Lisa Ann Walter: Sheryl Lee Ralph Helped Me Stop Making Mean Jokes About My Body

Sheryl Lee Ralph and Lisa Ann Walter in September 2022. Frazer Harrison via Getty Images Mrs. Howard will not tolerate self-deprecating humor about one’s body. Lisa Ann Walter — who plays the wise-cracking second grade teacher Melissa Schemmenti on “Abbott Elementary” — found herself getting emotional on the 2023 NAACP Image Awards red carpet Saturday while explaining how she came to realize that jokes she used to make about her appearance were doing more harm than good. Walter teared up while crediting her Emmy-winning co-star Sheryl Lee Ralph (who plays the no-nonsense kindergarten teacher Barbara Howard on the ABC sitcom)… Read Full Article