Talk show host Sherri Shepherd spent time in jail over unpaid bills, taxes

Sherri Shepherd recently revealed that she spent some time behind bars after believing the rapture was coming.

On Wednesday’s episode of her talk show “Sherri,” Shepherd explained how her religious upbringing emphasized the prophetic end-of-the-world event, in which Jesus returns to Earth to gather all Christians to Heaven.

Believing the rapture was near, Shepherd reasoned that she no longer had to keep up with her bills and taxes.

“I used to be in a religion that told me that the rapture was coming. They told us to get our house in order and I said ‘Why?’ I’m not going to need a house. Where I’m going I don’t need those worldly possessions. So yeah, I didn’t pay my bills. I didn’t pay my taxes. I didn’t pay my traffic tickets. Because why would I pay anything when the world’s about to end?” Shepherd said.

The former “View” co-host also revealed that at the time, her car registration had been expired for two years and she had accumulated over $10,000 in unpaid parking tickets. She jokingly added, “Jesus don’t care about no parking tickets.”

But when the world didn’t end like she believed it would, Shepherd faced repercussions. “Well, the world never ended. I went to jail,” she revealed. She ultimately served eight days behind bars, adding, “And because I fell for the rapture, I became a hardened criminal.”

Shepherd shared this personal experience after addressing a viral TikTok video in which a South African man claimed the rapture was set to occur on Sept. 23, 2025.

Before admitting to her stint in jail, Shepherd told audiences, “I didn’t plan on being here today. I thought the rapture was going to take me up to heaven.”

She continued: “Let me tell you. I believe in the rapture, I believe it was coming. But this one, I didn’t fall for the okey-doke.”