Sherri Shepherd
In an interview about co-hosting on The View, Shepherd admitted to putting her foot in her mouth a lot. When this was brought up on the The View, Shepherd's co-host, Whoopi Goldberg, admitted that Sherri needs to think more before speaking because a lot of what she says "just isn't appropriate!"[2]
Shepherd was criticized heavily after the September 18, 2007 broadcast of The View,[3] in which she stated that she didn't "believe in evolution. Period". She was asked by co-host Whoopi Goldberg, "Is the world flat?" She first responded, "…I don't know" and expanded that she "never thought about it". Shepherd continued that it was more important to her that she thought about how she was "going to feed [her] child". Barbara Walters replied to this defense of her scientific illiteracy, "You can do both." She then went on to quote scripture.[4]
Similar criticism erupted after the December 4, 2007 broadcast of The View when, during a discussion initiated by Joy Behar about Epicurus, Shepherd attempted to assert that Christians existed in classical Greece, and that the Greeks threw them to the lions (see Persecution of early Christians by the Romans). When confronted on this point, she further claimed that "Jesus came first" (before Greeks and Romans) and stated "I don't think anything predated Christians".[5][6]
Shepherd also garnered ridicule after admitting to never voting because she just “never knew the dates or anything”; she stated, "I've never voted for anything in my life".[7][8]
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Personal life
Shepherd is married to comedian Jeff Tarpley (aka Jeff T. Aware); they have a son, Jeffrey Charles, born April 22, 2005. Though on the road to divorce after discovering that her husband was having an affair, Sherri Shepherd reported on The View on May 23, 2007 that she and her husband were back together. Tarpley had a child during the affair and Shepherd said she thought it would be wrong to keep the children apart. However, on September 21, 2007, View watchers learned that the reconciliation, which included marriage counseling, did not go well: Shepherd noted during the show's Hot Topics segment that she and Tarpley are again separated and a divorce is under way.
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References
- ^ Michael Slezak (2007-01-04). Sherri Shepherd: The new 'View' co-host? (English). Popwatch Blog. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved on 2007-12-06. “
The blogosphere ... is abuzz with the rumor that former Less Than Perfect star Sherri Shepherd has bagged herself a permanent slot as The View's fifth resident yackmeister.
UPDATE: Sorry to disappoint, folks, but a source close to the show tells PopWatch that the rumors calling Shepherd's signing a done deal are "complete hogwash," and that we'll be seeing a number of subs in the Star Jones seat before a final decision is made. Still, they should totally hire her, right? (entry dated January, 2007)” - ^ Sherri Shepherd's 'View'-point | Sherri Shepherd | The Q&A | TV | Entertainment Weekly | 1
- ^ "Media Blender", GayWired.com, 2007-09-19.
- ^ "New "View" Co-Host Sherri Shepherd Doesn't Know If World Is Flat", Huffington Post, 2007-09-18. Retrieved on 2007-09-20.
- ^ Danny Shea. "Sherri Shepherd Doesn't Get That Whole BC Thing, Insists "Jesus Came First"", Huffington Post, 2007-12-04. Retrieved on 2007-12-05.
- ^ Michael Starr. "'VIEW' HISTORY LESSON: SHERRI SHEPHERD SAYS JESUS CAME WAY FIRST", New York Post, 2007-12-05. Retrieved on 2007-12-06.
- ^ GayWired.com - Media Blender
- ^ Sherri Shepherd Admits to Never Voting / Mollygood
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The View fifth co-host 2007-present |
Succeeded by incumbent |
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