Sherri Shepherd Debuts New Talk Show With the Help of Her Famous Friends – The talk show host Sherri Shepherd has officially made her debut! On Monday, The View alum began her daytime talk show, Sherri, and her premiere episode was jam-packed with appearances from superstars wishing her luck.
The Daytime Emmy Award winner provided her audience with a brief introduction to their host in the introductory statement of the first episode. “I just want to say if you don’t know, welcome to the Sherri show,” she said. “And in case you don’t know, I am Sherri Shepherd. I am a comedian, I am an actress, I’m an Emmy-winning former co-host of The View. I’m also a mother, a girlfriend and I’m also the girl next door who just happens to be living her dream because I’m hosting my own talk show!”
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Shepherd shared how Oprah Winfrey reached out to offer her a wealth of wisdom before she began her new gig, joking that she had to take a potassium pill “because my fingers were cramped” after taking 15 pages of notes. According to Winfrey, the key to Shepherd’s success lies in the energy she brings to her viewers. “She said, ‘The energy that you put out, you will get back in direct proportion from your audience,'” the new host added.
Shepherd gave a brief introduction before welcoming her first guests, comedian Kym Whitley and Real Housewives of Atlanta actress Kandi Burruss. She also included Lorene Harmon, who rose to fame after visiting Walmart in search of a Sugar Daddy. For the second time, the 97-year-old walked the aisles to advertise Shepherd’s newest talk show.
Of course Shepherd needed some assistance from her friends to start her new journey. The Sherri host posted a video montage of her well-known friends and co-stars who wished her luck on the premiere of her talk show. Rosie O’Donnell, Garcelle Beauvais, Rachel Lindsey, Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg and husband Donnie Wahlberg, Tracy Morgan, and Zachary Levi also delivered messages to the video.
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Earlier this month, Shepherd said that both Winfrey and Ellen DeGeneres were her industry inspirations ahead of her new show’s premiere. “A little bit of Ellen, a little bit of inspiration of Oprah, a lot of the laughter of Ellen and put that together, and then you got Sherri and I am like, ‘Let’s go,'” she said at that time. In advance of her show’s first season, Shepherd named Lizzo, Michelle Obama, and Michael B. Jordan as her dream guests.
