert]

What does it profit a man to gain the whole world but lose his own soul.

[ispeakasifind]

It's always so sad to see children that were so badly treated by a parent then beat themselves up about not having a chance to make things right, when they did nothing wrong, totally heartbreaking

[riceflatpicking]

My mother called me on the phone drunk on my birthday at about 10 o’clock at night some years ago to let me know that she had taken me out of her will. I am the only child. I calmly replied that I had a good job and was paying my own bills and then some and that I didn’t need any outside help and was there anything else I could help her with while she was on the phone. I’ve never heard my mother’s voice so evil sounding. Thankfully I had done work around her for years in the way that she treated me growing up but I have to admit I was numb for the rest of the evening. When I was younger I spent countless nights trying to figure out why she was the way that she is but having me when she was 18 years old I would say she really wasn’t mature enough to be a mom and at the end of the day some people just aren’t supposed to be parents and today I’m OK with that.

[msoda]

Abusers never change. Those boys were right to stand up for their mom.

[nicholasschroeder]

I was disinherited. No surprises: I hadn't seen my dad for 40 years--my choice. Best decision I ever made. Abusers never change

[tinydiamond]

Jerry Lewis was clearly a man of little integrity, with a closed mind and cold heart.
His true legacy is the pain he left for his family, not the laughter he thought he left for the world.

[billakers]

It's better to not have a Father than have a bad one.

[MoonInPisces]

Don't ever confuse a celebrity's public image with their true character.
Some of the most talented and successful people have absolutely no conscience.
What it takes to be successful has nothing to do with what it takes to be a descent person.

[Amaryllis]

Very disappointing about Jerry. I can’t imagine how a parent can do that to his own family.

[Chesterton]

Our hearts go out to his kids having a Dad like that.

[michaelgreen]

I never thought Jerry Lewis would do such a thing how horribly wrong that is for his family I hope they can find peace in their hearts he must’ve been a monster😢

[dougbodenhamer]

My father was that same sort of guy. Outsiders loved him. His family knew what an ass he was

[eml]

I grew up in an emotionally abusive household and I know the feeling of scrambling when that person comes home not knowing how they'll react and if they'll take it out on you :/ it's hard

[swgame]

Emotional abuse is worse the physical abuse. I'm a witness at the age of 57. Still suffer to this day of being abused in my teens from a parent.

[cstv]

This happens more than most people think and I speak from experience