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and small acting bits on shows such
as Friends. He eventually developed
a romantic relationship with director Michael Patrick King (Sex and
the City), living together for some
time before King’s big break. Soon,
both men went in different directions. “I said, ‘Michael, I’m really
over the whole Hollywood thing — I
just want to be a parent.’”
Nine months later, Lewis adopted
Jackson as an infant. Four years later, he adopted his second son, Buck,
now 9. The kids lived in L.A. for a
while, growing up on movie sets,
until Lewis moved them to Charlotte, N.C., to start a normal life of
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swim teams and Little League while
he opened up an acting studio.
THE TRIP
After raising $20,000 through a
12K race, the Lewis family were
set to take on 12 different locations: Antarctica, Argentina, Australia, China, Haiti, India, Kenya,
Peru, Russia, Rwanda, Tanzania
and Thailand. Jackson was given
the role of global team blogger,
while Buck wrote to LEGO asking the CEO to help him share his
favorite toy with less-fortunate
kids. Crates of legos were subsequently shipped to all locations
ahead of their arrival.
Their first stop was Saint Petersburg, Russia, where they worked
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These
bracelets
and figurines
were made
by children
in Haiti,
known as
“restaveks.”
The children
work as
domestic
servants in
exchange
for room and
board with
an affluent
family.