Sherri Shepherd's career was influenced by Oprah Winfrey.
The 56-year-old star earned her own self-titled talk show when she took over Wendy Williams' afternoon slot in 2022, but this time around, media mogul Oprah, who fronted “Oprah Winfrey” Show from 1986 until 2011, when she was growing up, revealed that she always felt she could emulate the work of the actress.
“I looked at her and thought, 'That's me, she's me, we look alike, we have the same hair,'” she told the US TV show Extra. he said.
The former “View” panelist got the chance to appear on “Oprah,” which remains the highest-rated chat show in U.S. television history, a few years ago, but she finally felt like someone believed in her. He recalled feeling overwhelmed.
she said: “I just thought, 'Wow, could I do that?'”
Sherry found “a great training ground” working on The View alongside industry legends, but even when she was frustrated that her dreams weren't coming true, she “held on to them until they came true.” I continued,” he added.
“I did 'The View' for seven years because I thought I had something to offer. It was a really good training ground between Barbara Walters and Whoopi Goldberg. I didn't know what to do, and a lot of people just said, 'No, no matter what, I stuck with that dream. I had to hang it on my fine china shelf for a while, but it's back again. I am truly grateful every day. I feel like a girl living a dream. ”
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