Barbara Walters only has herself to blame for having Sherri Shepherd seated among the hosts at The View. Now rumor has it that she’d like nothing more than to be rid of her. But although Sherri has distinguished herself as lacking in both common sense and book smarts those traits didn’t just become apparent once she signed on the dotted line. This sister was a guest co-hosts dozens of times. But maybe they thought she was highly qualified for the gig, she starred in Who’s Your Caddy and co-starred with Andy Dick in that unmemorable sitcom Less Than Perfect. And this is the stellar resume that beat out the likes of Jacque Reid and a host of qualified candidates. And apparently ABC pays her as much as some of her co-hosts.
The scary thing is the longer she stays on the show, the worse her judgement becomes. She needs a good publicist stat. It was one of those slips of the tongue last month that has gotten on Barbara Walters’ last nerve and now we hear rumblings that Sherri will be out sooner rather than later. I don’t want to take food out of the sister’s mouth but I have got to say that it would be a good idea for her depart the show. Sherri isn’t bringing anything to the table.
I know we can count the number on sisters who have regular gigs on daytime television one hand (maybe two if you count soap operas. ). This would be one time I would be okay with having one less sister on the small screen. Perhaps her talents would be better suited for another venue. Is she good at stand-up?
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August 6th, 2008 at 6:51 pm
God Bless, Sherri.
August 7th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
I am sorry but I miss Star Jones she had brains and common sense! And it doesnt seem that Whoopi and Sherri combined can make up for the the loss of Star. Barbara needs to get rid of that mini pit bull Elizabeth Hasselbeck she is just whiny and nagging and makes younger women look unexperienced.
August 8th, 2008 at 11:11 pm
There is something to be said about a person being able to admit the truth. How she chooses to deal to deal with her past is up to her and her God. What I look forward to seeing is the day when all realize that they have no right to judge simply because they are not bold enough to be honest.
Simply because you hide your truths doesn’t mean you’re stronger or better. It merely means that you are an excellent illusionist.
August 9th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
I didn’t comment at all about Sherri’s past and her admitted abortions. I do agree that isn’t any of our business. I am not judging her at all but simply pointing out that she is not bringing much to the table or conversation at The View. This is more about intelligence than lifestyle.
August 19th, 2008 at 11:29 pm
I thought the View was designed for a cast of women from different backgrounds bringing a different perspective on life’s situations or etc……. I didn’t know they had to have a PHD on life.
August 20th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
Sherri Shepard was a real downer. It was exciting at first thought when she and Whoopi were slated to be on The View. But once Sherri would say something, it seemed out of place and not to mention TOO neutral. I love that I can look at Whoopi and Joy and agree with what they say and listen to Elisabeth’s conversativitism. It made you see and think of the issue. Barbara would add two cents but it was her show and she had her little spin. But when it was Sherri’s turn, I am left confused and dissapointed. She falls short.
Sherri’s a very cool person with a lot of faults and I like her a little more because she has admitted her past. But The View is somehow way over her head. She’s a smile with short/curly/wigged hair. A big jolly smile that leaves a lot to the imagination.
I think Star should push for her return or have either Tischa (I probably spelled it wrong) Campbell or Sheryl Lee Ralph sit in the middle seat. That’s my opinion.
But as long as Whoopi stays I am. She and Rosie are/were great as moderators.
August 21st, 2008 at 1:32 am
Look….for the hater that initiated this posting up top….GET A LIFE!!! This is supposed to be a site for Black women where you would in HOPES, UPLIFT them, rather than tear them down…This is sad. You should truly be ashamed of yourselves. So what, Sherri is more “common” than any of her co-hosts. That is what the show is based on; a VARIETY of “VIEW” points. If there were five women sitting up there, although from different ethnicities and backgrounds; yet ALL had the same “TYPE A” personality; that would make for a very DULL show; as ALL of the “VIEWS” would be similar and sound like repetitive “soundbytes”. Having a person that’s “common” and not shy or afraid; but rather owns up to this character trait; rather than put on heirs as so many often do when that little red light comes on the video camera and the tape begins to roll only adds to the shows spontaneity and sass. You said yourself there are a “handful” at best of “sistas” working on daytime (or primetime for that matter) television; why tear this lady down; when you SHOULD BE BULIDING HER UP….just a thought.
August 22nd, 2008 at 11:11 pm
FK WHAT EVERYONE SAYS…I LOVE ME SOME SHERRI SHEPARD!!!
August 27th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
SHERRY KEEP UR HEAD UP. NONE OF US R PERFECT AND WE ALL FALL SHORT. NO MISTAKES, NO REGRETS , JUST LOOK AT ALL THIS, AS LIFE LESSONS LEARNED. MAY GOD BLESS AND KEEP U COVERED UNDER HIS LOVE, GUIDANCE, WILL AND HIS PROTECTION. THAT’S ALL U NEED.
September 4th, 2008 at 11:04 am
as far as i’m concernsd, sherry and elisabeth are the two most interesting
people on the panel.joy is just an onery nothing. whoopie, speak of dumb,
barbara is true to only one person, joy’
September 26th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
I have been a watcher of the view since day one. I have to say that since Star left it really hasn’t been the same. I am all about sisters being on the show but I agree a lot with what you guys are saying about Sherri you have to go. Jokes will only take you so far. I honestly don’t find her to be that funny. I really wish they would bring back Star. Her and Whoopi together would make a great combo and when you add Joy to that mix it would be amazing. Especially against that brain-washed/racist Elisabeth.
January 6th, 2009 at 7:56 pm
Unfortunately I believe Sherri is representative of typical black women.
Perhaps too much so.
Star and even to a greater degree Whoopie at least intellectually meet the perception many black women would like the world to have of them individually
But sadly too many are like Sherri
and that’s why I think she should stay
January 19th, 2009 at 2:12 am
NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She must go! She is not smart, she is an actress, comedian she could at least fake it. She irritates me every time she talks about Obama. She kills me how, now that she is part of the populist group “all for Obama” that is, where prior to his elections she was so undecided, I could have slap her for trying to convince me and the American viewers that she could not make up her mind, she wanted to hear from Sarah Palin, so she said, no, she really did not she was, trying to appear informed OR, when Sarah Palin came across as not as smart, she decides to go quickly to the other camp, where she wanted to be, that was Sherri’s way of being intelligent. Oh, and let me not forget how she was about to ghetto slap Elizabeth who has an opinion, regardless if I agree with it , she has one and knows how to intelligently hold her ground. Sherri is mis-cast and Barbara should fire her and get another black woman. Someone who is not afraid to be true to their own views and opinion. Then when he won, how she cried, come on Sherri, you and that ex husband of your will set the proper examples for your little boy, Obama can’t do it. He can only do so much. That’s my Prez.
January 19th, 2009 at 2:16 am
Oh, Bad Girl, that is the point we are trying to make, Sherri does not have a view. I beg her to give me one instead of trying to hang on to
Whoopi’s sleeves.
February 23rd, 2009 at 1:13 pm
I hate Sherri Shepherd! I am so sick of her thinking everyone is out to get black people. She says she doesn’t see color but she clearly does. Did you here her today on the view, talking about all the blacks on the Academy Awards last night. She said because we have a black president. Is she that stupid. We don’t always have to point out color. She needs to relax and stop being so racist. I say fire her ignorent a**.
March 21st, 2009 at 10:25 am
I have to agree with Ulysses. I think the reason so many are defending Sherri on this board is because she REPRESENTS what many consider a “typical” black woman’s position. Her insights, particularly about race, are based on stale worn-out dialogues (”not enough blacks on prime-time TV, not enough blacks on network television, etc etc). Sherri needs to wake up. She’s on a show with another black female, she has her own show coming on Lifetime, and…..biggest of all….there’s a black president!! I’m not saying Sherri (and other blacks, myself included) should shut up and be happy. Sherri just doesn’t understand how she comes across. She seems just as bad as Elisabeth – another View host who automatically recites things that have been told to her…as opposed to forming her own opinion based on her insights and experience. The person I applaud the most on The View is Barbara Walters. By having both Sherri and Whoopi as hosts, it demonstrates we (black people) are all not a bunch of Sherri’s.
April 6th, 2009 at 3:59 pm
Sherri is as dumb as a doorknob!! She is an embarassment to all women, black or white and brings nothing to the table at all. She is a brainless, short, fat round ball.
April 11th, 2009 at 2:22 am
I enjoy the View very much and I watch it daily.I find it interesting that everyone has a different opinion,but Elizabeth takes being a repubilican personal.I sometimes think she’s on the verge of saying something that will lead to a very biased mess.People come down hard on what Sherri say,and they have good cause,because its always about her personal life.Sherri puts too much on the table as it relate to her personal life.If in fact they let her she won’t starve because that sister is a hard working sister.I think they should let Elizabeth go before Sherri.But I would hate to any of them go. I like that group thats on there. I think Barbara has put together a nice group of ladies.Whoopi,and Joy puts the icing on the cake.
May 12th, 2009 at 11:49 am
I really liked the view when Star was on it, because she was down to earth and very intelligent and I think, that represents majority of black women. Sherri on the other hand cannot stand her own. I get nervous when I hear her speak simply because I want her to say something that makes since! I think she should let someone that can represent the real average black women step in and take her position… I still like her and I know she belongs some where but not on the View!
May 19th, 2009 at 7:55 pm
MAYBE THEY SHOULD REPLACE SHERRI WITH COLLIN POWELL DAUGHTER I READ THAT SHE AUDITION FOR THE SHOW ABOUT 3 OR 4 YEARS AGO BUT THEY GAVE THE SPOT TO ELIZABETH I DON’T EXPECT SHRERI TO BE AN EXPERT ON EVERY SUBJECTS BUT THE LADY JUST DON’T DO HER HOMEWORK U CAN TELL THAT SHE HAVE NOT READ A BOOK AND YEARS AND SHE DON’T READ THE NEW PAPER AND SHE DON’T KEEP UP WITH CURRRENT EVENTS ATLEAST ELIZABETH DO HER RESEARCH BEFORE SHE COME ON THE SHOW I DO BELEIVE THAT SEAN HANNITY FROM FOX NEWS IS HELPING ELIZABETH OUT WITH GETTING HER POINT ACROSS EVEN THOUGH I DISAGREE WITH ELIZABETH 90 PERCENT OF THE TIME BUT SHE GETS HER POINT ACROSS IN A INTELLIGENT WAY SORRY BUT SHERRI NEEDS TO GO
May 19th, 2009 at 8:02 pm
WHY DID THEY HIRED SHERRI TO BE ON THE VIEW I MEAN THERE ARE MANY MANY MANY SMART BLACK WOMEN THAT THEY COULD HAD CHOOSE FROM
May 27th, 2009 at 11:07 am
Please bring Star back, Sherri is ugly, and stupid. Not funny at all, shapeless very immoral, calling her self born again. she needs to go back to what her parents taught her and start from there.
May 28th, 2009 at 2:45 pm
THIS IS FOR SHERRI ABOUT REMARKS ABOUT FEARING BLACK MAN FROM CHILDHOOD. I WAS NEVER AFRAID OF BLACK MEN (I AM WHITE) UNTIL I WAS ROBBED AND RAPED BY 2 YOUNG BLACK MEN. IT TOOK ME 10 YRS. TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY SHAKE A BLACK MANS HAND. I WAS ABLE TO FORGIVE THEM WHEN I BECAME A BORN AGAIN CHRISTIAN. I AM BACK TO NOT BEING AFRAID OF BLACK MEN ANYMORE.
I ENJOY THE VIEW MONDAY THRU FRIDAY AND WHEN I CAN’T BE HOME I RECORD IT.YOU AND WHOOPI ARE GREAT, OF COURSE I LIKE JOY AND BARBARA A LOT TOO.
July 2nd, 2009 at 5:58 pm
I agree, I think Barbara should fire her Candyass!! She really is stupid. Watching her for awhile I can see her turning into a premodonna in her own mind that is. She is also a very ignorant person in real life you can tell by things she slips out.
It’s no wonder her husband left her. I wish her the best but get off the View and don’t let the door hit you on the way out!!!
December 7th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
SS is the most obnoxious woman on the view yet. She has a big, fat, interrupting mouth and never says one intelligent thing. She sickens me.