Sherri Shepherd continues to be holding a grudge in opposition to “Little Home on the Prairie” star: ‘Cannot let this one go’

Sherri Shepherd can forgive, however she will be able to't neglect.

The daytime speak present host is opening up about nonetheless feeling salty over her early elimination from Dancing With the Stars season 14 — and the position {that a} sure Little House on the Prairie star performed in her unceremonious exit.

"I don't understand how I went dwelling earlier than Melissa Gilbert from Little Home on the Prairie," Shepherd grouses to her studio viewers in a preview clip from Friday's episode of Sherri. "I'm telling you, I nonetheless can't let this one go."

She continues: "Let me let you know what occurred. Melissa Gilbert — I don't know what dance she was doing. Her associate was Maksim Chmerkovskiy. Melissa fell and she or he hit her head in opposition to Maks' leg, allegedly, and so she went to the doggone hospital however I obtained voted off. I stored going, 'How did she beat me from the ICU?!'"

Gilbert did certainly sit out week 4 of the the long-running actuality competitors sequence' 14th season, which aired in 2012. The earlier week, whereas dancing the paso doble on stage, Gilbert smashed her head into Chmerkovskiy's leg whereas he spun her on the bottom. She completed out the dance however was rushed backstage and finally taken to a hospital after complaining of dizziness.

"You’re feeling answerable for your companions," Chmerkovskiy stated moments after Gilbert was escorted out of the ballroom. "You begin questioning are you doing the suitable issues, is that this needed as a part of choreography."

It was a shock when the underside two pairs then consisted of Shepherd and her associate, Val Chmerkovskiy (Maks' brother), and Karina Smirnoff and Gavin DeGraw (who carried Gilbert to the ambulance from the backstage space).

When Shepherd was subsequently eradicated, she burst into tears, thanking the present for "letting me stay a dream that I've all the time had… and I wish to say to each particular person on the market — that factor that scares you probably the most, that makes you say, 'I don't know if I can do it I'm scared,' run in the direction of it, as a result of it's so superb on the opposite facet.'"

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Greater than a decade later, Shepherd is joking that her gratitude for the chance has since burned off, leaving solely resentment over what may have been. "After I inform y'all I used to be so mad at Melissa Gilbert," Shepherd says with a playful smile. "When she ran for the president of the Display screen Actors Guild for the actors, I didn't vote. I didn't vote for Melissa. She even known as me, she stated, 'Sherri, can I depend in your vote?' I stated, 'Melissa, did you depend on my vote on Dancing With the Stars?'"

Shepherd then clarifies, "Melissa, I'm good with you now. You're fortunate and actually candy, and in case you run once more for president, you've obtained my vote, lady."

Leisure Weekly has reached out to representatives for Gilbert for remark.

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Shepherd's stroll down reminiscence lane towards her Dancing With the Stars days was prompted by this weeks' surprising elimination of Fifth Concord star Lauren Jauregui from the present season.

Jauregui was one among final week's highlights, and her week 3 cha-cha-cha to her personal track, "Work From Dwelling," with associate Brandon Armstrong scored the couple 18 factors, tying them for final place with the celeb most followers anticipated to see despatched packing, Andy Richter.

Dancing With the Stars airs Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC and Disney+, and streams the subsequent day on Hulu. Watch the Sherri clip above for extra from Shepherd.

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