{"id":11158,"date":"2026-11-03T22:30:54","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T22:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/?p=11158"},"modified":"2026-11-03T22:30:54","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T22:30:54","slug":"the-world-laughed-with-jerry-lewis-but-his-son-revealed-a-very-different-story-behind-closed-doors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/?p=11158","title":{"rendered":"The World Laughed With Jerry Lewis\u2014But His Son Revealed a Very Different Story Behind Closed Doors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/857369741_1609373000985875_8969017186945514494_n_cleanup.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/857369741_1609373000985875_8969017186945514494_n_cleanup.png 576w, https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/857369741_1609373000985875_8969017186945514494_n_cleanup-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jerry Lewis Made Millions Laugh\u2014But His Son Says Life at Home Was Very Different<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jerry Lewis was celebrated around the world as a comedy legend. From his famous partnership with Dean Martin to films like <em>The Nutty Professor<\/em>, he built a remarkable career entertaining audiences. He also spent decades raising money for muscular dystrophy research through his televised fundraising events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But his son Anthony has described a much more difficult side of family life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In interviews, Anthony spoke about what he says was a childhood marked by emotional and physical abuse. He recalled that when his father came home, the children would scatter because they never knew what kind of mood to expect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jerry Lewis passed away in 2017 at the age of 91 and could no longer respond to his son&#8217;s public claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After his death, family tensions also drew attention when his will reportedly excluded his sons from his first marriage, leaving his estate to his second wife and their daughter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet Anthony has said that money was never what mattered most to him. Looking back, he expressed regret that he never had the chance for a private moment to tell his father that he loved him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is a deeply complicated family story: a comedy legend remembered by millions, and a son who says he wished they had shared one more meaningful conversation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jerry Lewis Made Millions Laugh\u2014But His Son Says Life at Home Was Very Different Jerry Lewis was celebrated around the world as a comedy legend. From his&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11158"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11160,"href":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11158\/revisions\/11160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}