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...first week as co-host of the ABC talk show The View, Sherri Shepherd declared that she didn't believe in evolution. When co-host Whoopi Goldberg pressed her to say whether she thought the world was flat, Shepherd responded, "I don't know ... I've never thought about it." That flub and the ensuing media hysteria inspired her to write Permission Slips: Every Woman's Guide to Giving Herself a Break. The comedian, who also stars in the new Lifetime sitcom Sherri, dished to TIME about how the incident played out, why women are too hard on themselves...
...love you. We support you. Don't even worry about it. I got a ton of e-mails from women saying, "I don't care if the earth is round or flat either, Sherri. I'm just trying to pay my bills." That's when I realized that we've gotta give ourselves a break or permission to say dumb things and keep moving. I know what a lot of other women are going through. You try to be perfect for everybody. We've gotta give ourselves a break. (See the top 10 newscaster bloopers...
...doesn't matter that I'm on The View and somebody else works at a grocery store. It's the same problem that we have of our kid looking at us going, "Mommy, come home. When are you coming home?" That constantly eats at me, and I've really given myself permission to go, Sherri, at some point Jeffrey is going to look up and go, 'My mom did everything she could to take care of me and to take care of my needs.' It's not like you're out there clubbing and getting with all kinds...
...View because you didn't grow up in a household where you talked about politics. When you started on the show, what did you feel you brought to the table? I brought a certain realness to the table, of just being a regular working woman. Yes, I've worked on sitcoms, but I wasn't Star Jones, I wasn't a legal analyst, I wasn't a political pundit. I brought that everyday-woman point of view to it. I wasn't afraid to say I didn't know what stuff meant, and that's how I got through that...
...scariest thing I've ever done," says Martin, who turned 51 last week and has a wife and 13-year old twin children. "Right now, I'm just worried about financially making this all work." (See 10 ways your job will change...