Sherri Shepherd Still Watches “The View” ‘Every Morning’

ABC(NEW YORK) — Sherri Shepherd left ABC’s The View earlier this year to pursue other projects, including starring as the evil stepmother in the Broadway revival of Cinderella. Still, that doesn’t mean she’s stopped watching the daytime talk show.

“I’ll watch The View every morning because I love ‘Hot Topics,'” she said on Tuesday’s Good Morning America. “You know, the problem is I scream out at the TV. I’m screaming out my jokes and I’m like, ‘Nobody’s listening to me!’ So I go to Cinderella and I do ‘Hot Topics’ at Cinderella.”

Shepherd, who said she didn’t realize how much she would miss former co-host Whoopi Goldberg, also used the opportunity to rib current co-host Rosie O’Donnell. Imitating O’Donnell, Shepherd said, “‘Oh, I got gout. Here’s my toes! I want to show you my toes! And I’ve been depressed and I got sciatica in my back and I’m going through depression. How many other ailments can I get?'”

“‘I got 12 more in the year that I’ll be on The View,'” she deadpanned.

When she’s not watching The View, Shepherd is enjoying her time on the Great White Way. “I am having the best time of my life doing Broadway. I love it,” she said.

Shepherd also said her former boss is among the celebrities who have come out to support her run in Cinderella. 

“Barbara Walters came to see me and she said, ‘Dear, I didn’t have high expectations for the show but you were adorable. You should try acting more.’ And I go, ‘OK!'” she said, laughing.

Shepherd’s run in Cinderella at New York City’s Broadway Theatre ends Nov. 23. Real Housewives of Atlanta star Nene Leakes will step into her slippers starting Nov. 25.

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