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Jeff Lewis revealed his “crazy” altercation that was cut from Still Flipping Out. The star called it “insane” that it was left out, since it led to an employee’s “firing.”
On the new spinoff, Jeff has clashed with several of his employees, some of whom are now fired. Some fans have criticized Jeff’s intense treatment of his staff, while others argue it’s why people watch the show.
On SiriusXM’s Jeff Lewis Live, Jeff shared what was cut from Still Flipping Out.
“There was an altercation with Justin, the bookkeeper. We were in the car, and it was nuts,” said Jeff. “It was crazy. And I just thought, that’s insane [that] this wasn’t used.”
Jeff said they could’ve “built a whole episode around it.”
“I also don’t like when they feel they need to wrap things up in a bow. I like going out with, ‘Oh s**t, what’s going to happen next?’ A cliffhanger,” he went on. “That Justin call, the fact that that wasn’t in, was crazy.”
Jeff’s chief-of-staff Shane said he was also shocked, and his “theory” is that they wanted to end the series on Jeff and Justin “in a good place,” given that Justin’s job was “on the edge” for a “long time.”
“[It would’ve been] a great ending though,” said Jeff. “[Justin] was off track, [then] back on track, and then you end it with like this really chaotic, crazy conversation, which by the way ultimately led to his firing.”
“Nobody knows [the altercation is] there because somebody [in production] didn’t notate it or some editor didn’t think it was important,” he added.
Earlier this month on Jeff Lewis Live, Jeff shared more details on his past drama with his former social media manager Annie Sharpbefore her own firing.
“The reality of what happened was … [Annie] said to me, ‘I wanna make more money. I wanna make more money,’” said Jeff at the time. “And I said, ‘Well, I’m already getting five [social media] reels from you a week. I actually don’t even need five reels. I can do three strong reels.’ And behind the scenes, I said it’s not worth it cause I think at that point I was already paying her 78,000 plus bonuses.”
“She was close to, you know, 100,000 a year,” he added. “And I just said to her [that] this doesn’t make sense for me financially. … She goes, ‘Well, what can I do?’ Well, what you can do is what makes you valuable. … A position where I can justify giving you more money is if you take on the junior producer role. Now you asked me for more responsibility; this is what I’m telling you that I would need. … She’s an aspiring influencer … so there was a constant conflict with … the work she does for me and the work she did for herself.”