Jeff Lewisis back with a brand new show!
In an exclusive preview shared with PEOPLE, the formerFlipping Outstar gave the first look into his new series,Hollywood Houselift withJeff Lewis.
With a small team of trusted project managers, including long-time employee and SIRIUS XM radio co-host Megan Weaver, Tyler Meyerkorth, and new assistant Shane Douglas, the team comes together to complete one-of-a-kind renovations for celebrity clients, including Anderson, Rivers, Fortune Feimster, Lamorne Morris, Ashlee Simpson Ross, Roselyn Sanchez, Mira Sorvino, and Wilmer Valderrama.
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In the clip, Lewis also opens about his life sinceFlipping Outcame to a dramatic end in 2018, following his falling out with longtime friend and co-starJenni Pulos. “The last time I was on television was about three years ago, since then a lot of things have changed,” he says. “I spent a lot of my life thinking about myself and being a dad changed my whole life, almost everything I do is for my kid.”
Lewis shares 5-year-old daughter Monroe Christine with his ex-partner of 10 yearsGage Edward, from whom he split in 2019. The pair have been involved in an oftencontentions custody dispute regarding Monroeever since. Monroe wasrecently accepted to a new schoolafter she wasexpelled from one in 2019due to Lewis’s actions andrejected from another in December2021.
The news of her denial in December came on the heels of a revelation that Lewis, his staff and some of his famous friends contracted COVID at a"superspreader" holiday partyhe hosted. Though Lewis didn’t share the date of the rejection or explicitly connect the school rejection to the news coverage, he had been facing considerable public backlash.
Jeff Lewis and daughter Monroe.jeff lewis/ instagram
Lewis, who is nowdating Chef Stuart O’Keeffeafter his split from on-and-off boyfriend Scott Anderson, shared the news of Monroe’s new school on his radio showJeff LewisLivelast month.
“Monroe did get into one of the three schools and it’s a fantastic school. However, it’s really far,” he said, noting it’s about 35 minutes away from his home without traffic. “So I’m thinking, ‘Do I want my kid in the car for 45-60 minutes each way?’ That’s the problem. Or I’d have to move. But I don’t know, I’m trying to figure that out.”
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Lewis has also been open about his desire to become a father again through surrogacy. Most recently, the he shared “sad news” regarding his hope to expand his family.
“Embryo No. 9, Jeff Jr., did not make it. It was very, very disappointing,” he said on the air. “And I’m telling you, I was 100 percent convinced it was going to happen. One hundred percent convinced. So when they said to me it didn’t take, I was like, stunned. I was stunned because I was so convinced this was happening.”
Lewis said he was supposed to get his results at 5 p.m. so he was caught off guard when his doctor called him with the news at noon when he was filming what seems to have been his new show.
Jeff Lewis, Gage Edward and their daughter Monroe.Jeff Lewis/Instagram
“I was on camera, I was mic’ed, I had no idea. And I was five minutes from an on-camera client meeting, and it just was like — I was shocked. I was shocked when they said it,” he continued.
While the doctor said they could try again at the end of May, Lewis says he might “push that now.”
“There’s only one left, and [the doctor] said that there’s only a 45 percent chance of taking. So I had to come to the realization this weekend that Monroe just might be it. But it was hard,” Lewis shared.
“I will say, I’ve had a lot, in the last three to four weeks, I’ve had a lot of disappointment, sadness and hurt and all that,” he concluded.
The first three episodes ofHollywood Houselift withJeff Lewispremiere on Amazon Freevee on June 10.
source: people.com
