On Friday “The Talk” co-host Sheryl Underwood put fellow comedians Sommore, Laura Hayes and Adele Givens on blast. She claimed she once overheard them making unsavory remarks about her during a conference call that was part of negotiations for Underwood to join the tour in Mo’Nique’s absence.
“I hear discussions about my appearance. I hear discussions about my ability and I was startled and hurt,” Underwood revealed on her show “The Talk.” “I have to say I was so shocked that I couldn’t unmute my phone to say hey [expletive] I hear you. To this day they did not know I was on that call.”
Comedian Adele Givens told The Humor Mill she is planning to sue Underwood, CBS and The Talk for defamation of character because the alleged conference call never happened.
Backing up Givens’ claims, “Queens of Comedy” producer Walter Latham says Underwood was NEVER offered a spot on the Queens of Comedy Tour.
Meanwhile, Rickey Smiley used his syndicated morning radio show to pull a few of Underwood’s c skeletons out of the closet.
Smiley said:
“I’m not saying the call didn’t happen – it gets catty like that in the comedy game. And I’m not speaking in defense of these ladies, but Sheryl Underwood will do her little stuff to. Now when you do a show with Sheryl Underwood she might show up early – like she jumped on that conference call early – and change the order of the show, stay on stage all night and won’t come off and manipulate other comics and promoters. She was going in between Tom Joyner and Steve Harvey like ‘let me be on your show and playing people against each other. Let’s be clear. She has a shady side to her that she needs to work out.
I wasn’t on that call and I believe that could have happened. But let me just say I had some bad experiences with Sheryl Underwood – which is why we don’t do shows together. All of us have some things we need to work on.”
