Sherri Shepherd is putting her foot down.
The talk show host, 57, wasn’t a fan of the revealing outfits seen on Sunday’s Vanity Fair Oscar Party 2025 red carpet. On Tuesday’s episode of her namesake talk show, Shepherd called out Megan Thee Stallion, Zoë Kravitz and Julia Fox, all of whom opted for particularly racy looks on the step-and-repeat.
“When I tell you the ladies bared it all on the red carpet, it was just almost too much to show on daytime TV,” the host began. “It was really bad — like, Julia Fox wore a completely sheer dress that barely covered her cookie jar.”
She then cited Kravitz’s risqué number, which boasted a sheer and bedazzled back panel that went from her shoulder blades all the way down to her derrière.
“Zoë Kravitz graced us with her butt crack,” Shepherd said of the look. “You could see everything.”
Last to earn Shepherd’s ire was Megan Thee Stallion, who wore an all-green ensemble complete with a long skirt and feathers around the bodice. However, the look had no top — “only matching green pasties to cover up her breasts,” as the host put it.
After showing off each star’s looks with any racy areas blurred out, Shepherd decided it was time to put her “Auntie Sherri wig on.”
“I say this with all the love that I have: Ladies, this is not it,” she urged. “And I say this because there are young women, young girls who are looking up to all of you. You’re gonna have these young ladies emulating you.”
The former “View” cohost seemed to be especially upset with Stallion’s eye-popping attire. She addressed the rapper directly, stating, “Megan Thee Stallion, I love you. I’m so upset because God gave you a legitimate gift.”
She continued, “You’re amazing with your lyrical rhymes and how smart you are. A lot of these celebrities say they don’t wanna be a role model, but here’s the thing, it comes with the territory. You can’t escape it.”
“Megan, when you said you graduated from college, do you know how many girls you inspired to go to school also? You didn’t ask for that, but they were watching you.”
Shepherd clarified that her goal is not to “shame” anyone. Rather, she said, “I’m just concerned where all this is going.”
Pointing to Bianca Censori’s viral red carpet reveal from last month’s Grammys as another alarming example of the trend, she quipped, “It wasn’t just her cookie jar — we saw cakes and croissants too.”
Concluded Shepherd, “Just think about it when you’re putting on this stuff. ‘Who am I influencing? Who’s going to be watching me?’ You never know.”
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