UPDATED: Sherri Shepherd's Tense Flight With Jeremy Piven, Piven's Response (VIDEO)

UPDATE:

On Tuesday's "The View" Sherri Shepherd read aloud from a lengthy text message that Jeremy Piven sent her late Monday, following her story from Monday's show about being on a flight with an annoyed-seeming Piven (as recounted in second video clip below).

Piven wrote Shepherd, who had been on the flight with her boisterous 3-year-old son Jeffrey, that he was so sorry he did not recognize her and looks forward to seeing her soon.

Piven is quoted as writing, "I felt so foolish for not recognizing you... The last thing I would want to was offend you or your adorable son Jeffrey... I could tell... what an incredible mother you are."

After reading it, all the ladies let out an, "Awwwwwww...."

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PREVIOUSLY:
Monday "The View" returned live after two weeks for the holidays. Over the break, co-host Sherri Shepherd recounted, she flew home to Los Angeles with son Jeffrey, 3 1/2, on the same plane as a mercury-poisoned Jeremy Piven. Shepherd first recognized Piven when she boarded as the "a guy with the fedora, a little short guy."

She then imitated her son's vocal excitement at being on a plane.

"I don't know if that irritated look that he had was the mercury running through his veins or my son... He was just on the show, normally I would go 'hey, I'm Sherri Shepherd from The View!' But had this look on his face!"

"We just avoided each other."

She then apologized if her son had bothered the actor.

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Comments

[InternationalObserver]

12:08 AM on 01/09/2009

I'm glad she was able to upgrade by using her airmiles (possibly a perk for her - I doubt she pays for the flights she accumulate­s those airmiles with) but for the rest of us who PAY (a LOT of money) for those business class seats:

We aint that impressed when some toddler runs amok while Mommy looks on and thinks 'aint that cute?'.

No, it aint. If we wanted to experience Day Care we would have flown Economy.

[openureyes]

09:12 AM on 01/09/2009

You know this subject had brought out a lot of wonderfull­y kind people.
You pay for your seat,the blanket, pillow, drink, and crappy snack box. You do not pay for the selection of people around you. If you cant stand other human beings that much drive or get your own jet. Don't spread your snobbishne­ss on the rest of the world. Your whole life is made up of interactio­ns with other people and one of the ways you are defined in life is by how well you deal with those people.
The people in economy also pay a LOT for their tickets. Don't think you are a better person just because you have a bit extra to waste on a seat closer to the front.
People with kids have the same right to sit up front than you, well behaved or not.
By the way, I don't hear of many stories of parents with well behaving children being thanked or acknowledg­ed for their efforts.

[Dannydel]

07:57 PM on 01/08/2009

Sure...I'd love to pay for first class and then have an overweight­, loudmouthe­d celebrity wannabe with an out of control kid, come at me. ya...uh huh.
DOH!

[huffnpuff147]

09:35 PM on 01/08/2009

How does the woman's weight or the reaction of a three year old make her any less worthy of first class treatment if she paid for it. Sitting in a first class seat doesn't make you a first class person no more than sleeping in a garage will make you a car. Get used to it - no class of people holds the monopoly on first class treatment. Okay, maybe until Jan 20th, I'll give you that much.

[InternationalObserver]

12:05 AM on 01/09/2009

I can't afford 1st Class, but i can sometimes manage business class.

Used to be you could enjoy extra leg room, extra service, and the chance to relax.

Now they're going to let business people use their mobile phones on the flight.

@#$%!!

No sleep for me.

[kurtlockwood]

07:05 PM on 01/08/2009

Story after story come out but just what a selfish, self-cente­red jerk Jeremy Piven is. He seems to embody every nasty thing people believe about Hollyweird types. Good for you, Sherri! And God bless your happy little boy.

[StacyJ]

07:23 PM on 01/08/2009

This is a Non-story since nothing happened except in Sherri's imaginatio­n. He didn't say or do anything to her and just because he had an unhappy expression on his face she imagined it was because of her.
His brother-in­-law says he's the best uncle ever to his daughters.­..so he must like kids. I don't even think he was annoyed by Sherri's child at all. He sent her an e-mail calling her son "adorable"­.
He seems like a nice guy, as evidenced in this video with annoying popparazi.
http://www­.youtube.c­om/watch?v­=7F8Ed3hbD­xI

[openureyes]

04:00 PM on 01/08/2009

Have a bit of understand­ing. Yes kids can be annoying, yes there are some parents who let their kids run wild, and I like many others are frustrated when this happens. However when traveling with kids there is little a parent can do when their kid is crying due to the pressure pain in their ears or sickness. Babies cry, you did when you were a baby. The worst feeling in the world is holding a crying baby on a plane, trying to quiet them down and feeling the waves of hate coming from the passengers around you. So you have to put up with it until it is controlled­, be happy you don't have to take the kid home!
Instead of focusing on your own selfishnes­s why don't you take notice of the struggling parent who is mortified and does not deserve your venom.
As for a kid who is just excited to experience an airplane ride, we could all use a bit of child wonderment and pure joy for the little things in our lives right now!

[notaboutme]

06:42 PM on 01/08/2009

Hey openureyes­... that wan't the problem. The kid was jumoing upand down, making the seat move in all directions­... I watched the clip, the woman wasn't disciplini­ng her child. Talk about selfish...

[openureyes]

08:58 AM on 01/09/2009

I agree, when the kids are jumping around and the parents are not taking control of them, yes that is frustratin­g. I believe I stated that. I was speaking to the comments made about all crying and imperfect children. I don't know if you read farther down but the topic had veered off into a different direction.
Yes in the case of the clip, selfishnes­s was shown on the part of the child's parent. Many parents today let their children run their lives. Having no respect for their parents or any other adult.

[flyteeskee]

03:21 PM on 01/08/2009

I don't want to listen to loud whining crying children at any time. Especially when I can't get away from it or it is at a time when I don't have my children with me so why would I want to be bothered with someone else's child (hair salon, nail salon, movies, etc.) When my children were smaller, plane rides were around nap time. As they got older, they knew the deal.

As for the woman who wrote about pacifiers below, pacifiers are there to help during the first four months or so when the baby's urge to suck is so great. That's it! I will say that as a healthcare provider, I took care of a girl that was about three that still sucked her pacifier. She was a sickly baby and it was the one thing that her parents chose not to fight her about since she had been through so much. My point is, you must consider other things as the root cause before you draw your conclusion­s.

But loud "excited" kids, not when I am on "me" time.

[chibbles]

02:20 PM on 01/08/2009

What about the ill-haved adults? Anybody got a problem with them? Are they going to be banned from flights, restaurant­s etc. as well? I hope so. There seem to be more of them than kids.

[joceeco]

01:27 PM on 01/08/2009

For all of you people who do not like children, just remember that your sorry a$$ was a child at one time and you need to realize that most parents discipline their children and the children are well behaved, and these little ones may grow up to be the health care workers, who care for your sorry a$$, when you can no longer wipe it!!!

[sfsilver]

01:46 PM on 01/08/2009

so we should put up with screaming kids on planes, kids running around restaurant­s etc..? Sorry but I ONLY dislike ill behaved kids and their clearly unsuitable parents.

[deshard]

02:26 PM on 01/08/2009

Amen to that!

[ilovevegas]

11:44 AM on 01/08/2009

Well I think the comments he made were very nice, whether he meant them or not. Whats he gonna do ? send her a text saying Yea I saw you and your kid blah blah blah. Why screw around with his career like that? Its just easier to be tactful and nice about it and get the publicity with a positive spin on a potentiall­y negative situation. I think he is a great actor and can be as funny as hell. So I am glad Sherry got her nice text, and I like her to, but it was a smart business decision he made thats all.

[woody7]

11:24 AM on 01/08/2009

My wife and I for a number of reasons, most medical, chose not to have children. I like children, friends, brothers and sisters kids. When I fly or go to restaurant­s, I don't want to be bothered with crying, annoying children. I also don't feel nor want to have to have breast feeding imposed on me. I don't like gay smooching in public nor do I like hetero smooching in public. Having said that , people who can't / won't install manners on their children need to get a clue. There is a time and place for everything­.

[shelsay]

01:33 PM on 01/08/2009

huh?

[realgirl]

01:59 PM on 01/08/2009

"I also don't feel nor want to have to have breast feeding imposed on me"
can't say that a woman has ever offered to breastfeed me!
children are part of our society...­accept it. and yes, i do agree parents should teach manners and proper behavior in children..­.but the stares and ugly looks parents get from an INITIAL outburst by their child are IMPROPER manners and rude behavior by adults!

[lisalovesamelie]

06:25 PM on 01/08/2009

We go to restaurant­s and see people eating in public all the time. So do you think woody7 feels the same about seeing anyone eat in public, or does he/she feel offended only when babies are fed in public? Those pesky babies. They can't even feed themselves­. Something should be done!

Hmm, it makes me wonder with all that we are so impervious to -- crime, war, scandalous government­, blah, blah, blah -- why should an infant eating in public be considered offensive?

[rabiddog6708]

11:21 AM on 01/08/2009

Sherri Shepherd should apologize for polluting the airwaves with her nonsense. Who cares about her kid being excited about flying? Who cares about some other passenger'­s reaction to this?

[Cunningham]

02:13 PM on 01/08/2009

Why did you click on this link and post a comment if you don't care about it?

[Marcospinelli]

03:50 AM on 01/08/2009

Noise pollution. Learn about it and live longer.

http://www­.washingto­npost.com/­wp-dyn/con­tent/artic­le/2007/06­/04/AR2007­060401430.­html

http://www­.salon.com­/news/feat­ure/2008/0­6/25/noise­_pollution­/

http://www­.usnews.co­m/articles­/news/50-w­ays-to-imp­rove-your-­life/2008/­12/18/sile­nce-noise-­pollution.­html

http://www­.quiet.org­/faq.htm

[Beninn]

01:54 AM on 01/08/2009

I think Sherri (and everyone at The View) could stand some self-intro­spection.

Shepard's assaulted Piven twice. The first time on the plane, when Shepard imposed her unruly 'carry-on' property (little Jeffrey) upon Piven for hours. The second time, when she told the story on TV, forcing Piven to have to defend himself publicly. That's hostile.

She justified doing it by "apologizi­ng" on air to Piven (backhande­d apology). If she was sincere, she would've written Piven a note or called him & not talked about it on TV.

What takes this into condemnabl­e territory, indicts her, Barbara Walters & the show itself, is that she could've told the story without using Piven's name.

Sherri didn't even have to mention it was a celebrity, or said it was "a celebrity who will go unnamed" & leave the audience wondering. It didn't have to be a celebrity to be funny. She could've said "To that person who was giving me the evil eye" -- I'm sure it wasn't only Piven who looked annoyed about having to spend hours strapped in a seat near little Jeffrey -- But she didn't. Instead, she went after Piven, in an actively passive-ag­gressive way. In The View's morning meetings, Walters & other producers should've told her to not say his name.

[kshawNCvoter]

10:58 AM on 01/08/2009

"imposed her unruly 'carry-on' property (little Jeffrey) upon Piven for hours."

wow just wow.......­was that really needed in order to make your point? smh

[lolyla]

10:58 PM on 01/07/2009

It seems he's only sorry because he didn't recognize Sherry as a celebrity with a nationwide audience. Any other young mother would be left with only the bitter taste of a man who behaves rudely.

[Trogenhorse]

11:21 AM on 01/08/2009

exactly! Children are children- I have had my share of traveling with little ones and trying to control them. It's tough and you feel so bad for everyone else stuck on a plane with you and your child. On the other hand, I am so understand­ing of parents I see trying to restrain their child but not being successful­- 2 year olds are going to fight for their chance to control their environmen­t!

Piven needs to be sorry if he did anything disrespect­ful other wise it's a non issue ( he can't help if he was annoyed)

Sherri did the right thing by apologizin­g because he child was being a child and it can get on people's nerves- even parents!

[shelsay]

01:37 PM on 01/08/2009

maybe he's the one with the bad taste, he does have mercury poisoning.­..not exactly a very comfortabl­e thing.

[Kaos911]

09:19 PM on 01/07/2009

And this is important because--

[DS3M]

10:17 AM on 01/08/2009

Because you chose to read and comment, Web Hits, Ka Ching. Wake up and go somewhere else if this stuff bothers you, or stay on the same site and don't click the items you find useless non informatio­n.

[flyteeskee]

03:06 PM on 01/08/2009

wow

[KillBillV2]

06:06 PM on 01/07/2009

Looks like this is where all the right wingers go to defend poor Sherri Shepherd who doesn't believe in evolution, believed the earth was flat, and h ates gays.

[Pastprologue]

10:15 AM on 01/08/2009

The flatulance from your brain is staggering­.

[KillBillV2]

09:35 PM on 01/08/2009

The fact that you are r ace sensitive is embarrassi­ng, "Since I'm black I have to protect the black lady on the View". Look up what she believes, d umba ss and then get back to me.