"Sex Lives Of College Girls" Star Sherri Shepherd Revealed She Was Once Fired On The Set Of A TV Show By A Famous Actor, And Her Reaction Proves She's Just Like The Rest Of Us
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You might recognize Sherri Shepherd from Max's hit comedy The Sex Lives of College Girls, where she plays Evette Chase — aka Whitney's hilariously blunt mom who is also a US senator.
Well, on a recent episode of her daytime talk show, Sherri was asked by a fan if she'd ever been fired. She replied, "I've only been fired two times in this industry."
Spoiler alert: The second time was on The View.
Sherri said she was cast to play the best friend to Kym Whitley's character on ABC's My Wife and Kids. However, she quickly realized that her acting style was very different to her scene partner's, and she found it difficult to keep up with Kym.
My Wife and Kids aired from 2001–2005 and starred Damon Wayans, who was also a co-creator and producer.
"We're very different. Kym is very loud and I'm more of a straight person. They kept asking, 'Can you match the energy of Kym Whitley?' and I was like 'Nobody can!' I could see everybody was always quiet every time we did the rehearsals in front of Damon," Sherri said.
Sherri went on to say that the firing happened at the most inconvenient time — on her lunch break. Damon and a group of other producers approached her to deliver the bad news as she was heading to get some more food.
"We all went to lunch at the commissary and I'm sitting at the table with [costars] Tisha Campbell and Kym Whitley...I take my tray to get some more food and all the producers of the show walked up to me and said: 'It's not working out, Sherri.' I was like 'What do you mean? Are you firing me?' and they said 'Yes, we're going to have to let you go.' I started crying right there," Sherri said.
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"There were a bunch of celebrities in the commissary and I don't remember who it was but they asked, 'Are you okay?' and I said, 'No, Damon Wayans just fired me! I needed this money!' Kym was like 'Girl, I would give you my job!' and I replied, 'Well give me your job, bitch!'"
"I cried all the way to the elevator because they told me I had to get my stuff from my trailer," Sherri told the audience.
"I saw Damon, like, years later...and every time I see him, I say the same thing: 'You know you fired me?' And every time he says to me: 'Well look at you now.'"
