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Sherri Shepherd has a lot going on. The single mother to 4-year-old son Jeffrey is a co-host on The View, stars in her brand-new Lifetime sitcom, Sherri, and has just published an autobiography.
But one thing she won't be doing? Dancing With the Stars.
"I have to say no to a lot of things, which is why you don't see me doing the salsa on Dancing With the Stars," she tells CelebrityBabyScoop.com in an exclusive interview.
The 42-year-old star admits that she has declined the show every single season.
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"That is a show I've wanted to do since it came on the air because I love to dance, but everybody who has been on the show with children has said to me, 'Sherri, you won't see your child.'"
The comedian says that she doesn't have someone who could take over her job as Mom for 12 weeks at a time, joking, "because I'm just assuming I'd make it to the final four!"
Shepherd -- who split from Jeff Tarpley, her husband of seven years, after he cheated on her and got another woman pregnant -- said fellow View co-host and mom Elisabeth Hasselbeck has been especially supportive.
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"Elisabeth told me something that I keep close," she tells CelebrityBabyScoop.com. "She said, 'You know, Sherri, you have a lot of spinning plates. Just make sure your child is not one of them.' So in everything I do, my first priority is my son."
Still, she jokes that despite being so versatile in her career, she struggles at home.
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"He's a boy, and I'm trying to figure it out," she says of her most recent challenge of potty-training Jeffrey. "Like, how the heck am I going to get you to just push your butt in a little bit more to pee in the toilet so it's not dripping everywhere?!"
She adds: "I looked at him and said, 'If your wife or girlfriend is going to call me and go, 'Didn't you even teach the kid how to use the bathroom?' That is not going to happen!"
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bev zAnti-liberal, the son is developmentally disabled in some fashion, so that may be why he's 4 and not potty trained.report abuseposted November 2, 2009 8:32 PM PST
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the anti-liberal4 and not potty trained? Terrible mothering!report abuseposted November 2, 2009 1:53 PM PST
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ChomptheTideJ Ray-just because you don't know who she is doesn't mean the world doesn't-pick up a magazine or turn on the tv skeezer-you sound a little jealous to me......report abuseposted November 2, 2009 1:48 PM PST
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ksu2000gradThey've had far worse people on DWTS. It's different for her compared to other celebrities that are either married or have a built-in support system for her son to be taken care of for several weeks the way he needs to be. Plus, a child with a delayed learning ability really thrives on consistency.report abuseposted November 2, 2009 1:46 PM PST
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ChomptheTideTess=douche And Charles-you're saying that because Macy Gray was such an outstanding dancer? LMFAO!report abuseposted November 2, 2009 1:45 PM PST
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tellitlikeitiswhy don't she get that trifling ex to teach the boy how to pee. he obviously doesn't know how to keep his wanker in his pants.report abuseposted November 2, 2009 1:19 PM PST
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J Rayi don;t think anyone asked her to be on DWTS..... I don;t even know who the heck she is! Sorry but i think she was wishful thinking!!report abuseposted November 2, 2009 1:00 PM PST
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J Rayi don;t think anyone asked her to be on DWTS..... I don;t even know who the heck she is! Sorry but i think she was wishful thinking!!report abuseposted November 2, 2009 1:00 PM PST
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