{"id":173580,"date":"2025-09-22T08:40:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T08:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/173580\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T08:40:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T08:40:12","slug":"sherri-shepherd-wants-chris-brown-to-come-on-her-talk-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/173580\/","title":{"rendered":"Sherri Shepherd wants Chris Brown to come on her talk show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sherri Shepherd is ready to sit down with Chris Brown.<\/p>\n<p>Following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wuvy6P5299E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">her interview <\/a>with Jonathan Majors in March, Shepherd, 58, revealed that Brown, 36, is the next legal-ridden star that she wants to have on her <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/08\/30\/sherri-shepherd-reveals-fellow-talk-show-hosts-advice\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">daytime talk show.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would love to have\u00a0Chris Brown\u00a0on, but it\u2019ll be a lot of backlash,\u201d she said in an interview with<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/article\/sherri-shepherd-in-conversation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> Vulture<\/a> published Friday. <\/p>\n<p>Sherri Shepherd hosting her daytime talk show. Sherri<\/p>\n<p>Chris Brown performs during his Breezy Bowl XX tour in Phoenix, Ariz. on Sept. 11. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes it comes with the territory,\u201d Shepherd continued. \u201cI was prepared for it with Jonathan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brown\u2019s legal woes began in 2009 when he was arrested and pleaded guilty to felony assault after\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2013\/04\/01\/chris-brown-forgives-himself-for-beating-rihanna-denies-breakup-rumors-on-today-show\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">attacking his ex-girlfriend Rihanna<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>His controversial persona was explored in the 2024 Investigation Discovery docuseries \u201cChris Brown: A History of Violence,\u201d in which multiple women came forward and accused Brown of assault. One of the accusers claimed Brown raped her on Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs\u2019 yacht in Miami in 2020. <\/p>\n<p>Chris Brown at his  Breezy Bowl XX Official Tour in Atlanta on Aug. 30. WireImage<\/p>\n<p>Brown\u2019s attorneys denied all the accusations. The \u201cForever\u201d singer also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/01\/21\/entertainment\/chris-brown-files-500-million-defamation-lawsuit-against-warner-bros-discovery-over-docuseries-report\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sued Warner Bros. for $500 million<\/a> over the docuseries.<\/p>\n<p>In July, Brown <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/06\/20\/entertainment\/chris-brown-pleads-not-guilty-to-a-charge-that-he-beat-and-injured-a-music-producer-in-london\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pleaded not guilty<\/a> to multiple charges that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/05\/21\/entertainment\/chris-brown-granted-bail-by-uk-court-ahead-of-world-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">he beat and seriously injured\u00a0a music producer<\/a>\u00a0with a bottle in a London nightclub in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Brown arrives at Southwark Crown Court in London on July 11. ZUMAPRESS.com<\/p>\n<p>Majors, for his part, was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/03\/25\/actor-jonathan-majors-arrested-in-nyc-for-choking-woman\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">arrested and charged<\/a>\u00a0in New York City in March 2023 following a dispute with his then-girlfriend, Grace Jabbari. <\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old actor was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/12\/18\/metro\/jonathan-majors-convicted-in-nyc-domestic-assault-case\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">convicted of misdemeanor assault and harassment<\/a>. He avoided jail time but was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/04\/08\/us-news\/jonathan-majors-ex-rips-actor-as-hes-sentenced-in-domestic-violence-case-hes-not-sorry\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sentenced to one year of domestic violence counseling<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Majors\u2019 legal issues led to<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/12\/18\/media\/actor-jonathan-majors-dumped-by-marvel-after-assault-conviction\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Marvel firing him\u00a0<\/a>from his role as Kang the Conqueror.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Majors and Sherri Shepherd.  Sherri<\/p>\n<p>During his appearance on \u201cSherri\u201d earlier this year, Majors moved the host to tears while discussing his role as aspiring bodybuilder Killian Maddox in \u201cMagazine Dreams\u201d and how <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/03\/14\/entertainment\/jonathan-majors-reveals-how-he-found-out-marvel-fired-him\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">some of his Hollywood colleagues have supported his comeback.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While speaking to Vulture, Shepherd explained that she invited Majors on the show to let him share \u201chis side of the story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Majors on Sherri Shepherd\u2019s talk show in March 2025. Sherri<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve always been a fan of Jonathan Majors; he\u2019s an amazing actor,\u201d she said. \u201cI don\u2019t have a journalism degree, so it would be completely off brand for me to be going, \u2018What about this and what about that?\u2019\u00a0I wanted to hear his side of the story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Majors and Sherri Shepherd on \u201cSherri.\u201d Sherri<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve always been a person who is a believer in grace and second chances \u2014 and I want to give you a space to come on and say how you feel,\u201d Shepherd continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I love Meagan Good,\u201d she added of<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/03\/18\/entertainment\/jonathan-majors-and-meagan-good-are-secretly-married-report\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Majors\u2019 wife,<\/a> \u201cand I also wanted to honor her because I know that a lot of people were against her for even partnering up with Jonathan. I wanted to give people a chance to see the other side of him.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sherri Shepherd is ready to sit down with Chris Brown. 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