Sherri Shepherd is opening up about a moment she says changed one of her everyday habits overnight: eating frozen yogurt.
In a recent appearance on The Jamie Kern Lima Show, the comedian and daytime host recalled going through an intense Pinkberry phase when she says she heard a clear internal message to stop — and she joked that, to her, “God… sounded like Barry White.”
According to Shepherd, the frozen-yogurt habit wasn’t just a quirky craving. She told Kern Lima that she’s a type 2 diabetic and that the amount of sugar she was consuming wasn’t compatible with her health.
Shepherd said she had been eating a specific Pinkberry order (a habit she jokingly blamed on actor Niecy Nash for introducing her to it) when she heard what she described as a distinct warning: “No more Pinkberry.”
Shepherd said the moment startled her — enough that she stopped eating frozen yogurt for “about four years,” in her telling.
While she initially described the experience as hearing the message “audibly,” she also clarified the feeling as something more like a strong, unmistakable inner “that’s enough” signal — a way of explaining the experience without insisting it was literally an external voice.
The anecdote fits into a broader pattern of how Shepherd talks about faith and discernment in her life. In the same conversation, she referenced other times she says she felt spiritually prompted — including a recollection connected to her departure from The View, which she has previously discussed in past interviews.
And she contrasted those personal experiences with what she described as more dubious “mass” spiritual claims, pointing to how online trends can fuel fear — including a recent TikTok-driven rapture rumor she addressed on her own talk show, “Sherri.”
In context, Shepherd’s “Barry White” comparison lands less like a theological statement and more like a punchline — a celebrity storyteller’s way of making a private, serious moment approachable for listeners. The underlying message, though, is straightforward: she interpreted the experience as a wake-up call to protect her health, and she acted on it.
