Sherri Shepherd is not ready to give up just yet, despite her self-titled talk show recently being cancelled after four seasons. During her most recent show, she made it clear that she intends to “fight” to keep the show going.

Shepherd joins the list of daytime talk shows that have recently come to an end within the last few years, specifically the “Kelly Clarkson Show,” which confirmed its ending after seven seasons, the day before Shepherd’s cancellation made headlines.

During the Monday, February 9, episode of “Sherri,” Shepherd took time out to directly address her audience and speak on the show’s cancellation publicly for the first time.

“I want to be clear: I’m not ready to throw in the towel on this show just yet. I’m not. I’m not,” Shepherd stated, per PEOPLE. “We’re gonna be airing episodes all through the fall.

“And we’re going to continue to fight to keep this show alive in some way, shape or form,” she continued. “If anybody knows me, they know I’m a fighter. I don’t know exactly what it’s going to look like, but I promise, I am going to continue to spread joy.”

“From the audience, to everybody on social media, to people who stop me in the store,” the comedian began her thanks. “From the emails, the texts, the messages, I feel every bit of the love that you’ve been sending to me. And thank you so much.”

“I want to thank you for laughing and crying with us…” When I first started, this show was built on one thing, and what I wanted it built on was joy,” Shepherd said. “The intention of this show, always, was my prayer for you to leave happier than when you’ve came…It has been my dream to have a talk show, and I’m so grateful I had the chance to do it for four seasons.”

“And I just want to thank you, because my staff and my crew, that is what we’re all about,” the former co-host of “The View” added. “Making sure that from the moment you walk in and turn me on, you are having a good time. Because like your favorite auntie, I’m here to make you laugh, get in your business, and stay longer than you plan.”

On Tuesday, February 3, per Variety, it was confirmed that “Sherri” had been cancelled after four seasons and production would officially wrap up in the fall. Debmar-Mercury, which distributes the show through producer Lionsgate, issued a statement confirming the news.

“This decision is driven by the evolving daytime television landscape and does not reflect on the strength of the show, its production – which has found strong creative momentum this season – or the incredibly talented Sherri Shepherd,” Debmar-Mercury co-presidents Ira Bernstein and Mort Marcus via joint statement.

“We believe in this show and in Sherri and intend to explore alternatives for it on other platforms,” the statement continued.

“Sherri” premiered in fall 2022, initially taking over the time slot of the long-running “Wendy Williams Show.”

The day after “Sherri” was cancelled, Shepherd took to Instagram on February 4 and shared a collection of posts from fans expressing their appreciation for the show and sadness at its cancellation.

“Wow! I am completely overwhelmed by the outpouring of love for me and The @sherrishowtv,” Shepherd wrote in the post’s caption. “You might’ve noticed that yesterday and today I was struggling because I wasn’t feeling up to speed.”

As backlash swirled online over Bad Bunny headlining the Super Bowl halftime show, at least one high-profile creator is making it clear she’s firmly in his corner. OnlyFans star Sophie Rain spoke out in support of the global superstar after he delivered his first-ever Super Bowl halftime performance, which brought high-energy and an unapologetic party vibe he promised fans.

When Bad Bunny was first announced as the halftime headliner, criticism quickly followed, much of it centered on his Spanish-language music, explicit lyrics, Puerto Rican roots, and outspoken political views. The artist, whose real name is Benito Martínez Ocasio, has been vocal about his opposition to aggressive immigration enforcement and previously called for the end of ICE during a Grammys speech.

Despite calls from some corners to replace him, the NFL stood by its choice. Commissioner Roger Goodell was asked again this week about Bad Bunny’s comments and made it clear the league supports artists using their platforms to express themselves.

Much of the backlash, critics noted, ignored the fact that Puerto Rico is a U.S. territory and that Bad Bunny is a U.S. citizen. Instead, the reaction fueled a broader culture war over who gets to represent America on its biggest stage, and what “American” even looks like.

But Sophie Rain wasn’t buying into the outrage.

Shortly after the halftime show performance, Rain took to X, writing, “halftime show was great, wish there wasn’t so much hate in this world.”

In a statement shared with The Blast, Rain expanded on why the performance mattered to her and to so many others watching. “Bad Bunny didn’t just perform,” she said. “He represented millions of people who don’t often see themselves in the spotlight on the biggest stage in America.”

She urged fans not to let political noise drown out what the moment meant. “If you felt seen last night, if you felt proud, hold onto that,” Rain said. “Don’t let all the political noise drown out what the moment meant. Bad Bunny didn’t perform for social media; he performed for his people and to represent what music means to him.”

Rain added that the performance sent a powerful message to those who often feel pushed aside. “He performed for the people who’ve been told they’re too loud, too foreign, too different,” she said. “And he made history doing it.”

She closed by calling for more unity and less division in pop culture and in the world. “I’m proud of artists like Benito,” Rain said. “There’s a lot of hate in the world right now. We need less of that. We need to represent all cultures equally.”

The Super Bowl LX halftime show proved to be more than just a musical milestone. It was also a big win for Deaf advocacy. Although Bad Bunny made history as the first predominantly Spanish-language headliner, the real breakthrough came when a Puerto Rican Sign Language (LSPR) interpreter provided access to the deaf and hard-of-hearing community, a move that directly honors the linguistic rights of the Puerto Rican Deaf community.

For years, the standard for accessibility at major events has been American Sign Language (ASL). However, for the 220,000 deaf or hard-of-hearing residents of Puerto Rico, ASL isn’t always used.

LSPR evolved from ASL in the early 1900s, but has developed its own unique pacing, slang, and cultural nuances that make it a separate language. Despite its importance to the Puerto Rican community, linguistic experts have categorized LSPR as an endangered language. Advocacy for its use is a fight for the survival of a specific cultural heritage, and watching it being performed during the Super Bowl only highlights the importance of maintaining the language.

 Celimar Rivera Cosme was the LSPR interpreter who provided services during the Super Bowl halftime show. Cosme is a native of Puerto Rico. She is hard of hearing and was hired directly by the NFL to interpret Bad Bunny’s set.

However, that doesn’t mean she’s unfamiliar with the superstar. She began working with him in 2022 after an Instagram video she made went viral. According to San Francisco PBS member station KQED, she begged him to include an LSPR interpreter at his shows, and he hired her a week after she posted the video.

According to a 2022 report, approximately seven percent of Puerto Rico’s residents identify as either deaf or hard-of-hearing. This would account for approximately 220,000 people in their overall population of 3.2 million.

“We’ve been fighting not to lose our language, but to keep it,” Cosme told The New York Times in an interview ahead of her performance. “The Super Bowl will be an excellent platform for us to use our language.”

She was also thankful for her opportunity to showcase Puerto Rico’s culture and language during the Super Bowl, one of the most-watched sports events of the year.

“The stakes here are to show that we are friendly people, and also how we dance, our lyrics, our slang,” she told the Times. “Puerto Rico… we might be a small island, but people here have a huge, huge heart.”

In addition, Cosme told KQED that she was “excited” to perform, knowing it would make the people of Puerto Rico “happy” to see their language showcased in such a public way.

“I’m so excited,” she said. “And the deaf people of Puerto Rico are happy that the Super Bowl will be accessible to them in their own sign language.”

She went on to say, “I know I’m going to be the one standing up there, but it’s the deaf community of my island that’s going to shine.”