Sherri Shepherd’s Son Jeffrey Jr., 18, Poses With Mom In Sweet Photo Before Prom

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Sherri Shepherd, 56, was truthful arrogant of her lad Jeffrey Jr., 18, erstwhile she sent him disconnected to his precocious schoolhouse prom with his date. The daytime speech amusement big shared pictures of her teenage lad successful his suit and necktie earlier helium near the location for the prom successful Manhattan connected June 10. Sherri proudly posed successful the location with Jeffrey Jr., who has peculiar needs. Alongside the footage, Sherri revealed successful her caption that she got affectional during the milestone moment. “‘Mom wherefore are you crying? It’s conscionable my prom!’ Watching my lad enactment a corsage connected his date’s wrist and helping her into the car… whew I deliberation I did alright! #promnight,” Sherri wrote.

Sherri and her ex-husband Jeffrey Tarpley‘s lad looked truthful handsome for his prom. Jeffrey Jr. wore a achromatic suit with a bluish necktie and a matching kerchief. In 1 photo, Sherri smiled astatine the camera arsenic she pinned a angiosperm connected her son’s suit jacket. She besides brushed Jeffrey Jr.’s hairsbreadth successful the bath arsenic helium got acceptable for the large night. Sherri had connected a pinkish garment with achromatic cargo pants successful the photos.

The Sherri host welcomed her lad successful April 2005, 4 years aft she joined Jeffrey Jr.’s father. Sherri and Jeffrey’s lone kid unneurotic was calved with peculiar needs. “He’s got developmental delays,” Sherri told People in 2018.  “I cognize that God created this small boy, who’s truthful yummy and special, and I person to judge him conscionable successful his small imperfect perfections. He’s perfectly imperfect successful each way.”

Sherri Shepherd and her lad Jeffrey Jr. (Photo: Mediapunch/Shutterstock)

After Sherri and Jeffrey divorced successful 2009, they engaged successful a melodramatic custody conflict successful 2014. Jeffrey filed a petition astatine the clip for impermanent carnal custody of Jeffrey Jr, claiming Sherri was neglecting him due to the fact that of her hectic schedule. However, a justice yet ruled successful Sherri’s favor, and she’s been a loving genitor to her lad ever since. For example, Sherri opened up successful 2022 astir however moving to NYC for her speech show would impact Jeffrey Jr.

“It has been hard for maine letting him leap due to the fact that I privation to support him from everything that could wounded him,” she wrote alongside a snap of the mother/son duo. “But arsenic helium says goodbye to maine and walks to the A bid to Queens with his friends to spot the Mets play, I accidental a supplication to the One who created him that arsenic helium spreads his wings, God volition beryllium determination to drawback him,” Sherri added. “This satellite is cruel but I cognize that God knows Jeffrey overmuch amended than maine and I americium trusting that wrong the parameters of his ‘special needs’, helium volition thrive.”

Sherri has a second son, Lamar Jr., 8, with her 2nd ex-husband, writer Lamar Sally. Lamar Jr. was conceived utilizing Sally’s sperm and a donor egg, truthful Sherri technically isn’t biologically related to the child. Lamar Jr. has been raised by his father, and Sherri has ne'er met him, according to People.

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