Wendy Williams’ niece made a heartbreaking confession about her aunt…
You could recall that the tv character stepped away from The Wendy Williams Show and left the highlight in 2021 attributable to ongoing well being points and psychological well being struggles. Sherri Shepherd stuffed in for Wendy for some time as a short lived substitute. But finally, the daytime discuss present got here to an finish after 13 seasons in 2022. Sherri then landed her personal present, changing Wendy’s timeslot.
Fans understandably had been disillusioned to listen to that The Wendy Williams Show was over. But how did Wendy react to the information? Her niece Alex Finnie instructed CNN she didn’t initially comprehend the present had been canceled! She recalled having to interrupt the information to the radio host:
“I got serious, and I said, ‘I want to really explain something to you so that you can get this.’ There’s no more Wendy Williams Show. They decided to cancel it. After so many fabulous seasons, this curtain has come down.’”
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However, Wendy didn’t perceive what was occurring. Alex continued:
“I remember her saying, ’What are you talking about? Of course, I have the show.’ It took a little bit of convincing and conversations with the powers that be from her show for her to really understand that the show is no more.”
Oof…
Of course, we now know that Wendy has been identified with major progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia. Fans will get to study extra about her well being battle, alcohol abuse, monetary struggles, and extra in an upcoming Lifetime documentary Where Is Wendy Williams? But it is very important notice that the two-part particular has not been with out some drama!
According to TMZ, Wendy’s guardian Sabrina Morrissey filed a lawsuit in opposition to Lifetime’s mum or dad firm, A&E Television Networks. She filed the swimsuit underneath seal on Thursday, however a supply with information of the case instructed People that “the new lawsuit appears to be filed as an attempt to prohibit the airing of the upcoming documentary Where Is Wendy Williams?” Whoa!
If you’re scratching your head at why the guardian is abruptly making an attempt to cease the documentary, you’re not the one one! Where Is Wendy Williams? government producer Mark Ford insisted to People that the movie was signed off by “Wendy, her management, her attorneys, the guardianship,” and manufacturing “did go by the book.” Hmm. Despite the lawsuit, although, the outlet has since reported that Lifetime plans to proceed with the premiere of the documentary as scheduled. It will air on Saturday.
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