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A court-appointed guardian for former talk show host Wendy Williams sought a restraining order to stop the Lifetime Channel from airing a documentary on Williams scheduled for this weekend. But a New York appeals court judge ruled the show will go on. Continue reading “Wendy Williams Documentary To Air On Lifetime This Weekend”
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Wendy Williams got in some serious hot water yesterday by calling out her gay fans. Williams brought up the topic of Galentine’s Day, a way for women to celebrate their gal pals who have been important in their lives instead of buying into all the Valentine’s Day hubbub. She asked the crowd who would be participating and noticed a few men in the crowd were applauded, which apparently set her off. Shot: “If you’re a man and you’re clapping, you’re not even a part of this. You don’t understand the rules of the day. It’s women going out and getting saucy and then going home. You’re not a part. I don’t care if you’re gay. You don’t get a [menstruation] every 28 days. You can do a lot that we do, but I get offended by the idea that we go through something you will never go through.” “And stop wearing our skirts and our heels. Just saying, girls, what do we have for ourselves? Looky here now, gay men, you’ll never be the women that we are. No matter how gay.”
And….chaser: “I’ll start by saying I apologize, I did not mean to offend my LGBTQ+ community on yesterday’s show. I did not realize until I got home, and I watched the second running of our show. “I didn’t mean to hurt anybody’s feelings. I’m just having a conversation. If you know me long enough, then you know…I live and let live every day. Life is too short. I’m 55 years old, and maybe I sounded like your auntie, your mother, your big sister, or somebody out of touch. I’m not out of touch, except for perhaps yesterday by saying what I said. I deeply apologize. “I will do better.”
Wendy Williams (screen capture)
Underscoring her point, Williams added with a playful tone, “First of all, I’m not down with that – all due respect to the lesbians.” Williams, who recently divorced her husband of nearly 22 years, also pointed out Crawford is married with children and Miss Wendy is “not a homewrecker.” “I’ve never even been curious,” she made a point to include. “It’s so complicated being a woman,” Williams said. “I just couldn’t imagine two of us in a relationship.” “I mean, yesterday after the show, I got the surprise of my life – at 55, I got a period,” said the recent divorcee in a bit of oversharing. “I just can’t deal with two of us under the same roof,” she said. Maybe she was just short of material for her Hot Topics segment, but it seems like a lot of acting out over a lesbian rumor in 2019. You can watch the bit in the clip below.
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Longtime talk show host Wendy Williams had a truly scary moment for Halloween today when she overheated due to her Statue of Liberty costume and full-on fainted.
As you can see in the clip below, Williams’ speech begins to slow before she stops completely, staggering a few steps before hitting the floor.
Crew members immediately stepped in.
After a commercial break, Williams was awake and cognizant telling her audience, “That was not a stunt. I overheated in my costume. I passed out. I’m a champ and I’m back.”
Scary Moment — Wendy Williams Faints on Live Television pic.twitter.com/MTiJiVjlpN— Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) October 31, 2017
Good Morning America’s weather anchor, Sam Champion, tells Wendy Williams about his bromance with Josh Elliot.
Then, Sam tells Wendy about his recent wedding and reveals if he and his husband want children.
Rachel Maddow appeared on The Wendy Williams Show today and talks about how she was outed to her parents, where she met her partner Susan, and why she follows Ice-T and Coco.
I love silly, funny stuff like this. Merrell makes his entrance at the 1:50 mark.
I haven’t met Wendy yet, but my husband Michael has booked guests on her show many times and says every time she’s been very warm, fun and personable.
And if her reaction to her makeup artist wearing a pair of her heels is to say “get that on tape” – well, I love her more. I see why so many people like her show. She’s clearly authentic and real.
AND she’s got a sense of humor – which a LOT of people could use these days. I imagine there are SOME TV hosts out there that would freak out if a crew member put on their pumps and “walked the walk.”
Go Wendy! Go Merrell!