Sherri Shepherd: I Couldn't "Beat" My Kid In A "Rich White Folks' Store"

Yesterday on "The View," Sherri Shepherd discussed taking her two-year-old son Jeffrey to a toy store that was having a sale instead of giving him a nap. She described the store, Giggle, as "a rich white folks' store."

What distinguishes a "rich white folks' store" from any other store? For Sherri, it's the inability to physically discipline her screaming child. Jeffrey was crying as they shopped for toys, but Sherri told the panel that, because she felt guilty about bringing him to the store instead of letting him nap, "I couldn't do what I normally would have done. Plus the people [were] looking at me like, this wasn't a store that looked like they beat the kids. So I had to do as the Romans do when I was in the Roman store."

It remains unclear whether these Romans came before or after the Christians.

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On yesterday's "The View," Sherri Shepherd discussed taking her son Jeffrey to a toy store for "rich white folks" and the embarrassment that ensued when her toddler would not stop crying. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1348330337http://www.brightcove.com/channel.jsp?channel=1178199204

From ABC, 12/17

Previously: Sherri Shepherd Condones Men Hitting Back

Comments

[SILVANUS]

Intelligent African Americans should have her drawn-and-quartered, and her kid will probably grow up and snuff her neighbors out of pure rage one day.

COULD IT BE THAT SHE (pat Robertson;s favorite phrase) is a Republican plant to make the race look dumb?

It's like having Larry Craig represent all gay and bisexual men.

Pitiful stupid dunce.

[lookingAhead]

If this is the best that Barbra Walters can get for her show then she should retire. This women is so stupid no one should be subjected to this stupidity.

[DustyRebel]

This woman is paid to be on national TV by a major network to talk about beating her 2 year old!

-a 2 year old that she knew needed a nap.

-a 2 year old who still has lasting problems from being born pre-mature.

WTF?!

[squat6971]

Might be time for Child Protective Services to pay her a visit.

[puck25]

This woman has got be one of the biggest morons ever. Why hasn't the GOP recruited her for a presindential candidate?

[elkabong]

And she's dead certain God is on her side.

[coolmaiden]

Hitting a child because he's tired. Good parenting, moron.

[wm1066]

There are so many articulate colored women,
seeing one that is so blatently stupid stops you in your tracks.
Why is this women given a soap box?
People will tune out the show with people like her on.

[Ducandy]

She can't even speak English.

[jpopphan]

Why oh why does this moron have a place on television? She is an EMBARASSMENT to herself. Any producer with any amount of sense would pull her ass right off of the set and send her own her way. Sherri Shepherd has no business being in the public eye. She cannot conduct herself in public, she cannot speak in public and apparently she can't even shop in public.

And why would anyone "beat" their children in a public place anyway? The kid was crying because his stupid mother didn't put him down for a nap and decided to take him shopping instead. How would the child's behavior have merited corporal punishment?

And yes, Ms. Shepherd, you are right that if you started beating on your child someone in that store would have stopped you and the store manager would probably have called the police and child protective services.

God bless the child.... because clearly, he's on his own.

[chimezatmidnight]

So when will Walters change the title to "Not For Sane People Only"?

[VOTER]

She is truly stupid.

And lady, let your child take his nap. It is important.

[snruB]

I'm under the impression that this lady just ain't right