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But Jenny had her figured out all along
Comedian and actor Sherri Shepherd must've felt her ears burning in the very first days of The Masked Singer; way back when we were all trying to determine the identity of the Raven, Jenny McCarthy kept hollering "Sherri Shepherd!" as if Sherri Shepherd was coming to her in her dreams at night. Well, color Jenny bad, because in the first of Wednesday's back-to-back episodes, "Mask Us Anything," Jenny's predictions finally came face to face with reality: her friend Sherri Shepherd stood before her on the stage, Penguin head in hand.
Shepherd admits that she's no singer -- while she said she's a champion shower singer, she took the gig because she was terrified of it -- and after her rendition of Meghan Trainer's "All About That Bass," she was sent to shower sing to her heart's content. TV Guide talked with Shepherd about why she chose the Penguin suit, lying to her friend Jenny for all that time, and why she's going to get on her hands and knees to praise Beyonce the next time she sees her.
Surely you noticed that Jenny kept guessing your name as a contestant, both last season and this year. What did you make of that?
Shepherd: Jenny guessed it; she has known me for 20 years. So it's hard to put anything past her. [When I joined this season], I took a whole bunch of pictures and video. I had to be in New York and I'm like, "Hey Jenny, I'm in New York." So when she would text me "Where are you?" I said, "New York!" She said, "No, you're not." She knows me, she knows all my moves, we've been on dates together. It was very hard. She knows me very well but I think I threw her off.
Did you have much experience singing?
Shepherd: I can't sing. I'm a professional karaoke-r. I cannot sing to save my life. But my mantra is, if it scares me, then I'm doing it. But I learned something: The way I sing in the shower is not the same. I wanted to do "Truth Hurts" by Lizzo and I learned how much you have to use your breath. Like how is she twerking and playing the flute? That's her gift. My gift is comedy; that's what I do. I tried to do "Truth Hurts" and I almost passed out in the first 30 seconds. As soon she says, "You could have had a bad bitch," I was like 'This bitch is about to die!"
The Masked Singer_'s Penguin Was Revealed, and Jenny McCarthy Felt So Vindicated
The Masked Singer airs Wednesdays at 8/7c on Fox.