Sherri Shepherd Reveals Actress Who Allegedly Accosted Her at 'Othello' Opening Night: 'I Honestly Was Just Confused'
Sherri Shepherd is giving new details about a tense interaction she had with another actress at the Broadway opening night of Othello.
If you didn’t know, back in March, the 58-year-old actress said on her talk show Sherri that an unnamed celebrity forcefully grabbed her and accosted her at opening night of the Broadway show, accusing her of “shading” her.
Now, Sherri is revealing the name of the woman behind the alleged encounter.
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“It was Nia Long. I don’t know who [she] had me confused with. The only time I’ve ever talked about Nia is when she went through with her partner [when] there was infidelity. I supported her and [said] she deserves to have a good man to be with her. I have no idea who she thought was shading her, but it was not me. I have no beef with Nia. I’m a fan of hers,” Sherri said while on “The Breakfast Club.”
She also explained why she originally chose to tell the story of the encounter.
“A lot of people say, well, ‘Why would you say something like that publicly?’ Well, number one, I never said her name. There’s a lot of women that attended the Othello premiere. And number two, I’m a stand up comic. So everything that happens in my life is material for me. And my stage, my comedy stage, is the talk show. So I got on stage and I just talked about it, and I said, ‘You know, this happened,’” she said.
“We’re both the same age so we can discuss it. That’s why I invited her on my show. I don’t like to tear down people. But I honestly was just confused. And I also don’t like when you touch me and you pull at me. I don’t like that. She grabbed me and spun me around. [But] I’m cool. I’m so cool. It’s done. I would love to talk to her and just clear it up,” she added.
If you didn’t see, Sherri recently attended the premiere of the Netflix movie Straw.