{"id":169465,"date":"2025-05-20T19:40:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T19:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/20\/sarah-silverman-reveals-baby-brother-was-allegedly-killed-by-violent-grandfather\/"},"modified":"2025-05-20T19:40:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T19:40:45","slug":"sarah-silverman-reveals-baby-brother-was-allegedly-killed-by-violent-grandfather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/20\/sarah-silverman-reveals-baby-brother-was-allegedly-killed-by-violent-grandfather\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Silverman Reveals Baby Brother Was Allegedly Killed By &#8216;Violent&#8217; Grandfather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sarah Silverman has never been one to shy away from discussing painful incidents from her personal life.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, her candor in discussing difficult topics is one of the things that fans love most about her.<\/p>\n<p>But when it comes to one of the darkest from her family\u2019s past, it seems that Sarah didn\u2019t have the full story herself until very recently.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"716\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1870559628-1024x716.jpg\" alt=\"Sarah Silverman visits Sirius XM at SiriusXM Studios on December 20, 2023 in New York City.\" class=\"wp-image-526024 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1870559628-1024x716.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1870559628-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1870559628-768x537.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1870559628-2048x1433.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1870559628-960x672.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1870559628-1080x755.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1870559628-1200x839.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1870559628-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sarah Silverman visits Sirius XM at SiriusXM Studios on December 20, 2023 in New York City.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Theo Wargo\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-sarah-silverman-believes-her-grandfather-killed-her-3-month-old-brother\">Sarah Silverman believes her grandfather killed her 3-month-old brother<\/h2>\n<p>In her memoir \u2014 which was later adapted into a musical in 2022 \u2014 Silverman opened up about the death of her brother when he was just three months old.<\/p>\n<p>Jeffrey Silverman, Sarah had been told, suffocated in his crib before she had been born.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe story was that something happened with the crib, and Jeffrey\u2019s little body slid and he got suffocated,\u201d Silverman told <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/culture\/culture-features\/sarah-silverman-postmortem-interview-1235332061\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rolling Stone<\/a><\/em> in a new interview.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut if you look back, there was never a lawsuit with the crib company or anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After watching a performance of her autobiographical musical one night, Sarah\u2019s father, Donald Silverman, told her what he believed to be the truth about his son\u2019s death. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2075134741-800x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Sarah Silverman attends the 2024 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 10, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California.\" class=\"wp-image-526025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2075134741-800x1024.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2075134741-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2075134741-768x983.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2075134741-1600x2048.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2075134741-750x960.jpg 750w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2075134741-844x1080.jpg 844w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2075134741-937x1200.jpg 937w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2075134741-scaled.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2075134741-800x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Sarah Silverman attends the 2024 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 10, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California.\" class=\"wp-image-526025 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2075134741-800x1024.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2075134741-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2075134741-768x983.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2075134741-1600x2048.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2075134741-750x960.jpg 750w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2075134741-844x1080.jpg 844w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2075134741-937x1200.jpg 937w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2075134741-scaled.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2075134741-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sarah Silverman attends the 2024 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 10, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Amy Sussman\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMy dad says, \u2018I always felt that he was crying or something, and my dad shook him. He shook him in a rage and killed him,\u201d Sarah said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs soon as he said it, it was like, \u2018Of course, that\u2019s what happened,\u2019\u201d Silverman recalled. \u201cHis mother always stood by her husband. She watched him beat the s\u2013t out of her son. I couldn\u2019t ask my mom, because she was dead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sarah went on to describe her father as someone who was \u201calways dropping bombs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was my dad. We were playing poker once, and he just dropped in that one of the priests at his school fondled him. I was like \u2018Dad!\u2019\u201d Sarah laughed.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-loss-of-a-career-bomb-dropper\">The loss of a career bomb-dropper<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"710\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2148753156-710x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Sarah Silverman attends the 76th Annual Writers Guild Awards at Hollywood Palladium on April 14, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.\" class=\"wp-image-526026\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2148753156-710x1024.jpg 710w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2148753156-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2148753156-768x1108.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2148753156-1420x2048.jpg 1420w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2148753156-666x960.jpg 666w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2148753156-749x1080.jpg 749w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2148753156-832x1200.jpg 832w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2148753156-scaled.jpg 1775w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"710\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2148753156-710x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Sarah Silverman attends the 76th Annual Writers Guild Awards at Hollywood Palladium on April 14, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.\" class=\"wp-image-526026 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2148753156-710x1024.jpg 710w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2148753156-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2148753156-768x1108.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2148753156-1420x2048.jpg 1420w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2148753156-666x960.jpg 666w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2148753156-749x1080.jpg 749w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2148753156-832x1200.jpg 832w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2148753156-scaled.jpg 1775w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2148753156-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sarah Silverman attends the 76th Annual Writers Guild Awards at Hollywood Palladium on April 14, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by JC Olivera\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In May of 2023, just months after he shared his theory about Sarah\u2019s brother, Donald Silverman passed away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy best pal, Schleppy \u2014 my dad, died last night,\u201d she wrote on Instagram at the time (per <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/05\/20\/celebrity-news\/sarah-silverman-details-moment-she-found-out-her-violent-grandfather-allegedly-killed-her-3-month-old-brother\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Page Six<\/a>). \u201cAll the sisters, and grandkids surrounded him with love and singing and very dark f\u2013ked up jokes this final week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She continued, \u201cBut ultimately, he wanted to be with his love, Janice, who we lost last Monday. No shiva- of [sic] you wanna do something please donate to @2ndnurture  He always said he was the richest man in the world because of his family, and he was.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Clearly, Sarah\u2019s upbringing was mostly a happy one. But even the closest families can harbor some very dark secrets.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/05\/sarah-silverman-reveals-baby-brother-was-allegedly-killed-by-violent-grandfather\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes Sarah Silverman has never been one to shy away from discussing painful incidents from her personal life. In fact, her candor in discussing difficult topics is one of the things that fans love most about her. But when it comes to one of the darkest from her family\u2019s past, it seems [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":169466,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-169465","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}