On today’s episode of SHERRI, talk show host Sherri Shepherd welcomes Joy Behar, co-host of The View, and they share a never-before-told story about Barbara Walters. See the video clip inside….
Sherri: You liked it that I was scared of Barbara Walters. You used to laugh.
Joy: What was scary about her?
Sherri: I don’t know. She was just so formidable … I would tell you stuff and then you would go and tell it. I never told this before, but I’m going to tell it. I told Joy that I had run into Paul Mooney and Paul Mooney had said that he caught Barbara Walters with Richard Pryor.
Joy: What do you mean? She slept with Richard Pryor?
Sherri: Yes, that’s what Paul Mooney said. And I came back and I was like, Joy, guess what?!? When you talk like that you know, don’t tell nobody.
Joy: No, but I remember this.
Sherri: I came and I told you and I said Paul Mooney said that he caught Barbara with Richard Pryor. He walked in on them. And I was like, don’t tell nobody.
Joy: He walked in on them?
Sherri: He walked in … that’s what he said. He looked through the door. Don’t act like you don’t remember. It was just me and Joy … don’t tell nobody. And the next day Barbara walks in and you go, so …
Joy: I didn’t say you told me.
Sherri: But you say to Barbara, so you’re schlepping Richard Pryor, huh?!?
Joy: And what did she say? Wait … what did she say?
Sherri: She turned around … you know Barbara’s head would swivel like that … she goes who told you that? I’m sitting there and I just got this job. And Joy, you do that because you’re not scared of Barbara.
Joy: You know, Barbara, between me and you … Barbara liked a brother.
Sherri: She did.
Joy: She was going out with a Black senator. Is this going to be on television? You don’t have his picture.
Sherri: It’s in her book. You always said Barbara loved a chocolate man. She loved Colin Powell. Every time Colin Powell came on she was all the way over here.
Joy: It’s true. She did. She loved a brother.
