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His hair is just fine in accordance w/ his age. I would always wrap my boys hairs strands around my finger and pull it,when they were younger, the hair would spring back. You can do that when your kid is not a "peezy head"! Good to see consistancy with MTO and the majority of their readers, down grading their own is after all what you guys do best. Funny how on the 50 cent thread, the same people called him cold and heartless. What does is make you when you clown a kid? I guess all's fare in Hatin'& War.
305 4 Lyfe!
Queenmidas
I am sorry if this sounds rude but, geez another black woman raising her son to be a thug! Get the hell out of here, why does his hair need to look like that in 2008? What do women expect their kids to grow up as when they train them from an early age to model themselves after the opposite sex or gangsters? If her son ends up on tv with a white tee shirt on it and some baggy pants with his drawers hanging out in the back without a job or college education. I don't care if he is all A's in first grade most parents think their kids are brillant when they come home from first grade and they color in the lines better than anyone in their class big deal it matters most what he does for the next 60 years! Will be become a man or will he be a peter pan boy who never wants to grow up and avoids responsibility? Black Mother's its an embarrassment to you when your son grows up and has kids and never marries until he's a damn senior citizen. It is an embarrassment to our entire race when your daughters are more likely to become "babies mama's" than wives! Get it together people please!
Okay MTO you have gone tooo far. First of all Sherri's son has a disability. He is going to have years of therapy to get him on the level of his peers. She is recently divorced and is doing a great job raising and taking care of this gift from God. Stop posting things like this generating comments this like, especially when it comes to children. Your wrong for this!!!
Backstage at The View, Sherri Shepherd cries almost every week. No, she's not fighting with any of her cohosts. "I love the women I work with," Shepherd says. It's because her dream job as the newest member of daytime's all-girl gabfest comes with one major sacrifice. "By Wednesday," she says, "I'm breaking down in tears because I miss my son so much."
When Shepherd was hired in September, producers wanted her on the set in New York immediately, so the actress and stand-up comic from Los Angeles had to leave Jeffrey, 2, behind with her estranged husband, Jeff Tarpley. Plus Shepherd worried about the little guy's well-being, fearing that East Coast winters could take a toll on his fragile health. Born 15 weeks premature in 2005, Jeffrey has developmental delays and needs physical, speech and occupational therapy regularly. So for now, Shepherd visits him two or three times a month. "Leaving my baby was the hardest thing," she says, "but this is what I have to do to provide for my son."
Sitting backstage after a View taping, the former legal secretary, 40, talks easily—even cracks jokes—about the personal dramas she's weathered: from infertility to infidelity and impending divorce. Says executive producer Barbara Walters: "That's one of the things that attracted us to her—she is so candid and yet has wonderful humor about her life."
She and TV-commercial actor Tarpley, 41, who married in 2001, endured two years of fertility treatments—"shots in my butt, shots in my stomach, a little surgery"—before she got pregnant with two embryos via in vitro fertilization in 2004. "We used our American Express card to pay for the entire thing. Not only did we get a baby, we got double mileage points," Shepherd jokes. She miscarried one twin at 11 weeks but, 14 weeks later, Jeffrey arrived, weighing just 1 lb. 10 oz., with bleeding in his brain, a hole in his intestines and another in an artery near his heart. He remained in the hospital's intensive care unit for three months. "My son was fighting for his life," she says. "I remember saying, 'I will never laugh again.'"
Her son was still in the NICU when, she says, she discovered her husband was having an affair. "I was like, 'Lord. How much more can I take?'" recalls Shepherd. (Tarpley declined to comment for this story.) On the phone, Shepherd confronted the woman, who admitted an affair—and then said she was a huge fan of Shepherd on the sitcom Less then Perfect. "If that don't beat all!" says Shepherd.
A born-again Christian, Shepherd relied on her faith to pull her through—especially when she found out the other woman was pregnant with Tarpley's child. Still, she says, when the baby was born, "I held him and my heart melted. Out of this ugliness, a little boy was born who is as special as my son." The boys now play together. After a brief attempt at reconciliation, Shepherd and Tarpley are headed for divorce but maintain a good relationship. She plans to seek custody of Jeffrey when their divorce moves forward, but she calls Tarpley "a great dad."
Shepherd has always used faith and wit to deal with the dramas in her life. She grew up in Chicago but moved to L.A. at 17 with her mom after her parents' "devastating" divorce. In her 20s she faced evictions and garnished wages—even with a steady job as a legal secretary in Beverly Hills. ("I wasn't good with money," she admits.) In 1990 she decided to pursue a stand-up career after watching Andrew Dice Clay and Eddie Griffin at the Comedy Store. She took the bus to nightclub gigs, paid for groceries with talent-night winnings and cared for her mother, LaVerne, who was dying of diabetes. "If I made people laugh," she says, "I could forget about all that onstage."
Her mom died in 1991, but her father, Lawrence, 60, a church deacon, has watched Shepherd's career take off with roles on TV (Everybody Loves Raymond, Suddenly Susan, 30 Rock) and in film (Beauty School). Her other biggest fan is Jeffrey, who kisses the television set whenever he spots his mom at work. "He runs around saying, 'Mama,' 'Daddy,' 'football,' 'basketball'—and 'hallelujah,'" says Shepherd. "I taught him that one."
IF THATS WHAT SHE WANTED TO DO TO HIS HEAD LET HER DO IT!! AT LEAST HIS HAIR IS DONE AND LOOKS BETTER THAN HALF OF THE PEOPLE ON THIS WEBSITE!!...............DONT BELIEVE ME?? WELL LET ME CALL OUT SOME NAMES FOR YOU
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NOW THATS A WORD FROM THE WISE
Man I had that hairstyle until I was 5. I'm a girl though. It is an easy one strand twist that is really healthy for your hair. He looks happy and clean and that is what really matters.
Some of these little boys out here on the street in NY look like straight thugs,gangsters and pimps and they are like 2-5 years old. I rather this look as opposed to the thug look.
@TexasGlamourChic Lol you know! Someone needs to take them all,slice their achillies tendons, and make them walk it out! I mean really who does that? Sorry Mothafathas that's who! And to the moron who said she is raising her son to be a thug, how do you know this? Are you staying in her household? How in the hell do you know how she is raising her son by looking at a picture that implies nothing of the sort? I NEED to know this!
SHE_SO_NOT_FLY
YOU ARE A SUPER WHACK BROAD!! UPGRADE THAT PIC THEN YOU CAN RESPOND TO MY COMMENTS! WHEN I SAY SOMETHING TAKE IT AND APPLY IT! AND WHAT FANTASY LAND ARE YOU LIVING IN? WE DONT LIKE YOU THATS WHY WE ARE TELLING YOU TO FIX THAT PIC!!
YOU STILL BITING THAT LIP LIKE ITS CHICKEN AND BY THE LOOKS OF IT YOU'VE HAD TO MUCH OF THAT ALREADY
@ the ufo article!!! hey are not ufo they are really ifo's and they are real..They are smaller plane like objects that are in side of the larger mother we as we call it ...the mothe whell is a half a mile by a half a mile..and it was made by the original man(the asiatic blackman) And if we are'nt giving justice for our 400 plus years of bondage in this country..it's written of in ezekhial in the bible and it's the same ship the slaves sung the song "swing low sweet chariot,coming to carry me home" it's been known of in african,and the slaves sang that song in hopes of deliverance!! we have a real live god today family, and he's in control of that wheel!! p.s im a witness of two of the smaller wheeels and nas too listen to his song " we are not alone"
no u dumb ass bitch u obviously need to do yo research with that dumb new millenium [EXPLETIVE] u got going on and anywayz im to fly to argue with a gay diva that needs to get laid so um...i guess im done entertaining your ignorance my advice to you is to go get some [EXPLETIVE] and stop being a diva..ha ha
DON'T BE DUPED!
BOYCOTT CNN
CNN's piece, Black in America, was grossly negative and completely offensive....so offensive at times it became comical.
Rather than call it 'Black in America', they should have called it 'The Problems Afflicting Blacks in America' That way we would all know it wasn't designed to be fair and balanced journalism.
1. Here's a fact - Not all black men are cracked out, crack selling, absentee dads with criminal records. 2. Another fact - Not all black women are single, poor, desperate souls looking for a mate...any mate. 3. And another fact - Not all black people who have 'made it' come from families of crack selling, cracked out absentee dads and single, poor desparate mothers.
Soledad O'Brien must be desperate for air time...or maybe she got DUPED... or maybe she doesn't care about the Black experience given she's Cuban.
After seeing the Black in America "special", I don't know if I can continue watching CNN.
And....let's face it, the timing of that piece was no coincidence... the general election is less than 100 days away.
DON'T BE DUPED!
BOYCOTT CNN!
Obama '08!
All of these people that have something negative and ugly to say about the child and mother, I can tell you this much...The IRR threads regarding NBA players are coming tomorrow...And don't NONE of you get p!ssy about it...
Chris Webber had his annual Bada Bling Gala event over the weekend and some of the players had nonBlack dates...And rest assured, MTO will spot-light them...
You all don't know how to be supportive of each other, case in point, The REal Housewives of ATL thread....None of you have even seen ONE episode of this reality show and already being negative...Don't ever ask where are the brown or dark-skinned sisters...Or where are the thick/sisters with meat on their bones...It's obvious you really don't care to even see what these people are about...smdh
TexasGlamourChic LOL Im sayin'! If you're going to disrespect me do it in a language I can comprehend. Sista girl had the nerve to talk about my fresh azz dollar sign. Sure its tacky and tasteless, but it makes me seem as though I am poor,unattractive, and ignorant. (so i've been told on MTO lol ) Little do they know that is exactly the look im going for :)
HELP ME TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SHIRLEY TEMPLE CURLS OR A DRESS?
SHERRI WAS SO H-E-L-L BENT ON NOT ALLOWING HER SON TO PLAY IN A DRESS BUT SHE WILL GIVE HIM SHIRLEY TEMPLE CURLS.
ALL I AM SAYING IS THAT YOU GIVE HIM CURLS AND THEN NAILS AND AT THE END OF THE DAY A SEX CHANGE.
I WOULD NOT WANT MY SON TO PLAY IN A DRESS AND I WOULD HAVE HANDLED THIS SITUATION A LITTLE MORE DIFFERENT. I WOULD HAVE NEVER REPLACED A DRESS FOR SHIRLEY TEMPLE CURLS.
AfricanPrincess09------I FELT LIKE SOLEDAD O'BRYAN LAUGHED DURING THE FIRST EPISODE. I DID NOT WASTE ANY TIME ON THE SECOND EPISODE.
SHE DID NOT GO TO MOREHOUSE OR EVEN 100 BLACK MEN
I CONCUR WITH AFRICANPRINCESS09 WE SHOULD ALL BOYCOTT CNN.
PLEASE REPOST YOUR COMMENTS. SOLEDAD IS BEHIND ALL THE NON SENSE ABOVE.
YOU WOULD THINK SHE WOULD KNOW BETTER SINCE She is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists
OH LAWWWD! Ya'll got me crying! I tried so hard not to laugh, but when I read the " he look like a muppet" post, all that trying to be nice went out the door! Some of these comments are off the chain! I see not even special needs children can escape the wrath of MTO readers. I stick to what I said he need "bojangles", tap shoes and a dress to make the look complete. If a boy has long hair please dont do a sherrie and put spiral curls in his head. That chips away some of his boyhood.
LMAO @ whyyouwanttoknow
Why oh why are you still addressing me?
It's funny because I don't know you from a can of paint, nor do I care to know you, but yet you keep obsessing over me.
You don't know me personally to cal me a 'whack broad' so that comment was funny as hell.
And I see you took your avatar down, but yet you wanna call me out on mine with the repetitive chicken joke, which ain't funny by the way. Insecure are we?
So poof be gone because you have no credibility, and I'm not waisting my time tiring out my fingers typing to an anonymous stranger.
Thank you and have a nice night! LMAO
I saw this picture in the magazine interview. I thought the boy just had curly hair.
Sherri needs to stay a comedian. It's one thing to tell some things but home girl tells EVERYTHING and then some. Too much info.
I do like the fact that she's kept her spiritual grounding after living a Hollywood life.
When a woman discovers herself and begins to love herself she respects herself. Sherri said she will not have any extramarital sex. Good for her.
@LEXIA THANKS FOR THE STORY, IT WAS TOUCHING I KINDA LOOK AT HER DIFERNTLY JUST A LIL @CARMEL666 NUMEROUS ABORTIONS DO LEAD TO SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN, MY BEST FRIEND TOLD ME SO THE OTHER DAY. @RICHCHICK YOU ARE RIGHT TOO NOT CAUSE HE IS RETARDED MEANS SHE PUTS CURLS IN HIS HAIR, BUT HEY IF SHE LIKE IT LIKE THAT DEN WHAT CAN I SAY ---------------------------------- YOW I TRIED MY BEST TO BE NICE AND ALL BUT YOU'LL COMMENTS HAD ME ROLLING, JUST THE COMMENTS I AIN'T LAUGHING AT LIL MAN ESP "MEET MY SON STEPHANIE" LMAO, AND BIOPUSSY WHO DIDN'T GET WHAT LEXIA WAS TRYING TO SAY AND LATER ON FELT BAD ABOUT WHAT SHE SAID. YOU'L FUNNY AS HELL AND I LOVE YOU'LL LMAO
wtf...
Certifiably STU'TARDED
wtf was she thinkin? Candy curls? I aint think it was possible, but that dummy done turnt her son gay...he look way too happy sportin them shyts...
My son only 5 and would try to slap the shyt outta me like a white broad if I even look like ima buy him some light-up scooby doo sandals
Ya'll know that baby is handicapped. You see his small shoulders and large head. Ya'll need to stop. We can see he's funny looking. I thought his hair was twisted. Are these really Shirley Temple Curls? What about fat juicy twisted shiny twists? NO??? Why make fun about the short yellow bus...You never know what may lie ahead for your family. You may have a child who seems "normal" now but may change like autistic kids do. autism isn't something that shows up right away. Leave the little large head boy alone. Let's just hate on his MOMMA for having all those abortions and messing up her womb so badly that he was born the way he is. It's her fault. all those abortions messed up her womb and look what happened. Poor little large headed boy it's a SHAME
How esle would a sellout do their son's hair. c'mon now this chick talks about eating pigsfeet on the show watched by mainly white folk they wanted a black chick that was going to act the way they think we act I waiting on the day Barbra ask her and whoopi to put on black face and do a jigg for her and they hop on the table and start shucking and jiving while saying "gettin jiggy with boss"
awwww I can respect her and her story. She is a strong woman. wow I didnt know he was born premature. I like her because she real and down to earth. I dont like the choice of hairstyle she got on him...maybe that's that Compton look. i dunno but she is blessed in so many ways and I wish her and her son the best.
She is a strong woman to embrace the child her husband had on her. It takes a real strong woman to do that. So I do give her props. She is a typical black woman that is now famous and she seems to stay grounded.
Well everybody knows (if you watch "The View") that Sherri ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer.
I liked her SO much on "The Jamie Foxx show", but her lines were scripted. Now that she has the realm of "free" speech on TV, she needs to go back to scripted, cause her ignorance is disgusting and sad. (Her AND elisabeth)
But I suppose there has to be an intelligent black woman and white woman (Whoopi and Joy) and an ignorant black woman and white woman (Sherri and elisabeth) to make the show work.
I don't count barbara cause she makes me sick; even though it's technically her show. She needs to sit her old azz down somewhere.
At any rate, Sherri, "shirley curls" on boys went out in the early 80's, boo. Let that go. Your boy, Geoffrey, is adorable - please don't do that to his hair anymore.
