Questiond arising on Jerry Springer’s Will Reading Video Is Not Real? A video featuring Jerry Springer reading a will has created a buzz on Twitter, leading some to believe that he was announcing his own last testament and the division of his wealth among his family members and loved ones. Contrary to the belief, he was not reading his personal will. Instead, the footage is from a play in which Springer participated.
The video became viral after Twitter user @marcisenberg shared it, alleging that the will was Springer’s and that the late actor had secret children. The user tweeted:
“The best Jerry Springer chapter ever is Jerry interpretation his own will. He had 2 black children out of wedlock, wife portends to expose, so he keeps it under censorships until he dies, then leaves all his money to the offspring he never met. What a fairytale.”
Springer, in the video, is heard saying:
“Joan kept me away from you with a threat of exposure. She did not keep me from if for you. You see I told her that if I had to receive a life without you, she would not get a red cent of my wealth and you would be named equally in my will in the event of my transient. But with all going on in the biosphere right now, I realize that I have to go a step further… I leave my home in New Orleans to you to do whatever you want.”
He then adds:
“The rest of my estate, my belongings in Mississippi, Georgia, South Carolina, my bank account, my asset collections all liquid and in tangible possessions everything, all of it, will go to my children John and Nisha.”
The video garnered over 850K views at the time of this article, with many people applauding Springer for his alleged will.
Unfortunately, the claims made by the Twitter user and many others are not accurate. Jerry Springer did not read his will publicly, nor did he announce a split of his assets among supposed secret children. It was confirmed that the video was extracted from a comedic skit featuring Springer in December 2020.
This skit was a part of “REFRAMED 2020: A Festival of New Plays on Social Justice,” a festival hosted by Tulane University’s School of Liberal Arts Department of Theatre and Dance where Springer participated in a script reading.
Talk Demonstration Host & Former Cincinnati Mayor, Jerry Springer, Passes Away at 79
Jerry Springer, a man known for wearing many professional hats including broadcaster, author, politician, journalist, actor, lawyer, and most notably, as the talk show host of a daytime program so scandalous, passed away today at his suburban Chicago home at the age of 79 after a brief illness, as confirmed by his family.
Springer, who held many prominent roles throughout his lifetime, including serving as the mayor of Cincinnati, gained significant fame as the host of The Jerry Springer Show, a controversial TV program that aired for 27 years and was known for its sensational topics and heated guest disputes which often ended in physical altercations.
Springer initially launched his talk show in 1991 with a respectable persona and more traditional format. Clad in a suit and tie, Springer would engage with the audience while interviewing guests, much like talk-show legend, Phil Donahue.
However, as time progressed, Springer’s show began to take a turn for the scandalous, showcasing outrageous guests and contentious topics including infidelity, blatant racism, and explicit content meant to ignite on-air disputes.
A Television Sensation
Springer’s show played a pivotal role in the rise of the tabloid talk-show genre, alongside hosts like Maury Povich, Sally Jessy Raphael, Jenny Jones, Montel Williams, and Morton Downey Jr. Despite the chaotic nature of his show, Springer managed to maintain a charismatic presence and serve as a composed counterpart to his contentious guests.
As a critic for the St. Petersburg Times newspaper, I had the opportunity to meet Springer back in 1997 during a show taping in Florida. The episode centered around a white man who was jailed for employing threats and racial slurs against his African American neighbors. Springer was adamant that his show aimed to encourage discourse, stating, “When TV is at its best, it’s like a mirror. If this does unknown more than get people to sit around the dinner table and discuss this, it’s done some good.”
Despite this, the show often stirred up scandalous debates for the sake of boosting viewership and ratings, with Springer effectively playing the role of a criticism-warding host.
From Politics and Law to Television
Born as Gerald Norman Springer in London, England, he moved to Queens, N.Y., at the age of 4 with his family. By the late 1960s, he had progressed from Tulane University and Northwest University Law School. Springer began his career practicing law in Cincinnati, and in 1971, he was elected to the city council. He reconciled in 1974 after admitting to paying a sex worker by check but was re-elected in 1975. Springer also served as Cincinnati’s mayor for a year in 1977.
