[VIDEO] Sheryl Underwood Explains Turning Down ‘Queens of Comedy’: I Overheard Them Talking About Me!

She explained to her co-hosts,

If you’re in the comedy game, especially urban comedy, you were getting questioned as to why weren’t you apart of Queens of Comedy. So the producer called me and said ‘there might be an opening’ they were going to tape another comedy concert. So I’m thinking here’s my second chance. There’s a conference call. In my enthusiasm, I dial into this conference call that has not started yet, I was thinking I’m going to be on time. So I dial into this call—and MoNique is not on this call—and what I hear is, Sommore, Adele Givens, and Laura Hayes talking about it. I hear discussion about my appearance, discussions about my ability. Why is she going to be apart, what do we need her for. So I was startled and hurt, I have to say, I was so shocked and hurt, that I could not un-mute my phone to say ‘hey bitch, I hear you.’

I stayed on all of the call with my phone on mute. So I thought take notes and listen because rarely we hear someone talking about us and saying what they truly feel about us. So after hearing this call, I was bruised but I wasn’t broken. I listened to the entire call, I waited for everyone to click off and I called Walter Lathem and I said, ‘ I don’t think this is going to be a great fit for me.’ To this day, they did not know I was on this call and it gets better. I had worked with Laura Hayes on Beauty Shop after this call. I worked with Adele Givens on Herlarious after this call. I just saw Sommore at the Neighborhood Awards in Atlanta after this call. I decided instead of being angry and vengeful and decided to take the truth and make myself a better person. And if you’re saying, ‘well why are you saying this now,’ because I’m right where I belong.

However after her video went viral, two of the three women had choice words for her. Adele Givens took to her Twitter to throw shade, “Wow. The View must be pulling some really great ratings!”

And Laura Instagrammed a picture of a wig with the caption, “Now I have take time out of my artistic hustle to respond to this bulls**t COMING SOON,” along with the hasthags: #gotmypressureup, #aintnobodygottimeforthis, and #youknowyougotbettersecretsthanthat.”

Watch the clip.