I love Jeff Lewis

Considering no one knows who the fuck you’re talking about a link may have been helpful.

Shit thread. Grade F.

I figured. But I just had to say it.

Do you mean Geoffrey Lewis?

No he means the toxic Jeff Lewis of Flipping Out who eventually alienates everyone close to him. If you watched the show, first it was his ex-boyfriend/business partner and every single intern, underling. Then it was his long term housekeeper, Zoila, a favorite on the show. By the time he got through with his main assistant Jenni, through some huge painful drama, I was done with him. These are all characters we’d come to love. He wouldn’t have even had the show if it weren’t for Jenni. And by the end of the show he had gone through his husband/ex-husband Gage. Anyone who associates with him, gets too close, will always get the chop. And it’s never his fault.

I don’t agree. Jenni was one of those passive desperate-to-be-married and have kids women who was a perfect foil for Jeff. Also a wannabe actress who knew the show would put her out there. Her first marriage to that kid actor who she got Jeff to hire was out of the same mold. She looked 10 years older than she was and Chris looked 10 years younger than he was. What was up with that? I was also shocked by the incompentence of the “contractors” Jeff employed. So much onscreen rip-off confirming the age old jokes about the remodeling/demo world. And right on camera. Jeff was surrounded by people who couldn’t be trusted to do or follow up on anything he delegated.

Ugly inside and out. No talent either. A face that could stop a clock, despite all the Tijuana plastic surgery. Besties with Andy Cohen. That about covers it.

Still don’t agree. You must be one of his exes.

Seriously R4?

“These are all characters we’d come to love“

Pardon me while I puke in my shoes

I’ve known “ugly inside and out”. It’s usually family.

Ugly socks who can’t handle the truth. Get a new a new PA, Jeffrine.

R8, if you watched the show all the years it was on - yes they were characters that you cared about.

[quote]eff was surrounded by people who couldn’t be trusted to do or follow up on anything he delegated.

Jeff surrounded HIMSELF with people he couldn't trust. I fixed it. But that says more about him than the people. Jenni and Jeff had worked successfully together years before the show even started. It was a true friendship. So was his relationship to Zoila who he called a second mother. He was always saying people were taking advantage of him without realizing how much he was taking advantage of them by sucking the life out of them.

I've come to learn that anyone who has a problem with everyone around them is usually the problem themselves.

OP, this is something you should tell people as soon as you meet them, for efficiency's sake. It will save all parties time and energy.

I was so sad when he broke up with Gage.

[quote] I've come to learn that anyone who has a problem with everyone around them is usually the problem themselves.

That's what made the show. He was the cliche "own worst enemy" so despicable as he could be, I couldn't dislike him. There's a little bit of Jeff in all of us. He made me cringe, couldn't watch, saw pieces of myself and I'm much more introverted. He was also paranoid as hell, like me.

Agree r14 but Jeff never really admitted he was the problem - at most he said he was tough to deal with. He turned on ALL of this closest friends. After a while it stops being entertaining and just becomes sad. For someone so afraid of being alone, he really needs to work on himself.