Popular comedian accuses grandfather of killing her baby brother in rage incident

Sarah Silverman attends SNL50: The Anniversary Special on February 16, 2025 at 30 Rockefeller Center in New York City.

Sarah Silverman alleged that her grandfather was responsible for the death of her 3-month old brother, in a recent interview with Rolling Stone. (Photo by Taylor Hill/FilmMagic)FilmMagic

Comedian and actress Sarah Silverman recently opened up about a tragic family event from her childhood.

The “School of Rock” actress revealed that her grandfather was allegedly responsible for the death of her 3-month-old brother Jeffrey, in a recent interview with Rolling Stone that was published Sunday.

Silverman, 54, recalled her brother’s death which occurred while in the care of their paternal grandparents, Max and Rose.

“The story was that something happened with the crib,” Silverman said. “And Jeffrey’s little body slid and he got suffocated.”

That story was a cover-up, according to Silverman.

“If you look back,” Silverman said, “there was never a lawsuit with the crib company or anything.”

Silverman said her father, Donald Silverman, revealed the true cause of her brother’s death in 2022 after watching her autobiographical off-broadway musical, “Bedwetter,” which included a joke about the tragedy.

“My dad says, ‘I always felt that he was crying or something, and my dad (Max) shook him,’” Silverman said. “‘He shook him in a rage and killed him.’”

The actress and comedian said she knew that her father’s story was true because he endured a “heartbreaking childhood,” during which “his dad beat the s--- out of him every day, just mercilessly.”

Silverman’s father died in 2023, just a year after revealing the truth about Jeffrey’s death. Her mom died in 2015 and her grandparents are deceased as well.

Silverman rose to fame as a writer on Saturday Night Live! in the early 90s and has appeared in projects such as “The Sarah Silverman Program,” “Wreck-It Ralph,” “A Million Ways to Die in the West” and more.

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