Nelson Lewis, Ex-Laura Ingraham Staffer, In Counseling: 'She Emasculated Me'

A former employee of Laura Ingraham who made headlines for impersonating a congressman has entered treatment for a pathological lying problem — and he says Ingraham's to blame.

Nelson Lewis, who Page Six has dubbed "Washington's 'Talented Mr. Ripley,'" is a former producer for "The Laura Ingraham Show" who was arrested recently for impersonating Georgia Republican Jack Kingston. Page Six reported that Lewis also claimed to be related to former Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis and then posed as the banker, emailing the gossip column from "a fake e-mail account in [Ken Lewis'] name" verifying their family connection and praising Lewis as "talented" and "misunderstood."

Now the 28-year-old Washingtonian is admitting that he faked those e-mails from Lewis, and tells Page Six he is seeking treatment for his lying problem, blaming Ingraham:

He said he's in the Menninger Clinic in Texas receiving treatment for chronic lying....He said, "I thought the real Ken Lewis wouldn't complain. I just wanted something positive out there. I have a problem and am getting treatment."
He then went on to blame talk show host Laura Ingraham, for whom he worked until last April. He said, "She emasculated me."

A rep for Ingraham mocked Lewis, laughing off his claims in a statement to Page Six:

"We understood that His Excellency had left his three-month stint with the show because he had been offered the CEO position of Facebook, or was it the editorship of The Economist? We are relieved, however, that he is excelling in his new position as the Minister Plenipotentiary of Fictionalized Endeavors."

Lewis, who joined Ingraham's radio show as a senior producer in February, previously worked at Fox News, where he was a booker and had also appeared as a panelist on Greta Van Susteren's web show. A rep for Ingraham told Fishbowl DC last month that Lewis "worked as a producer for the show for approximately 15 weeks before being terminated."

Comments

[towny]

02:36 PM on 01/06/2011

Lying? Faux News? Say it aint so!

[lodger16x]

05:50 AM on 01/10/2011

Whatever. I still say, "The One Who Isn't Steve Doocey"  is the coolest on screen name ever!

[MarsAmbassador]

01:58 PM on 01/06/2011

It's amazing to me how snarky, outright mean and unprofessional FOX News is whenever they release a statement like this. What a classless organization, stuffed to the brim with trash from top to bottom. Except for Shep Smith. That guy is pure gold.

[PuffDragon]

12:42 PM on 01/06/2011

The Republican party is suffering a systemic epidemic of chronic, pathological lying.

It appears to be highly contagious, and affects anyone working in the Washington DC area.

[yoyodyne666]

03:23 AM on 01/06/2011

previously worked at Fox News .....

Chronic lying. ...... gee, you think.

[PatrickNM]

11:27 PM on 01/05/2011

Laura would not hire anyone more masculine than her

[Lleah]

10:23 PM on 01/05/2011

Ha! Imagine that.....Ichabod Crane's banshee daughter emasculating someone......almost impossible to believe......no ####.

[AnthropologistAmongApes]

10:22 PM on 01/05/2011

I wonder what "emasculated" means to this guy; no I really don't want to know come to think of it.

[lthor]

09:02 PM on 01/05/2011

I can listen to Laura Ingraham' s show for like 5 minutes and that is it. To think they let this woman adopt children. She doesn't ever add anything to a topic or debate that may inform you of another point of view, just attacks whatever the powers that be are doing or saying. I have no respect for that. I am willing to listen to another point of view, but attacking Michelle Obama's arms, nutriton agenda, vacation time etc. is so petty. Her crusade against the president and his wife , if that is what it takes, sounds so desparate. It is amazing what some people will do for money.
I tell my children that the yardstick for your success in life should not be money. Be the kind of person you might meet only once , maybe in the line at the store, and you wish you could see again. You knew that that was a real neat person. Real quality. Real people. And they are.

[MJinCanada]

03:00 PM on 01/06/2011

Very well said. And a wonderful example for your kids.

[David Gregors]

08:34 PM on 01/05/2011

why do these conservative orgs always try to be funny in their official statements. their jokes work about as well as "an american carol" did.

[Just walkin the dog here]

08:10 PM on 01/05/2011

"He said he's in the Menninger Clinic in Texas receiving treatment for chronic lying..." I'm not sure how to take this statement. Can someone check his story out?

[NVEd]

08:00 PM on 01/05/2011

Too bad, if you lie down with dogs you get up with fleas.

[champions1]

06:13 PM on 01/05/2011

lyin is a family thing @ faux...

[XM202]

06:12 PM on 01/05/2011

I hope she gets sued for discrimination.

[Figerre]

05:43 PM on 01/05/2011

Does that mean Laura doesn't want him to 'man-up' ??? Just askin'

[Bat Wrangler]

05:08 PM on 01/05/2011

I'm surprised Nelson Lewis isn't running Fox News. He's got the resume.