Retarded Jerry Lewis says gun in baggage was telethon gift
Hollywood Newsroom is now Buzz Newsroom! Visit and bookmark our new site. Buzz is bigger and better, including sports, world news, gadgets and the entertainment news that you're used to. Same staff, just more stuff! Why Fark, Drudge and Huffington when you can Buzz!?Comedian Jerry Lewis said the handgun seized from his baggage by airport security in Las Vegas last month was an engraved gift given to him during his annual telethon for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
The 82-year-old entertainer, who was detained by police after the incident at Las Vegas McCarran International Airport, explained why he was carrying a firearm in an interview with the TV show “Entertainment Tonight” airing on Thursday.
“I had a gun in my carrying case … which was given to me by a marvelous engraver,” Lewis said. “Last year, at the telethon of ‘07 he presented me with this gorgeous gift. I put it in that traveling case and I hadn’t traveled since that telethon.”
- from Yahoo