*Over the weekend, we told you that “Steve Harvey Morning Show” co-host Shirley Strawberry was going to be the subject of her own Strawberry Letter this Monday morning and that’s exactly what happened.
An emotional Strawberry tearfully apologized to Steve, and his wife, Marjorie, for dragging them into her drama.
If you somehow missed it, the backstory is that Strawberry’s estranged husband, Earnest Williams, also known as “Ernesto,” was arrested and jailed last year and charged with multiple counts of fraud, identity theft, and child pornography. Even as of today, Williams is still being held in the Fulton County Jail without bond.
News of Williams’ legal situation was spread around via social media and people wondered if and when Strawberry would address it on the show.
Things changed about a month ago when a YouTuber filed a Freedom of Information Act (FIOA) request for copies of any jailhouse phone calls between Williams, 58, and Strawberry, 70. As you can imagine, the drama went to another level he drama went to another level after the phone calls started leaking on YouTube.
Welp, that’s what led to today’s mea culpa. Strawberry decided to address the phone calls on Monday morning’s show.
Here’s more via Sandra Rose:
Fighting back tears, Shirley apologized to Steve, 66, for saying he was struggling to breathe while walking up the stairs at his sprawling Atlanta area mansion.
“I for sure didn’t want your name mentioned in any kind of way associated with my mess,” she said. Shirley also said she called Steve immediately after the audio tapes were leaked. “It was a hard call to make.”
Shirley also clarified that Steve did not introduce her to Ernesto. She said a former friend introduced them.
Shirley said her life has been a “nightmare” and she had no idea the phone calls would be released to the world.
“I knew [the calls] were being recorded but I didn’t know they would go out to the world,” she said. “I was just trying to make conversation with [Ernesto]. Just get him to think about something other than where he was,” she added.
“I haven’t spoken to him in quite some time,” she said of her estranged husband. “Divorce proceedings are underway. And, Steve, at this point, all I can say is all I have is my faith.”
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Meanwhile, Steve Harvey stated that he and the morning show embraced Shirley and created a safe space for her while she made up her mind to discuss her own Strawberry letter. Shirley’s voice broke as she called the morning show crew her “family”
“It was just hard for me to bring this particular thing up. I was just embarrassed and humiliated. It’s not that I didn’t want to talk about it. I just couldn’t find the words.”
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