{"id":2043320,"date":"2025-09-23T09:56:59","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T09:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2043320"},"modified":"2025-09-23T09:56:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T09:56:59","slug":"sherri-shepherd-says-dwts-elimination-was-unfair-hopes-for-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/sherri-shepherd-says-dwts-elimination-was-unfair-hopes-for-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Sherri Shepherd Says DWTS Elimination Was &#8216;Unfair,&#8217; Hopes for Return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/sherri-shepherd\/\"><strong>Sherri Shepherd<\/strong><\/a> wants a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/shows\/dancing-with-the-stars\/\"><em>Dancing With the Stars<\/em><\/a> do-over!<\/p>\n<p>The talk show host, 58, gushed about her time on the 14th season of ABC\u2019s dancing competition, though she feels it was cut short.<\/p>\n<p>During an appearance on the Monday, September 22, episode of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/shows\/watch-what-happens-live-with-andy-cohen\/\"><em>Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen<\/em><\/a>, Shepherd was asked if she thought she was \u201cunfairly eliminated\u201d in Week 4 of the competition back in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think I was unfairly eliminated. I got eliminated during the tango, and I love salsa, bachata and tango,\u201d she <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BravoWWHL\/status\/1970295550437401009\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">responded<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got to the fourth week, and I was eliminated,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Shepherd said she\u2019d love to go back on <em>DWTS<\/em>, which is now in its <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/dancing-with-the-stars-season-34-cast-premiere-date-and-more\/\">34th season<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really want them \u2026 if they have a fan favorite [season], I would love to go back to <em>Dancing With the Stars<\/em>. I loved it. It was the best experience of my life,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>She continued, \u201cBut I loved being on the show because it\u2019s such a family. I keep in touch with everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shepherd was paired up with professional dancer <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/val-chmerkovskiy\/\"><strong>Val Chmerkovskiy<\/strong><\/a> on <em>DWTS<\/em> season 12, which was won by former NFL wide receiver <strong>Donald Driver<\/strong> and Chmerkovskiy\u2019s sister-in-law, <strong>Peta Murgatroyd<\/strong>. Classical singer <strong>Katherine Jenkins<\/strong> came second with dance partner <strong>Mark Ballas<\/strong>. Other notable contestants that season included <strong>Gladys Knight<\/strong>, <strong>Maria Menouno<\/strong>s and <strong>Jaleel White<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Host<strong> Andy Cohen j<\/strong>okingly asked Shepherd if she had an \u201caffair\u201d with her dance partner, to which Shepherd admitted to having the hots for Chmerkovskiy, 39.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was married at the time. Val Chmerkovskiy was my partner. But believe you me, if I was single, I would have been a cougar with [him],\u201d she quipped.<\/p>\n<p>Shepherd was first married to <strong>Jeff Tarpley<\/strong> from 2001 to 2010 and later to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/sherri-shepherd-split-husband-lamar-sally-files-for-divorce-201495\/\"><strong>Lamar Sally<\/strong> from 2011 to 2014<\/a>. (She has two children, a son with each of her exes.)<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Chmerkovskiy, meanwhile, is married to fellow <em>DWTS<\/em> pro <strong>Jenna Johnson<\/strong>. Johnson <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/joey-graziadei-wins-dancing-with-the-stars-season-33-finale-scores\/\">won season 33 with<strong> Joey Graziadei<\/strong><\/a> and is paired up with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/jenna-johnson-clarifies-dwts-partner-corey-feldman-wasnt-missing\/\"><strong>Corey Feldman<\/strong> on the current season<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In February, Chmerkovskiy admitted he used to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/val-chmerkovskiy-has-been-jealous-of-jenna-johnson-dancing-with-others\/\">get jealous of other men dancing with his wife<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s such a taboo thing and people catch feelings about it. So I don\u2019t want to hurt anybody\u2019s feelings because [of] that insecurity I feel, too,\u201d he said on the \u201cSibling Revelry With Kate Hudson and Oliver Hudson\u201d podcast. \u201cI don\u2019t feel it anymore, but I\u2019ve had situations.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sherri Shepherd wants a Dancing With the Stars do-over! The talk show host, 58, gushed about her time on the 14th season of ABC\u2019s dancing competition, though she feels it was cut short. During an appearance on the Monday, September 22, episode of Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen, Shepherd was asked if she [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2043321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[41508,21741,24122],"class_list":["post-2043320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-dancing-with-the-stars","tag-entertainment","tag-reality-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sherri-Shepherd-Says-DWTS-Elimination-Was-Unfair-Hopes-for-Return.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2043320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2043320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2043320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2043321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2043320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2043320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2043320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}