Sherri Shepherd
Sherri Shepherd
Sherri Evonne Shepherd is an American comedian, actress, author, and television personality. She first became recognized for recurring roles on the sitcoms Suddenly Susan, Everybody Loves Raymond and The Jamie Foxx Show before starring as Ramona Platt on the ABC sitcom Less than Perfect from 2002 to 2006, for which she was well received and was nominated for the BET Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2005...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth22 April 1967
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
My husband, Sal, and I put date nights on the calendar once a week. I know that doesn't sound romantic, but otherwise it won't get done.
I was taught not to confront and interrupt people, but that's what I do every day on 'The View.'
I've always had a quirky way of looking at things. It's my coping mechanism.
The thing I want to really say is that I still mess up. I still go out there and say things on TV that I know the Lord is like, 'Sherri what are you doing?' but I know I can go back and get on my knees and say, 'Lord forgive me.' I know he will never leave me nor forsake me. The wonderful thing is He answers my prayers in spite of me.
I think it's harder to forgive ourselves for mistakes that we made because we keep dwelling on it. We want to know how it affects other people, if they liked us for it, if they didn't like us. I think we stress over it, we replay it in our mind. It becomes an old tape that years later we continue to play it in our mind.
I love the honesty of New Yorkers. When a New Yorker says 'let's do lunch,' they actually mean it. In L.A., when they say 'let's do lunch,' they're just trying to say good-bye.
I know that for me I have to get out of the way and let God take control.
A lot of people say it's cathartic to cook, and I'm like, 'How is it cathartic washing all these dishes?'
I love 'The View,' so when you're living the dream, it's not work.
I have so much hair; I have a separate wig closet in my house.
I don't think anything predated Christians.
I do a lot of stairs, a lot of planks, a lot of squats, a lot of treadmill, a lot of screaming - and I do it four times a week.
I can't swim and I'm terrified of drowning, but I still love being by water - just not in it.
Black people don't talk about diabetes that much. I never knew anything. I thought everyone had an uncle with a leg cut off!