Sherri Shepherd Admits to Multiple Abortions

Posted on: July 23rd, 2008 by: Meg

Sherri Shepherd is an Emmy award winning comedian and a co-host on ABC morning talk show The View. The television celebrity recently sat down for an interview with the black Christian women’s magazine Precious Times.

Shepherd shared the fact that before she converted to Christianity, she led a promiscuous lifestyle.

“I was in a very abusive relations. I was sleeping with a lot of guys and had more abortions that I would like to count. I have very low self esteem and just wanted to die.”

The comedian is apparently very worried about the state of Barbara Walters soul. She may have made a major blunder in sharing the following sentiment about her sometimes prickly boss:

“Oh, sometimes I say, ‘Lord, Juanita Bynum or Joyce Myers would be so good at this table. They could lay hands on Barbara Walters and get her saved. I ask the Lord ‘Why am I here?’ I have to trust God when he says ‘Because I said so.’”

Shepherd is really a woman of sharp contrasts. She has put her foot in her mouth several times on The View, heaping a fair amount of criticism upon herself. She was even chastised by working partner Whoopi Goldberg, who said that Sherri needs to think more before speaking because a lot of what she says “just isn’t appropriate.”

The firestorm hit with full force overnight. Shepherd opened The View today with a 5 minute spin of the entire situation. See Sherri damage control video here.

We’ve got photos of the funny girl posing with the Chippendale dancers in Las Vegas - clearly enjoying herself.