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Jerry Lewis: MDA Hosts Just Lie, and Tell Audience He Retired

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UPDATE: The hosts of the MDA Telethon just lied to the audience and told them that Jerry Lewis had retired. Do they think the viewers live under a rock? Everyone knows that Lewis was ousted. I’m told that “American Idol” producer Nigel Lythgoe is basically running the show. “It’s all Idol people backstage,” says a source. Lythgoe told the audience in opening remarks that Lewis told him he was retiring. This was echoed by the other hosts. Lewis must be seething, and with good reason. They made it sound like he’d died. Unbelievable.

http://www.showbiz411.com/2011/09/05/pathetic-mda-telethon-a-parade-of-d-listers-and-taped-segments

http://www.showbiz411.com/2011/09/03/jerry-lewiss-name-still-being-used-by-mda

 

 

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