Sherri Shepherdsays she andOctavia Spencerare apparently one and the same!
While hostingThe Sherri Shepherd Showearlier this week, the talk show host, 56, playfully joked about how she and the Oscar-winning actress, 53, are commonly mistaken for one another.
“People are telling me how much they love me inHidden FiguresandThe Help, [and] they think I am Octavia Spencer,” she said. “And I can’t tell them I am Sherri Shepard because they’re gonna throw me out of the VIP lounge here at Delta, because I used your name to get in.”
Shepherd’s in-studio audience erupted with laughter, as the formerThe Viewstar added, “I use Octavia’s name all the time.”
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Octavia Spencer, Sherri Shepherd.Ida Mae Astute/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty
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Shepherd said that it “goes both ways,” explaining that Spencer has pretended to be her on separate occasions as well.
Sharing a follow-up clip of the star at a drive-thru, Spencer could be seen interacting with a fan who believed her to be Shepherd.
“You watch my show,The Sherri Shepherd Show, everyday?” Spencer playfully asked the restaurant worker in the clip, who replied, “Every day. It’s how I start my morning, you know?”
Spencer — continuing to pretend to be Shepherd — then thanked the fan for watching her show, as she left the drive-thru route.
“I [told] Octavia, ‘I love it. If you get free food for a year, I want some, too,’ " Shepherd joked, back before her in-studio audience.
source: people.com
