Steve Harvey Is ‘Tired Of Y’all Talkin’ About My Girl’ Marjorie

Steve Harvey Is ‘Tired Of Y’all Talkin’ About My Girl’ Marjorie

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Steve Harvey is tired.

That’s the message he delivered on his syndicated radio program, The Steve Harvey Morning Show, on Sept. 11. It came after rumors surfaced accusing his wife, Marjorie Harvey, of having an affair on him with an individual working for him, which he publicly called false in August. But his latest comments were spurred most by a leaked conversation from one of the personalities on his morning show team, Shirley Strawberry, who was heard making some comments about the couple to her husband. At the time of the conversation, and to this day, Strawberry’s husband, Earnest Williams, was incarcerated. He was arrested last year and had been in jail for some time on fraud and child pornography charges, and was later charged with felony possession of a weapon, which he was sentenced to more than 20 years in prison for. During the period of time that she was attempting to stand by Williams, during a taped conversation, she claimed Steve was “scared” of Marjorie and that Marjorie looks at his radio show crew as “the help.”

So on Monday, the time that would be used for Strawberry’s “Strawberry letter” segment was focused on addressing the controversy. She apologized, noting, “It was not me trying to add to what you and Marjorie already have going on in your lives right now. But the fact that these tapes were released, it does seem that everyone is coming for you, including me. But in reality, the tapes have nothing to do with what you and Marjorie have going on. It was just me running my mouth in what I thought was a private conversation. I apologize. I feel terrible.”

She added, “I was just trying to make conversation with him. Trying to get him to think about something other than where he was.”

Strawberry hasn’t spoken to him in some time she shared, revealing that divorce proceedings were…

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