You may think that only the characters in movies or some fictional characters have had it hard in life. But by learning of the past life of Sheryl Underwood, you might come to admire her. Her strength comes from herself with the feeling of keep on living and moving forward.
She went through as a victim of childhood sexual abuse, which she shared during a show's taping. During one of the incidents, her mother walked in and went as far as to blame it on Sheryl and her abuser.
Here's more to find about Sheryl Underwood.
Sheryl Underwood Chose To Live As A Survivor Who Moves Forward
Back in the years, Sheryl Underwood decided to join the Air Force Reserves to get away from her family. But it was not an unscathed journey. During the journey, she was brutally raped and could have nearly died, but her strong feeling to survive kept her alive.
The incident occurred so suddenly that she couldn’t think of anything else but surviving then today. So she decided to negotiate with her attacker, pleading for her life.
Coming out of the incident, she wasn’t unscathed, but her determination to survive got ahead of her that let her survive through it. And she also advised women not to let anyone take away their power from them.
Despite living through tragic and traumatic events in life, her strength, self-esteem, and love didn’t fade away rather;, she came out to be stronger than before. She doesn’t despise her past and is rather open about it. In one of the interviews, she also says that God doesn’t put anyone in danger or events they can’t survive.
Sheryl Underwood lives through tragic and traumatic events but later came as a stronger woman (©: liveabout.com)
With such experience, she learned herself even more and became one of the people who keep on moving forward with her un-ignorable bright smile.
Wherever Sheryl goes, she spreads happiness with satirical jokes comments. But she still is a sensitive lady. She had a tragic moment that left her in solitude and emptiness; however, she didn’t open about that event recently.
With her childhood remaining as traumatic as it is, Sheryl’s love life is quite inscrutable.
Is Sheryl Underwood Married?
Sheryl Underwood was married to a chef named Michael in 1987, with whom she shared seven years of romantic relationship. After three years in marriage, he died of clinical depression. Sheryl revealed that her husband committed suicide after suffering from depression in 1990. He died in August 1990, taking too much medicine and jumping off of a building.
She kept the world quiet about her husband’s death for over decades. She suddenly recalled her husband taking his own life while discussing Kate Spade’s death on The Talk's episode.
She sympathized with the people with depression and suicidal thoughts during the show and Spade's family to be together even after the incurable loss.
Recalling the morning before the incident, she said to PEOPLE in 2016:
“I’ll never forget it. I made him a German chocolate cake that morning. Drop the bills in the mailbox and I’ll see you when you get home. It’s the most painful thing in the world because he is not coming back.”
Despite everything she’s been through, Underwood is still cheerful and still kicking in her life and stronger than before.
Sheryl Underwood Weight Loss
Sheryl Underwood, after the pandemic, revealed some of her secrets or rather tips for people on maintaining their health.
She advised providing your body with what they need and insufficient amount, whether more water, more sleep, or more movement. She motivates herself by looking at the big picture of being the best for people around her by enough fiber intake and a healthy diet.
With her daily diet, good sleep, and motivation, she almost lost 50 pounds in her weight loss journey, as per inquistir.com.
She added on with the importance of our own health that we should take care of by implementing proper integration of our time for both work and lifestyle.