SHERRI SHEPHERD: ‘I LOVE HOW MY HUSBAND PUTS MY SON BEFORE ME’
Sherri Shepherd has more gigs than she can count these days. In addition to her acting career that spans from One For the Money to Precious and co-hosting for The View, Shepherd serves as guest star on the late night sitcom The Soul Man. Sherri recently sat down to discuss her career and family life with BET.
On not wanting to do a second round of ‘Dancing With the Stars?’ because of her son:
“Girl, that was such a dream for me. I got voted off so early, so I didn’t get a chance to do a salsa or a team dance. But I loved dancing and I loved doing the show, so it would have hurt so badly to say no, but I would have to. I didn’t see my son the entire time I did Dancing With the Stars. The only time I saw Jeffrey was when he came to the show Monday and Tuesday nights to watch me dance. You literally rehearse six to eight hours every single day — 40 to 50 hours a week.”
On marriage to Sal:
“I kept [our plans to marry] a secret for a whole year and as big as my mouth is, that was so hard. When I first started dating Sal, I was so excited and I wanted to tell the world. But Malcolm-Jamal Warner actually said to me, ‘Sherri, you really need to get your relationship strong before you allow the whole world into it. Because once the world is in it and if you don’t have a foundation up under you, it will crumble.’ He wrote me like a three-page email. Malcolm played my husband on my sitcom Sherri, but when Theo writes you a three-page email and tells you that…I really took that to heart, it allowed me to really let the relationship marinate. And now when I talk about Sal, we’ve got some stuff up under us. I was very conscious about discussing it on The View because the little bit I would say, people would go, ‘Oh, here we go again.’ I didn’t want people to think I was trying to get anything. Whatever Star’s journey was — mine was very, very different and I didn’t want people comparing us.”
On Sal’s greatest attribute:
“I love the fact that Sal loves my son. Oh my God, he puts Jeffrey probably before me. The fact that Sal loves my son so much that just turns me on.”
On not wanting kids on Twitter
“I’m just so against kids being on Twitter because they are not thinking about the ramifications of what they are saying or the emotion of how they say it. That’s why you have Paris [Jackson] apologizing for her attitude and people deleting tweets. To me that’s akin to when we were little, you did something wrong and your parents popped you upside the head. You’d say, ‘I’m gonna call the police!’ But you didn’t.”
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Am I alone out here in saying, it is wonderful that her new spouse loves and is attentive to her son, but be vigilent in the fact that this is YOUR son. Although I am sure he is a good person you must be watchful and protective – we truly never know what is in the hearts of others. Sorry to mention this but it is just the way life is sometimes.
You are NOT alone and I am so glad that you brought this point up. Some women are so taken by the fact that a man loves their child, that they don’t stop to consider ALL motives. Again, he is probably a decent individual, but his relationship with your child should never be stronger than yours. Just reality. http://www.NicholeHodge.com
Seriously? A real, attentive mother & wife will see & know all signs that show their husband is interested in their child for more than normal parental relationship. Those types of people show the signs way before anything happen, but women choose to ignore it for whatever their reasons may be. If he was like that, why would one marry him?
I perfectly agree. He probably is a decent if not very good man, but his relationship with the child should not be stronger than with his wife, even if he were the biological father still unless he was divorced from the mother or about to split up the wife is the primary relationship. He may in no way be abusive, but I have heard of childless single men dating and marrying single mothers as a way to have children in theri lives.
I’m glad that her husband, and son have a special bond. It really takes a real man to except a child as his own. When you have a kids it’s a packaged deal without a doubt. My son does have a facebook account that I monitor. But I do think these kids today are too into electronics. I don’t allow all of that cause it takes the focus away of things.
Exactly Sherry, kids have no business on ANY social network. and over 18 only in my opinion.
Agreed! Same thing I said to my friend who has 15 & 13yr old girls. Their parents allowed them to go unsurpervised on Twitter, Facebook, Tumbler, Youtube & whatever else. He says they can handle it. But he’s always on FB telling the 15yr old to take the picture down because it too provacotive. The 13yr old has ran away from home at least twice since I’ve known him to meet guys she befriends on Twitter. They clearly do not understand how to handle it, but I am not their parent so I tell them to be careful, sit back & watch the fireworks. My son isn’t on a social network site & will need to wait till he’s at least 18.
Most kids do better than adults online, so spare me the old-timey p.o.v.
It’s a blessing to have a man not only love your children as their own, but to put them before you. Sherri is so blessed! Congrats! Jeffrey is one lucky dude.
As for Twitter..exactly what she said.
Putting a child before a spouse is nice up to a certain point. Children leave your body, literally and metaphorically, and the spouse is supposed to be your life partner. It is true that children need a lot of love and attention and often may have to come before the spouse, but you have to be careful not to completely neglect the spouse because of the kids. That has often spelled the end of many marriages.
I get what you are saying but to marry a person who puts your child, not theirs first..is a true blessing. Married people who understand the true meaning of marriage & are happily married already know how to balance it out. But anyone who gets uoset because one puts a child first, is selfish IMO.
Exactly. Time will tell!
I agree with both Sherley and Celeste. But I have to say for the benefit of anyone else that may not understand that was that I was referring to a balanced marriage as Sherley describes, not a situation where it has to always be one or the other.
I really like Sherri! She seems like such a sincere and good-hearted person. I won’t be watching the Dancing With Stars All-stars! Bristol Palin and NO women of color? F outta here! Is diversity on tv too much to ask for in 2012?!?! o_O
LMAO! You had me at Bristol Palin! But not one women of color!? I did not know that, I will not be watching neither.
And we had some good ones they could’ve put on too! Melanie Brown, Toni Braxton, Brandy, Laila Ali, Mya… But Bristol Palin is on there! Had me hot for a minute!
I would watch just to see Laila ALi-Conway but now..I’ll pass.
When u have kids and date, that person has to accept u as a package!
I’m so happy that Sal accepts Jeffrey as his own they’ll build and amazing relationship! Kids being on Twitter I don’t care for either! What happen to being outside and meeting up with ur friends? Parents have to do better in getting their kids more active and off the electronics!