Sherri Shepherd reveals confrontation with ‘unnamed celebrity’ that she allegedly shaded at ‘Othello’ opening night

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star-studded “Othello” on Broadway opening night on Sunday, she revealed on her talk show the next day. “I wanna talk about this unnamed celebrity and what she did to me,” Shepherd, 57, told her live audience.A source told Page Six on Monday that Nia Long was allegedly the celebrity in question.

Like Shepherd, Long, 54, took pictures on the red carpet at the opening night show.The Post reached out to Long’s rep for comment but did not immediately hear back.“I get along with everybody.

I really do,” she said. “So I’m standing there, and I was talking to Khadeen and Devale Ellis, and Devale Ellis is on ‘Sisters.’ So this unnamed celebrity actress, who shall remain nameless, I’m standing there talking, somebody grabbed my arm, and they forcefully turned me around.”The actress and comedian said she was “in a good mood,” so she gave the person a friendly greeting — which wasn’t reciprocated.“She says to me, she goes, ‘You’ve been shading me a lot.’ That’s what she said to me,'” Shepherd recalled.“I said to her, ‘No, I haven’t.

Because I was really confused,” she continued. “And she goes, ‘Yes, you have.’ And then she just walked off.”The talk show host went on, “Now, let me tell you something.