Sherri Shepherd Paid Surrogate $30k; 'Didn't Want to Be an Old Mother,' Ex Claims
Lamar Sally, the estranged husband of Sherri Shepherd, claims the former "The View" co-host urged him to have their surrogate baby.
The Los Angeles based script writer has been taking care of baby L.J. since he was born on Aug. 5, however, Shepherd, who wants nothing to do with the baby boy, refuses to even meet him. The couple reportedly agreed to have the baby via a surrogate, but towards the late stages of the pregnancy Shepherd filed for divorce which complicated matters.
"I was absolutely floored by [the divorce], but then she decided she didn't want the baby either," Sally told Daily Mail UK. "Sherri told me, 'it's your sperm, not my egg so it's YOUR baby.' It was like she had ripped my heart out of my chest, this was not the Sherri I knew and not the woman I fell in love with and married."
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The couple, who met through mutual friends at a party, tied the knot in 2011 and Sally claims Shepherd insisted on having a baby from the very get go.
"'I don't want to be an old mother,'" he claims Shepherd would tell him. "Actually, that is one of the reasons we married after only a year - because she was ready to do this. I wanted to wait another year or two to get married but having a baby with me was so important to her I said OK, let's do it.'"
Shepherd, 47, has one son from a previous marriage, and while she has not publicly refuted Sally's claims, insiders claim the comedian believes he defrauded her into signing the surrogate agreement. The estranged couple is currently in the midst of a messy divorce and Sally, 44, reportedly wants her to pay child support and spousal support among other things.
"To this day, I cannot pinpoint one thing that caused us to split up," he said. "Honestly I do not know what happened. No one was cheating, we didn't fight much and we didn't have money problems."
The pair reportedly paid a surrogate $30,000 to carry the baby, who was conceived using Sally's sperm, but not Shepherd's egg.
"Finding the surrogate was a long process," he said. "From the time we decided to do this and finding the right person took about 8 months. So that's why I don't understand why Sherri can say I duped her into this or that she is not responsible for this child. It's mind boggling to me."
Shepherd reportedly offered Sally a one-time $100,000 payment and $3,000 in monthly child support, even though she changed her mind about the baby, however, he reportedly declined as he wants more.
Under the terms of their alleged "ironclad prenup," Sally reportedly waived all rights to collect spousal support from Shepherd and her $100,000 offer is said to be more than he is entitled to under the agreement.
"Lamar rejected the offer, and countered that he wanted $10,000 in child support, which Sherri thinks is ridiculous and absolutely won't pay. At this point, the divorce isn't likely to settle without a trial, which Sherri is more than willing to have," a source told RadarOnline.com.
