New York, Nov 3 : Late American television host Johnny Carson’s longtime lawyer, Henry Bushkin, has revealed that the comedian’s life was full of misery.

Bushkin revealed that the “Tonight Show” host was a sad, depressed man who cheated on his wives, was tormented by his mom, and who refused to visit his son in a mental hospital.

“He was a great star, but not a great man,” the New York Post quoted Bushkin, who had jokingly been dubbed as “Bombastic Bushkin” by Carson, as saying.

“Many great comedians were miserable human beings . . . Johnny suffered a great many demons brought about by what I call a toxic sort of mother.