Sherri Shepherd - From “The View” to “Sherri”

you something. Mothers love me in Africa. I've never been, but I know they're gonna like me. How do you know? I just I'm that kind of person. I'm that kind of person, Like you know, I'm family reunion ends. I like going. I cooked sometimes while I ordered from door Dash and I put it on the china. I just know I fit in with families. Okay, that's probably why you're gonna make such a great host for a new show.

I should say Welcome to The Dady Show. And more important, I should say welcome to New York because you moved to New York. Here in New York, I love it. Welcome to New York. This is a big deal. Yes, it is because I've been on the you know, I did the View for seven seasons with Barbara and Whoopy Enjoy Elizabeth, and so to do my own it's literally

a dream come true. I've been I used to talk to my Teddy Bears with like the toilet paper roll and I will put I put it in front of their faces and I would do that, and when I was a legal secretary, I would sign my name Sherry. So it's like I always thought about doing a talk. So you wait, let's go back. So you interviewed the Teddy Bears I did as an adult child when I was a child. Okay, No, you didn't explain like way exactly. I was just trying to situate the whole experience. No, No,

I do grown men now when I have interview. Yeah, that's what I do. I don't do Feddy Bears anymore forever. What sir? Oh you it feels like you were made for this role. Like people love you on TV. You act, you're you're in comedy. But this is a different type of job because it is your show. It's gonna be daily,

You're gonna be talking about everything. Let's talk about that part of the show because you know you're gonna be in daytime TV where a lot of people go, oh, don't do politics, and you know, don't do certain parts of comedy, and it feels like you're bringing everything that makes you who you are to the show. Tell me a little bit about that. I am, you know what, because I have I love politics. I could sit and talk about, but I'm very clear my show is joy,

fun and laughter. Because we go through so much in our day, I think we get desensitized, and I want you to be able to come because they can get it from you. They can get the news from the view from Wolf Blitzer. But I want you to come to my show and laugh. I want you to have a good time. That's all I want. And I just have the sincess that need. We're both stay end up comics. I have to make you laugh and so if that's what you want, I want you to turn into Sherry,

which is gonna be tuning into the show. We're gonna be laughing. You also gonna be showcasing comedians, which which I love. Like you have a special segment on the show full stand up comedian specific series Laugh Lounge, because I have been a struggling comedian like my entire life.

I used to go and I would get bumped by Tommy Davidson, Marlon Wayans, all of them, and I would just sit there to one in the morning and I would play in front of one person and I go, if somebody would just give me a chance, And that is what I want to do with comments. I know so many commons. I love that. Yes, that is my missing you know, because you know, you know there are comics around Trevor who just they just need the exposure. But they can't sit on the couch, you know how

that that world is. But you can come and sit with me and you make people laugh and hopefully that will open up like what Johnny Carson used to do. I did it with you know, Jay Leno. He had me do stand up and the change my world. It feels like you have, you know, an energy about you that is all about positivity, because it's not just about laughing. You know, even on even on the View, you had your moments where you would go really deep, but for

the most part, you found a reason to laugh. You found a reason to smile, You found a reason to make people feel good about themselves. And the show that you're in you know. For for a lot of daytime shows, some people will say, oh, it's it's gonna be gossipy only, it's gonna be negative only. But you've never been that kind of person. It's almost like you have a joyous way of seeing whatever is happening in the world. I do. I just I've just grown up going. You got it.

There's a silver lining in everything. You just have to know how to find it. And I am a woman of a certain age, and I want women to look at me and go, if Sharry can do it, if it can happen for Sherry, it can happen for you too. I used to scrub, so I know this. You know. I want people to know that joy. I want people to get past the fear because I'm a big I'm

a big believer, and run towards a thing that scares you. Really, yes, yes, and see I know and I know you said that like when you you you should run away from the thing that scares Now, I'm like the thing that scares you. But you know what, it scares you. But if you go towards it, it can no, no, it will not kill you. There's a lot of blessings on the other side. So if you go towards it, having Sherry Conny, let me tell you where you gotta be man enough to know how to pick her up. I mean pick it

up is heavy, but you know, run towards it. That's that's what I enjoy about your journey because it's like you're going into a show. You know, you've been doing the stand up, you've been doing the acting. What you're doing is extremely hard coming to New York. I mean, you know, LA has like a different pace to it. It's chill, people are friendly. It's like a vibe you've seen. I mean, you've seen that video like that Mercedes crashing into that other car. That's New York. That's New York.

You know how you know that New York is crazy because that the people walking by in that video don't even stop. They don't they you know, I'm telling you're not going to let that change you. It does not. In l A, it's were so chill like in New York. If I say to you, let's have lunch New Yorkers of well, what time where we gonna meet? I'm just trying to say goodbye. That's how we are in LFT. Like that it's it's too much. We we when we say we're gonna go to lunch in l a. It's

just like I'm trying to get off the conversation. We don't mean it. But New Yorkers are very even riding the subway, like everybody looks at their cell phone. They don't see anything. You know. One lady got on the subway. She's like, hello, I am blind and I need money and I had a fire in my place. And she's like, girl, you so funny. I am and I need Joe help. New Yorker's hustle. It's another world. It's another world. And so you're at the beginning of a new show. Everything

is an opportunity, everything is a possibility. It kicks off on September twelve. I want to know if you could fast forward to five years, ten years, howe many years you want to be doing the show, what is the thing you want to leave people saying afterwards when they go like, man, that Sherry Shepherd show, it did it was? You know? I think if I want to want people to say, Sherry Shephard gave me joy, Sherry Shepherd made me feel good, That's what I think you have to

know who you are when you walk in. I think women we also have a problem with that knowing what is unique about us, and so you know that is what is unique about me. I want to make you smile and feel good. So I hope that people leave saying that and women, and I hope you leave going. Cherry taught me how to negotiate my money. Never take the first offer. Never let me tell you stopping no, say no, I want them to say. Sherry taught me

how to say no. That's right. Well, if you ask me and I won't say no. They don't apply to this right here. But Sherry taught me how to say no. You gotta go for what you want. I don't know what I'm gonna be sitting behind this depths, So I got to tell Trevor how I feel. Okay, you gotta let him know. I did it for Prince. I told Prince the same thing. We're going to Africa. I will go to Africa with you. I do, yes, I do, I swee Yet did you hear that? Didn't get that?

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