Overview
- In a new interview on The Jamie Kern Lima Show, Shepherd said Walters pushed her to prepare, defend her opinions, and project confidence.
- She recalled joining The View in 2007 as fearful and shy, struggling to speak up within the show’s interrupt-heavy Hot Topics format.
- Shepherd said she learned to interrupt to be heard and stopped censoring herself after advice from a longtime producer.
- Despite describing years of tears and humiliations, she called the job one of the best experiences of her life and later returned for a 2023 tribute after Walters’ 2022 death.
- She also said she negotiated higher pay during her tenure, claiming her salary reached about $2 million by the time she left in 2014.