
Sheletta Brundidge Essay | November 2025
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Sheletta lays out the pros and cons of everyone having famous doppelgangers.
Sheletta lays out the pros and cons of everyone having famous doppelgangers.
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Sheletta Brundidge Essay | November 2025
Clip: Season 2026 Episode 11 | 2m 13sVideo has Closed Captions
Sheletta lays out the pros and cons of everyone having famous doppelgangers.
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FOLKS SAY MY SON DANIEL LOOKS LIKE THE SINGER BRUNO MARS, AND APPARENTLY I'M THE SPITTING IMAGE OF TISHA CAMPBELL, THE ACTRESS WHO PLAYS GINA FROM THE HIT TV SHOW “MARTIN.” WE’VE BOTH GOT BIG CHUBBY CHIPMUNK CHEEKS AND ROUND, SWEET-POTATO-PIE-SHAPED FACES.
MY FRIEND MICHAEL ROBERTS IS A DEAD RINGER FOR MINNESOTA VIKINGS WIDE RECEIVER JUSTIN JEFFERSON, BUT I DIDN'T SEE IT UNTIL I WENT TO HYVEE TO BUY SOME CINNAMON TOAST CRUNCH FOR MY KIDS.
I LOOKED AT THE FRONT OF THAT BOX OF CEREAL AND DID A DOUBLE TAKE.
TURNS OUT THAT WASN’T MICHAEL.
IT WAS JJ.
I MIGHT NEED NEW GLASSES 'CAUSE THIS SUMMER SOMETHING SIMILAR HAPPENED.
I WAS ON A FLIGHT TO D.C.
TO PICK UP A NATIONAL AWARD FOR THE WORK I DO FOR AUTISTIC KIDS.
AS ME AND MY FRIEND KARI RIHM GOT OFF THE PLANE AT WASHINGTON NATIONAL AIRPORT, I SPOTTED THIS GUY.
I MUST HAVE SCARED THE BEJESUS OUT OF HIM BECAUSE I RAN RIGHT UP TO HIM, GRABBED HIS CELL PHONE AND DEMANDED HE CALLED OPRAH WINFREY RIGHT AWAY SO I COULD TALK TO HER.
LISTEN, A ABLACK WOMAN BROADCASTER OPRAH WINFREY HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY SHERO, TURNS OUT, HE DIDN'T HAVE OPRAH'S NUMBER, BECAUSE HE WASN'T OPRAH'S BOYFRIEND, STEDMAN, GRAHAM.
NO, NO, IN FACT, HE WAS AND IS FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER.
EGG ON Y FACE.
I WAS EMBARRASSED.
BUT ONLY FOR A MOMENT.
RIGHT AFTER WE SNAPPED THAT PICTURE, I INVITED HIM TO VISIT MINNESOTA, HAVE A JUICY LUCY AND THEN PUREIFY HIMSELF IN THE WATERS OF LAKE MINNETONKA.
AND GUESS WHAT?
HE EXPECTED MY OFFER.
ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER WILL BE THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT THE MINNESOTA ASSOCIATION OF BLACK LAWYERS GALA NEXT WEEKEND.
AND GUESS WHO HE ASKED TO BE THE EMCEE.
ME.
BUT, FIRST, I GOTTA CLEAR UP A FEW THINGS WITH THE COURTS.
BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED LAST SUMMER, I'M TECHNICALLY NOT SUPPOSED TO BE WITHIN 100 F
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