COMEDIAN Sarah Silverman has revealed a horror family secret centred on the death of her late brother for the first time.
The TV star, who was formerly in a long-term relationship with Jimmy Kimmel and starred on his talk show in 2021, has opened up on the sobering moment she discovered her grandfather was allegedly to blame for the little boy’s passing.
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Saturday Night Live alum Sarah, 54, has now candidly opened up on a discussion with her late father and “best pal” Donald, who died in 2023.
Her words shed light on a terrible family tragedy involving not only little Jeffrey but also her fathers troubled childhood, during which she claims his own dad “beat the s*** out of him every day, just mercilessly.”
The New Hampshire-born actress, stand-up and writer, who both penned and starred in The Sarah Silverman Programme, told Rolling Stone how her father’s relationship with mom Beth Ann was rocky, and saw him “humiliate” and “belittle” her.
Yet when Beth Ann won a cruise trip prize, five years before Sarah’s birth, it appeared to offer some hope.
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The parents left baby Jeffrey with his grandparents, Donald’s mum and dad, yet he tragically died when his crib collapsed on him.
During the writing of her memoir, Sarah said the truth finally came out when her parents – who rarely agreed – had the same account of the little boy’s passing.
Sarah told the publication: “The story was that something happened with the crib, and Jeffrey’s little body slid and he got suffocated.
“But if you look back, there was never a lawsuit with the crib company or anything.”
Yet it was her 2022 show Bedwetter in Manhattan, which Donald watched five times in a row in the year before he died, when the horror truth came to light.
In the scenes, Sarah made a joke about Jeffrey’s passing and after the fifth show, Donald headed backstage.
She added to the publication: “My dad says, ’I always felt that he was crying or something, and my dad shook him.
“He shook him in a rage and killed him.
“As soon as he said it, it was like, ’Of course, that’s what happened.’
“His mother always stood by her husband.
“She watched him beat the s**t out of her son.
“I couldn’t ask my mom, because she was dead.”
FAMILY LIFE
Sarah and fellow comedian Jimmy dated from 2002, before calling it a day in 2009.
She then dated actor Michael Sheen for four years from 2014 before splitting up in 2018.
In October 2020, she revealed she was dating comedian Rory Albanese.
The pair started their romance during lockdown whilst playing an online video together.
Yet she has candidly told how her own career had impacted her own family decisions.
She previously took to X to write: “As a comic always working & on the road I have had to decide between motherhood & living my fullest life & I chose the latter.”
“Men don’t have to do that. I’d so love to be a fun dad, coming home from the road and being my best fun dad self.
“So this is just a lil f*** all y’all, because you can’t be a woman without sacrifice, and that’s the fact, Jack.”
Sarah then added: “I love my comedian brothers that acknowledge this truth.
“They’re my family, and, for a lot of us women comic sisters, our only family.”
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