Sherri Shepherd is making her wishlist of guests for the first season of her upcoming talk show Sherri, premiering in September.
And she would “of course” welcome Wendy Williams as a guest on the show.Shepherd is currently the permanent guest host of Williams’ eponymous series while Williams has been absent due to health reasons.“I’m so thankful to Wendy for letting me fill in for her and letting me fill the gap to support her as all the other co-hosts have also done,” Shepherd told Deadline at the AAFCA Awards in Hollywood on Wednesday night. “I’m thankful because if it wasn’t for Wendy, the eyes wouldn’t have been on me.
I’m so thankful to her. We’re all praying for her.”She continued, “No, [I have not spoken to Wendy personally]. It’s not like everybody thinks that in Hollywood, we all have each other’s phone numbers.
Wendy knows me because I’ve sat in as a guest and I guest hosted for her two years ago. So it’s not like she doesn’t know me but we’re not friends.
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