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[ginger90]

Interesting (to me) article on Sherri. The last paragraph says more about her than anything she has "shared", imo of course! http://uptownmagazine.com/2014/11/confessions-sherri-shepherd-interview/

[fl2dc]

I'm so glad to hear Elisabeth is well. I was surprised to hear about a tumor in her abdomen; I like many of you suspected breast cancer. I really hope she discusses somewhere (on her show or in an interview somewhere) how she suspected a tumor, her symptoms, etc. for awareness purposes. My family has been affected so much this year alone by cancer that I'm extremely freaked out by it so any information that is shared is valuable.  

 

At the beginning of F&F I think she said the tumor turned out not to be cancer. But in the segment with Sherri, Steve said she's "cancer free." That sounds like it was cancer but when the tumor was removed, it removed the cancer too, thus the "cancer free." Cancer free usually means you had it then it's gone. Probably a bad choice of words on his part.

[springtime]

Visiting a friend recovering from surgery but it's all about Sherri (Cinderella, the divorce, the wigs, the movie...)

Did Elizabeth get a word in?

Edited November 14, 2014 by springtime

[DangerousMinds]

Wonder if she'll be more sympathetic towards the issue of accessible health care for all Americans now? Or if she will still slam "Obamacare" every chance she gets. Politicians have been talking, but doing very little, about the issue since the 1960s but th Afdordable Health Care legislation passed in 2010 was the first concrete thing to come to pass. It may need some tweaking but not come abolishment like many Republican politicians are now calling for....great....back to square one.

Great comment. In August, i had a hysterectomy because of a huge 6+ pound fibroid tumor. It probably could have been found and treated years sooner, before it got so huge, but I did not have insurance before 2014 and Obamacare. It took seeing several specialists and expensive diagnostic tests (ultrasound, CT scan, MRI) before being told major surgery was my only option because I had waited so long. I wonder if Elizabitch feels lucky that she was able to get treatment right away?

[Tunia]

Probably a bad choice of words on his part.

 

 

...or just yet another example of blurred insinuations or "facts" courtesy of Fox News.

[Medicine Crow]

Great comment. In August, i had a hysterectomy because of a huge 6+ pound fibroid tumor. It probably could have been found and treated years sooner, before it got so huge, but I did not have insurance before 2014 and Obamacare. It took seeing several specialists and expensive diagnostic tests (ultrasound, CT scan, MRI) before being told major surgery was my only option because I had waited so long. I wonder if Elizabitch feels lucky that she was able to get treatment right away?

It's hard for me to believe that people "go without" proper medical care when we, in Canada, have socialized medicine.  I'm not saying our system is the be-all & end-all, because it isn't, but at least it addresses the basic issues which can reveal something like what happened to you.  (I'm sorry that you had to endure so much!!)

[Dissy]

 

It's hard for me to believe that people "go without" proper medical care when we, in Canada, have socialized medicine.

I wish we could have your healthcare here, Medicine Crow. I had to have a kidney removed 3 years ago because of lack of health insurance over the years. I had just been insured through a job and my insurance was cancelled two weeks after my surgery along with the job. Now because of Obamacare, I am insured.

 Glad to hear Elisabeth is okay. I really wasn't ready to feel empathy toward her. Back to snarling when I see her face.

[Morbs]

Not the best pic of Elisabeth that they could have chosen for the article http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/elisabeth-hasselbeck-reveals-health-scare-in-fox-and-friends-return-20141411

Edited November 15, 2014 by Morbs

[CMH1981]

Damn, that pic is downright awful. Talk about bad lighting.

[maggiemae]

IMO EH just needs to soften her makeup...especially her black eye makeup, and gain a few pounds. Although she has been ill.

[Mumbles]

That picture reminds me of two sayings: the one attributed to Coco Chanel that, by 50 you get the face you deserve, and the other, by Catherine Deneuve, that by age 40, a woman needs to choose between her ass and her face. She's not hit those milestones yet, but she has clearly chosen her ass, and she has the face she deserves.

 

 

I wonder if Elizabitch feels lucky that she was able to get treatment right away?

 

When she was on The View, I was struck at how sheltered and limited Bitsy's worldview was. It's a product of basically getting everything you want by age 21, and never having a real job. (Even her husband had a dream job at a young age - sure, he was a benchwarmer, but there are millions of men out there who would love to warm an NFL bench). So bottom line is - no, I don't think she feels lucky. She has no perspective on what it's like to not have everything handed to you, and it comes through in her narrow-minded thinking and snotty, sneery attitude toward anyone who disagrees with it.

[Tunia]

Damn, that pic is downright awful. Talk about bad lighting.

 

 

IMO EH just needs to soften her makeup...especially her black eye makeup, and gain a few pounds. Although she has been ill.

 

I'm going to go out on a limb here, but this pic reminds me of a co-worker years ago.  This babe could turn a sneeze into a full week off, and then, when she finally did return, her make-up was almost non-existent, with no foundation, blush or under-eye concealer in order to pass as arising from her deathbed.  Each successive day, her make-up would be a little brighter and more complete until she once again returned to her normal look.  "Drama Queen" doesn't begin to describe.

 

Bitsy's one-note foundation color with no cheek color, no concealer, very pale lipstick, and limp hair, IMO, is quite by design.  Going for the sympathy vote, Bits?

 

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I came across this interesting two-page interview with Sherri while searching for info on Idris Elba:

 

http://uptownmagazine.com/2014/11/confessions-sherri-shepherd-interview/

Edited November 15, 2014 by Tunia

[springtime]

Donnie Wahlberg drove by The Broadway Theater and snapped a photo of the Cinderella marquee-

Sherri retweeted it:

 

Look who is waiting to see @CinderellaBway! @DonnieWahlberg I love youuu!!!

https://twitter.com/SherriEShepherd/status/533470491601010688/photo/1

 

The reality is that If Donnie was going to see Cinderella- Jenny (and Evan) would be with him!

 

ETA- I spoke too soon! (Sherri hasn't retweeted the update)

They were with him- and they did see the show!

https://twitter.com/JennyMcCarthy/status/533466707818733569

Edited November 15, 2014 by springtime

[Fisher King]

I came across this interesting two-page interview with Sherri while searching for info on Idris Elba:

 

http://uptownmagazine.com/2014/11/confessions-sherri-shepherd-interview/

 

Holy hypocrite, Batman!

Being in the tabloids…

comes with the territory. We as entertainers hire publicists to get us press, but when we’re in the tabs we are ‘irritated.’ For me, silence is the best answer. I’m not trying to prove to the world who I am.

 

Sorry, Sherri, but every little thing you do is on Twitter and Instagram.  That may not be tabloid, but it's a way to respond to the rags - and your responses aren't always the whole truth.

 

I must say that Sherri can take a beautiful photo. Such as the one in the link.

[ginger90]

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I came across this interesting two-page interview with Sherri while searching for info on Idris Elba:

 

http://uptownmagazine.com/2014/11/confessions-sherri-shepherd-interview/

 So glad you said two-page. When I first read it the other day, I only read page 1, I didn't even notice there was more. 

The last paragraph on page 1 is what got me:

Being single again…

I wonder, ‘Oh Lord, where do I start? How did I get back to this place?’ Now I’m back at all the singles ministries in church. When I got married, I got to sit in church and enjoy all the sermons. Now, [i’m] ushering and teaching Sunday School. Now I’m expected to do clean-up because all the married folks figure I have nothing better to do.

 

Does being married really elevate one? I guess Sherri learned this at church. I' don't think I'd like it there. And, Sherri as a Sunday School teacher? Oh my.

[Mumbles]

You know, I give Sherri some credit for admitting that celebrities hire publicists to get in the papers, and with that comes a downside. There are many celebrities out there who are known to have very active PR campaigns who then put on an act complaining about the invasion of privacy (cough cough Jennifer Garner cough cough Reese Witherspoon).

Am I to believe she cried every day for three years because she didn't think she belonged at the table? With that ignoramus Bitsy sitting next to her? With her comments being fed to her by earpiece?

[dumbdownus]

 

Am I to believe she cried every day for three years because she didn't think she belonged at the table? With that ignoramus Bitsy sitting next to her? With her comments being fed to her by earpiece?

Sherri often referred to how a comic could say anything, she sure loves exaggerating or as my dear Mom called it LYING

[mbutterfly]

Wonder if she'll be more sympathetic towards the issue of accessible health care for all Americans now? 

Um, I'm guessing not. 

[fl2dc]

 

Bitsy's one-note foundation color with no cheek color, no concealer, very pale lipstick, and limp hair, IMO, is quite by design.  Going for the sympathy vote, Bits?

 

Actually the picture USWeekly used in that article is an old one; I think taken from her first day on F&F in 2013. Yesterday, her first day back after surgery, she was wearing lavender again, but it was long sleeve, and her hair was totally different (a new style for her... I didn't like it though).  She was really emotional about her clean bill of health as I probably would be too after such a scare.

[NextIteration]

So not a Bitsy fan, but she did look very emotional in both the opening block and the block with Sherri.  Clearly whatever was going rattled her, but I am under no illusion that it will change one thing about her political beliefs and her willingness to say anything for a buck.  She's led a privileged life and will continue to do so, judging others all the way.

 

Now that she has a clean bill of health, the snark is on.

[3pwood]

I came across this interesting two-page interview with Sherri while searching for info on Idris Elba:

http://uptownmagazine.com/2014/11/confessions-sherri-shepherd-interview/

 

In that interview, Sherri says:

Barbara came to respect me, and if you ask her she will say, ‘Sherri always did her research, was always prepared and was the co-host who’d grown the most.’

 

I take it Barbara was absent the day Sherri said that she didn't know whether the earth is round or flat.

[Tunia]

Oops, you're right, fl2dc.  Her dress on Friday had sleeves and a V-neck.  I'll take my 20 lashes, but she's still lookin' poorly in that pic.

 

 

My previous post may have sounded non-sympathetic, but I worked in corporate for enough years to see the drama tricks.  I'm not doubting that she had a serious situation and scare, or that she needed a month to recoup.  BUT...who recoups for a month and then chooses to make her first day back on a snowy Friday morning, appearing in a frail condition?  Seriously, who does that?  Most normal, non-sociopathic people would instead elect to return in full on the next Monday, rather than a random day at the end of the workweek.  Are we to believe she's sooooooooo important to Fox that they required her to come in, or that she's sooooooo dedicated that she  just had to be back on the first day she felt well enough, or perhaps that she's trying for her "brave hero" award?

 

I also wonder why she and Tim "sat all the kids down for very serious discussions" about her health.  If they did so during the harrowing week before her results were known, why put your kids through that emotional situation and panic when you have no concrete or substantial info yet and it's possible that the trauma of the topic might be avoided by waiting a few more days?  OK, one can argue they have a right to know that Mommy doesn't feel well, but why the " very serious discussions" at that time?  If it was after she had her results, she also already had her "free and clear" diagnosis.    Martyr, martyr, martyr (and a true narcissist too)!

Let's get everyone on the "Poor Elisabeth" train.  Not much different from her climbing in BaWa's lap for comfort when all those bully liberals were picking on her.

 

I'll feel sympathy for Bitsy for what she actually went through. but spare the manufactured drama, please!

[NextIteration]

BUT...who recoups for a month and then chooses to make her first day back on a snowy Friday morning, appearing in a frail condition?

 

I also wonder why she and Tim "sat all the kids down for very serious discussions" about her health.  If they did so during the harrowing week before her results were known, why put your kids through that emotional situation and panic when you have no concrete or substantial info yet and it's possible that the trauma of the topic might be avoided by waiting a few more days?

 

I chalked up the one day appearance as a test of her strength with a weekend to recoup after, I've done similar things after a bad illness before myself.

 

The sitting the kids down thing, this is where the confusion about wording regarding cancer comes up for me, was it something cancerous that could just be removed - as in something that doesn't metastasize if it's one type as opposed to something that does if it's another?  I know that's what happened with my mom's lung cancer, once cut out it was gone, no chemo or radiation, but that was all dependent on how it biopsied.  Any other type than what she had, would have been a different story.  But yes, why worry the children beyond "Mommy has to have surgery and will need her rest to recover" until anything else was established.  My bet it was just one more of Bitsy's kid "stories".

 

I would hope, that if it was cancer that she'd be more revealing in the interest of raising awareness, since she's beyond whatever it was.  But Bitsy's never been what I'd call a humanitarian.

[Medicine Crow]

It's never been beneath Bitsy's dignity to use her kids to garner sympathy & I'd bet Cosmo's pay check that she engineered, produced & directed that video of her kids.

 

Comparatively, last November I had a melon-sized cyst removed, along with everything else in the vicinity of my ovaries.  I had an incision from my waist to my woohoo & was grocery shopping two weeks later!!  I wasn't allowed to lift anything more than ten pounds for a month, but I was definitely mobile & I'm almost twice her age.  There was a possibility that it was cancerous, but they biopsied while I was in surgery & I knew when I woke up that I was good to go.  I can't believe she & her husband would scare the kids like that -- not necessary until they knew for sure.  What a drama queen!!!

[Tunia]

Good to hear you had a positive outcome, Medicine Crow!

[maggiemae]

Geez...those kids of EH's looked like they were going to meet the Queen, or W. I little early to get them up or was it taped before, I wonder. I think it was since she cautioned Tim not to burn the bacon. Sigh.

[ginger90]

According to Sherri, 30% of The View's viewers (is that proper? lol) stopped watching when Elisabeth left. So, I guess she wanted her fans to rest easy over the weekend! I'm glad she's okay, I wouldn't wish her harm or ill health.

[Tunia]

According to Sherri, 30% of The View's viewers (is that proper? lol) stopped watching when Elisabeth left.

 

Yes, but according to Sherri, the earth is flat.  :-)

[Mumbles]

I agree on the Bitsy drama-rama. Like when she teared up when she saw the video of her kids. Uh, this isn't loved-one-videos from Survivor. She just saw the kids the night before (or that morning, depending when they get up.)

[TheGreenKnight]

Andy said tonight on Watch What Happens Live that Sherri would be a guest  Sunday on a  special episode at 9 est /8 central.

I suppose sitting next to a gay man isn't as uncomfortable as not being on TV.

[Jaded]

I suppose sitting next to a gay man isn't as uncomfortable as not being on TV.

She's been on there before I think. Here's the upcoming guests list updated with her name and picture.

http://www.bravotv.com/watch-what-happens-live/upcoming-guests

[RogerFromOhio]

Geez...those kids of EH's looked like they were going to meet the Queen, or W. I little early to get them up or was it taped before, I wonder. I think it was since she cautioned Tim not to burn the bacon. Sigh.

I wouldnt be surprised if Elisabeth filmed it herself and faked her response

[Vinyasa]

I'm not doubting that she had a serious situation and scare, or that she needed a month to recoup.  BUT...who recoups for a month and then chooses to make her first day back on a snowy Friday morning, appearing in a frail condition?  Seriously, who does that?  Most normal, non-sociopathic people would instead elect to return in full on the next Monday, rather than a random day at the end of the workweek.

 

Exactly what I thought!!!

[ChicagoCita]

After surgery, I've tended to go back to the office on a Thursday or Friday, to dip my toes into the water without having an entire week go by without a break.

 

Also, bosses (viewers?) tend to think you're at full strength when you return to work, so I always wait until I really am -- instead of being "well enough" to go back, but not where I'm expected to be.

 

As much as I dislike Elisabeth, I'm glad she is healthy and I can't blame her for taking her recuperation seriously.

[Medicine Crow]

After surgery, I've tended to go back to the office on a Thursday or Friday, to dip my toes into the water without having an entire week go by without a break.

 

Also, bosses (viewers?) tend to think you're at full strength when you return to work, so I always wait until I really am -- instead of being "well enough" to go back, but not where I'm expected to be.

 

As much as I dislike Elisabeth, I'm glad she is healthy and I can't blame her for taking her recuperation seriously.

I did the same thing after gall bladder surgery when I was working.  It's much easier to work a day or two & see how you feel, as opposed to starting on Monday, thinking you are up to it & you're not.  Didn't happen to me, but I saw it happen to other gals I worked with.  I always took the minimum amount of time (fast healer!!??) whereas others didn't (won't guess why)!!!

[Former Nun]

Am I to believe she cried every day for three years because she didn't think she belonged at the table?

 

 

Can't ABC provide interventions?  Crying EVERY DAY for three years???  Surely someone could have forced her to get professional help.

[maryis1]

Couple things. The first thing I thought of when she said abdominal tumor was that it very well may have been uterine or ovarian but she generalized it by saying "abdominal." It was the way my mother would have worded it, i.e. modesty requires that one does not mention their private parts publicly.

 

Second, apparently twitter has lit up this evening due to an exchange between Sherri and Kenya Moore on Watch What Happens Live. Sherri mentions polishing her Emmy and other achievements that she had since leaving The View. It must have been a doozy of an exchange!

Edited November 17, 2014 by maryis1

[Former Nun]

Sherri's LUCKY to have that Emmy.  I doubt if she'll ever see another...and it wasn't for any sort of individual achievement.

[Fisher King]

Sherri's LUCKY to have that Emmy.  I doubt if she'll ever see another...and it wasn't for any sort of individual achievement.

 

Exactly right.  They only won because it had Whoopi's name attached.

[fl2dc]

 

Couple things. The first thing I thought of when she said abdominal tumor was that it very well may have been uterine or ovarian but she generalized it by saying "abdominal." It was the way my mother would have worded it, i.e. modesty requires that one does not mention their private parts publicly.

 

I didn't think of that maryis1, but you could be right. She's entitled to her privacy of course, but I do wish she'd open up more about it.

[ChicagoCita]

Elisabeth seems obsessed with having a life that's "perfect."  Honestly, I can't see her opening up about anything that  she might view as tarnish on her halo.  Unless it's unavoidable, and as long as her health situation was either benign or cured, she won't say a word about it.

Edited November 17, 2014 by ChicagoCita

[Mumbles]

Yeah, we may learn more about what happened here years later. Apparently her second son spent weeks in the hospital after his birth, and she only disclosed this years later. Totally within her rights. But I will say, if she does choose to speak on a topic, it behooves her to be honest, because people (myself included) start wondering about inconsistencies in what she says.

[ginger90]

During her appearance on Watch What Happens Live, Sherri mentioned she'll be on QVC tonight. She also said she'll be in  the movie Woodlawn. I normally enjoy sports movies. Couldn't find much, but found a casting call : http://alabamafilm.org/castingcalls.htm

[maryis1]

Barbara Walters mention by Andy Cohen on the Meredith Viera show today.

 

Andy tells that he was cohosting the view and during the conversation American Hustle came up. Barbara said she didn't understand it and Andy said that perhaps not understanding it was a generational thing. He didn't think his comment was inappropriate... he said that his mother probably wouldn't have understood it either... but when they went to commercial, BW handed him his head on a plate and chewed him out for daring to imply what generation she was in.

 

He says he tells this story in his new book. Funny that Barbara would get upset about a generational reference when that's what she founded the show on and they trumpeted it every day in the earlier intros. Anyway, Andy told the story like she went for his throat at the commercial.

[maryis1]

Also wanted to add that the tumor could very well have been a fibroid in the uterus which may have necessitated a hysterectomy. Elisabeth trades a lot on her female charm and femininity and good looks. For many women, having a part of their reproductive system removed is akin to being "less than a woman." I can imagine that Elisabeth might feel that way from her looks and leggy demeanor.

[Cosmocrush]

Barbara Walters mention by Andy Cohen on the Meredith Viera show today.

 

Andy tells that he was cohosting the view and during the conversation American Hustle came up. Barbara said she didn't understand it and Andy said that perhaps not understanding it was a generational thing. He didn't think his comment was inappropriate... he said that his mother probably wouldn't have understood it either... but when they went to commercial, BW handed him his head on a plate and chewed him out for daring to imply what generation she was in.

 

He says he tells this story in his new book. Funny that Barbara would get upset about a generational reference when that's what she founded the show on and they trumpeted it every day in the earlier intros. Anyway, Andy told the story like she went for his throat at the commercial.

Ha!  I like Andy Cohen - his first book was fun and dirt filled.  I have no problem believing Babs regularly chewed out anyone that displeased her - off camera of course.  On camera she "adored" everyone.  Well, everyone but Kathy Griffin, lol.  

 

I'm not sure why American Hustle would be a generational thing though or why The Great NewsWoman herself of all people  wouldn't 'get it; it's a loose version/fictionalization  of a real life event in the 1970s - Abscam. 

Edited November 18, 2014 by Cosmocrush

[TribbleTrouble]

Sherri's LUCKY to have that Emmy. I doubt if she'll ever see another...and it wasn't for any sort of individual achievement.

Exactly! I'm convinced that the only reason they ever get nominated is because the pool of competition is so tiny there just aren't that many to choose from, so the same names get recycled year after year. I'm convinced that the ONLY reason they won that year was because their Emmy submission was the 2008 episode where then Senator and presidential candidate Barack Obama agreed to appear on the show. That was a BFD for daytime television at the time, but it had absolutely nothing to do with the quality of the hosts. Whoever managed to book that appearance (Babs?) deserves all the credit. They merely exploited his immense popularity at the time. Sherri and the others just got lucky that they happened to be along for the ride at that particular point in history. Sherri should be thanking Barack Obama every day for that Emmy.

Edited November 17, 2014 by TribbleTrouble

[RogerFromOhio]

Tonight I was playing poker and looked up at the TV and there was Sherri.... not sure who she was talking to but I think it was MTV... this was around 8pm EST so those are the only clues about the appearance.

 

I went back to playing cards

[springtime]

Tonight I was playing poker and looked up at the TV and there was Sherri.... not sure who she was talking to but I think it was MTV... this was around 8pm EST so those are the only clues about the appearance.

 

I went back to playing cards

Did we all miss her wig sales on QVC @ 11PM? 

[dumbdownus]

 

Did we all miss her wig sales on QVC @ 11PM?

Would not watch Sherri if you paid me big bucks :) Hopefully her total over exposure on all these shows will backfire. Her twitter war with that HousewifeAtlanta was so beyond pathetic.............