ABC; Getty Images Sherri Shepherd offered support to her former Dancing With the Stars partner, Val Chmerkovskiy, during his one-week suspension from the show following his controversial comment toward judge Carrie Ann Inaba. “I texted him right away,” Shepherd, 59, exclusively told Us on Monday, November 2, after her guest appearance on season 35’s Disney Night. “I said, ‘You know what? Those who know you know you got a heart of gold.’ First of all, the No. 1 woman in his life is his mama, and he would never disrespect his mama. No, she raised him right.” The drama began d...