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*Sherri Shepherd poured her heart out in a revealing Instagram post, detailing her frustration with being a single mother and paying child support to two men.
She wrote:
“So much transition in my life I feel like my head is spinning… everything seems a little off… a lot of no’s being thrown my way… being told I am a “tough sell”… raising my very moody teenage son by myself… (if you see his dad tell him his son’s mother needs a little help)… child support payments to two baby daddies… gotta stay employed bc if I don’t the entire house of cards will collapse… family far away… needed by many and only able to help a few… always hustling… I never stop grinding… always making you laugh but sometimes behind the smile… holding onto the promises of #jesus for dear life… taking my pain and making it funny at a comedy club… so thankful for friends that are holding me down bc at this moment I am careening.”
Sherri previously opened up about her 2014 divorce from screenwriter Lamar Sally during a sit down with comedian D.L. Hughley on his talk show.
Sherri and Sally were married from 2011 to 2015, and they have a son via surrogate. She also shares a son with ex-hubby Jeff Tarpley.
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Hughley noted that he wasn’t too fond of Sally when he first met him, and Shepherd said he wasn’t alone in his opinion of her ex, atlantablackstar.com reported.
“Everybody said that,” Shepherd replied. “Steve Harvey said it, Barbara Walters said it, Whoopi [Goldberg] wouldn’t come to my wedding. Everybody tried to tell me. The only person who showed up was Kym Whitley, because she got a free iPad and she was my bridesmaid. We gave away free iPads.”
After the couple crashed and burned, they fought over custody of their child born via surrogate. The baby boy arrived in August 2014, months after the former couple split. The following year, a judge ruled that Shepherd had to pay Sally child support.
Now she’s noting online how life for her is not all roses and rainbows following two failed marriages.
“If you had told me last year that working out would help my mind, I would’ve laughed hysterically – but it’s true… working out takes me to a peaceful place. But even in the midst of uncertainty I know that God is in control. Just have to breathe … mood… #tired #singlemommingsucks #jesustakethewheel and even in the midst of this mental mind depression, I’ll get a hundred requests for someone wanting to do graphics and my next animation artwork & cartoon illustrations,” Shepherd added in her IG post on Wednesday.
She included the hashtags: #youcantbreakme #onlyforaseason #godwontgiveyoumorethanyoucanhandle #weepingmayendureforanightbutjoycomesinthemorning
Adding, “AND I CANT EAT CHEESECAKE OR PEACH COBBLER OR CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES TO MAKE ME FEEL BETTER! Gotta go thru all these emotions raw! #sugarfree #teamhealthy amhealthy.”
Several of Sherri’s celebrity pals responded to the post with words of encouragement and support.
Actress Yvette Nicole Brown wrote: “It will get better. I don’t know when or how, but i know it will. For you, it always does. You know that. God has got you. He has not brought you this far to drop you now. You will prevail. You will”
Tisha Campbell-Martin added, “Sherry you have a network of women who understand and you KNOW we are cheering on and through… every heartache, every heartbreak and every damn sit-up!!!
Neicy Nash wrote, “I love you friend and you’re doing a great job!!!! You got this and we got you!!! God will always send help.”
Vanessa Bell Calloway said: “You got this girl!!! We all have something at least your being honest about yours. God got you too because you’re a good person and you deserve a fulfilling and wonderful life. Stay strong sis because you are loved.”
One fan responded, “Sherrie, you’ve been having a blessed year. Expect the negative vibes to visit you occasionally because God has been blessings you immensely. That smile you have helps people more than you know. You got this love!!! With every negative there’s soooo many positives ahead!!! Stay blessed.”
Another said: “I’m with you Sherri I been doing this as a regular single mom in the world for 16 years. 10 years of nursing and serving my community and have been hurt on the job then fired for needing so much medical and denied my Ada accommodations. I haven’t had family. I was emancipated at 16. I’m with you. My house of cards is falling.”
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