Even though her career is exploding, the gospel singer, Kierra Sheard, didn’t always find it so easy, Page Six revealed. The outlet claims Kierra closed out the June BET Awards this year with her mother, Karen Clark Sheard.
According to the gospel star, there were moments during her career where she genuinely felt like it was time to throw in the towel.
She claimed it was a struggle on account of her weight, more specifically, industry executives’ perception of her body-type.
Sheard explained that back in 2004, she weighed over 300 pounds. According to Sheard, record label executives told her that she looked like the “Pillsbury doughboy” and they told her it would be better to do photoshoots from the waist up.
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