One of the first things I saw today was Wendy Williams fainting on live TV. I am choosing not to post the video because I found it VERY disturbing. You can watch it on TMZ here, but I wish I could unwatch it. It has left me unsettled all day. I’ve been trying to keep my anxiety in check by watching Lifetime movies. The problem with that is that I find the Life Alert commercial with the older lady in the bathtub to be disturbing, so maybe my anxiety just has me at a low threshold. I’ve never been one to watch violent movies or horror movies so perhaps I’m just a special snowflake that is overly sensitive.
That said, Wendy didn’t faint like a southern belle on a fainting couch. First of all it was right at the end of the show. I found it odd that she had a clear pedestal to lean on when we came back from commercial and she was about to name the costume winner. The pedestal was distracting but I didn’t have much time to ponder it because Wendy’s speech got weird and then her arms stiffened and she looked scared to death and then she collapsed on the floor. They went to commercial and after about five minutes she shouldered on long enough to award the prize to the winner. She seems out of it and mostly they just panned to the audience in the Halloween costumes for the next few minutes. I’m worried about her. I don’t think that was because she was hot in her costume. It’s generally freezing in those studios.
So that happened. I’m still dealing with technical updates related to the move that requires me to think really hard, which I suck at these days, I had to track down some missing income, my iPhone users are getting pop ups again. Those fancy, overpriced phones are quite problematic from my observations. It’s Halloween. And I’m in a bad headspace.
Then a terror attack happened in NYC and my brain is just numb. The same person I worried about in the London attack, was not to far away from this one either. But he’s fine and was busy at work and thankfully not out enjoying his day on the bike trail. But then I was stuck on CNN until I finally tore myself away and I’m just in a bad headspace.
So once again, here is a place to talk about the attack in NYC and or Wendy Williams frightening episode. I’m going to probably blog about Farrah Abraham’s asshole (I’m not kidding) and recap Below Deck and call it a day if I can.
Oh and Happy Halloween. Let me know if you have anything fun planned. I guess this is sort of an open forum.
Wow TT you and I was feeling the same way about that Wendy Williams video. My goodness I wish I could unsee it I had to log off of IG because it was everywhere and my anxiety is bad also. Wendy need to get help. I don’t believe that was a cause of being overheated
I have been fighting that dizzy feeling for more than a year. As we grow older, our sense of thirst diminishes, so remembering to drink enough water really helps. It has gotten rid of most of it in a couple of monthes. And, believe it or not, wearing clothes that do not treat your inner organs as sausage meat also helps. Yoga, learning to breath correctly stand, bend, is invaluable. What a horrible feeling it is to see stars, and having to grab onto something to keep from falling over. Glad she is OK.
THx for tips. Anxiety is the worst. I don’t have it bad but when it starts up it ruins your whole day
Right you are! I found it very disturbing too, and thought there were clear signs of a stroke-related event. I reacted quickly 6 years ago when my mother called me and slurred her words and I called 911 without even telling – I did the same 2 years ago when my brother called me to say “Mom is being bizarre – she says she can’t read”. Both times she was at the hospital in time for intervention and clot-busters for what were major strokes (and she recovered). Any time someone has sudden vision changes, trouble with words, severe sudden headache, sudden loss of sensation anywhere in the body, or if the person can’t stick their tongue out, they should get to an ER immediately. Any possibility of stroke bumps that person to the head of the line and they will be seen immediately. A good acronym is FAST: Smile and see if one side of the face droops. Arms: Raise both arms. Does one arm drop down? Speech: Say a short phrase and check for slurred or strange speech.Time: If the answer to any of these is yes, call 911 right away and note what time the symptoms started.
I forgot the F – check the person’s Face – is one side or an eyelid drooping?
That’s the first thing that crossed my mind. See my comments below about my mother’s mini stroke episodes. Unfortunately it looked all too familiar to me.
I’m right there with you with the anxiety. I watched Lifetime movies over the weekend (haven’t done that in years), and it didn’t help me either. I just can’t handle real life troubles right now. Can’t watch Wendy fainting. Can’t watch the coverage of the NYC attack. In fact, I just stopped typing this to take a xanax. Sorry you’re feeling similarly disturbed.
The way Wendy totally adores her husband; we think ALL the reports of ‘his cheating’ has caused her to feel VERY embarrassed, publicly. That stress can cause a stroke!
That, or one of her former disgruntled employees, one that didn’t LEAK any coveted Intel, may resent being penalized for being a dutiful staffer, and my have put some JU-JU on her. ..??
I know–Conjecture. Yet, we ain’t buying she “overheated”; and she’s pass menopause too…?
Since the new season they have WW on at 1:00p.m. instead of 10:00. I have seen 3episodes. I saw that she had fainted and saw the video. I’m so sorry for her being so afraid. That did not look like being overheated, but apparently they had medical people who checked her out right then and there. I imagine she probably went straight to get a full head to toe exam. I wish her well and miss watching her, but I keep missing the show. 🙁
Happy Halloween everyone, a bit of a regular day around here.
10:00a.m. so I know anything I need to know already by 1:00 in the afternoon.
I went to the Wendy show back in April when I was in the states and her studio was FREEZING. I know she has a condition where she needs to be cool. But we had goosebumps from how cold it was in there. I hope she gets better. It was so scary to watch
My heart is broken for NY, for those families, our country. Halloween night, I would be afraid to take my kids out (if I was so inclined and had them). This madness needs to end. Every time one of these unbalanced fanatics gets it in their head to “speak” for Islam they jeopardize all muslims.
I hope Wendy is ok.
My plans are to finish work, go home eat chocolate and watch Charlie Brown “The Great Pumpkin” (taped it LOL) and Practical Magic.
Peace and Love to all.
No trick. Twas tragedy. An Unhappy Halloween leaving behind a hollow feeling inside.
Yes, TD this.
That was disturbing. Maybe her costume was too tight? Hope it wasn’t anything medical.
Add to that a oarent has a teacher held hostage in a Riverside school (inland county last Orange County in So Cal).
Good news is all the others in the school were evacuated. Five hours into this last I heard… Still active.
Just saw a brief clip of Wendy.. They should have evaluated her immediately. Hope she is ok.
NYC coverage definitely disturbing.
Some days a power outage might be a blessing.
I was pretty far away from the action in NYC today. But I am at ground zero for the Halloween parade. ugh. It used to be so creative and actually felt like a local thing. Now it feels pretty banal.
Last time I went a group of schoolteachers went as “Imelda Marcos’s Shoes” so that tells you how long ago it was. I hear a bunch of screaming and there will be puke on the streets in the AM.
NY-ers are pretty resilient but this shit has to stop.
You are grounded for the evening. Stay inside and drink like a normal person. Watch This Is Us. Turn in early.
The Halloween Parade used to be my favorite part of running the NYC Marathon! We’d always be there for the parade.
Hate that it has gotten boring.
I got a knock on the door which I ignored but Banjo went to the window and went batshit crazy on them. That was about 15 minutes ago and my heart won’t stop racing.
Also, all I wanted for dinner was a can of seasoned blackeyed peas and some fried cornbread. I ALWAYS keep a can or two of blackeyed peas on hand. I had field peas so I went with that. So not the same.
This whole day can go fuck itself.
Also is Anthony Bourdain on drugs? He looks like Skelator on his latest Parts Unknow adds. He also seems to have A LOT more tattoos than I recall.
I saw a pic of Anthony B at the beach recently and he looked lean and sinewy. The weight loss must be intentional, however it has aged him.
I just saved the grease from a pound of bacon for my cornbread.
She looks very thin and frail, anyone else think so?
poor wendy looked like she was having a stroke. you could see the fear in her eyes. 🙁
Wendy’s fainting episode so freaked me out!! It was so scary looking. I hope she is okay. She said she would address this on tomorrow’s show. We got 5 kds come to the door. Now I feel badly when I stopped one girl from sticking her hand on the tray and getting more. Still bad manners lol. Now I have a tray full of candy. As for Anthony looking so bad, I commented on it awhile ago. He has that hot young girlfriend but he has always been tan and thin. Hope he is not sick. IDK.
I mentioned on here last week that I’ve noticed Wendy getting a lot of small details wrong lately. She messes up names, numbers, etc. Not that any of us can’t do the same occasionally, but Wendy’s been doing it consistently in the past few months. She worried me, even before today’s incident, because I witnessed my mother doing the same thing for many months before she had a series of mini-strokes. Today, directly prior to her “fainting” spell, she horribly jumbled a word and then lifted her eyes as if she was wondering why that word came out wrong. Maybe she did faint from over heating. I’m not a medical professional, but I do have a damn good intuition. I listen to Wendy each morning before I shoot out the door for meetings and work. I respect her work ethic and give her BIG kudos for making it in a field where few succeed. She’s put in dozens of years working long, hard hours on radio to get to where she is today. I want her to stay strong and continue to do a show that she thoroughly seems to enjoy. Get a full workup and please prove me wrong Wendy!
Anxiety fully ramped up even before every damn website had to post video of Wendy’s faint.
The terror attack is not even a blip among my friends. I am heartsick over that.
Over the years I have fainted. Not often, and always a combo of overheat, tired, and not breathing properly.
A friend’s wife had a mini faint earlier this year and just quit driving. Had every med test under the sun, plus heart monitor, then paid for cat, ekg, mri, all the letters. She is a highly professional, tough human and this rattled her deeply.
Not a thing wrong. Docs said “drink more water”. She has started driving again.
I consider myself an independent woman, so the idea of being helpless is devastating.
What is helping my anxiety is staying in the moment. Becoming engrossed in a piece of art, cooking, grooming a dog. Not thinking of the past or future. There is a lot of good info online about anxiety/depression and how to conquer it.
Halloween has been great here. I decorated just a little, gave the UPS guy some candy. Made a big pot of pasta and sauce. Everyone ate it, including the chickens.
TT, thanks for posts like this. Knowing others were disturbed by the Wendy thing is a big help to me.
Maybe it’s me, but that looked like a seizure. I hope she’s OK.
Wendy said she was overheated, I’ll accept her words. It could be true for her or it’s something else she doesn’t want to share, I’m not questioning her.
She was overheated.
Terror attacks and NYC will forever be linked. We will become somewhat numb to them similar to school shooters.
I’ve never gotten over Sandy Hook where 20 children ages 6 and 7 were killed by a clinically diagnosed mentally ill young man. Our nation did not care. 6 year olds and 7 year olds.
One law was passed which prohibited clinically diagnosed people from buying guns. That law was recently overturned.
I’m sorry people lost their lives today but am also rather numb to it.
I’m still ticked off about how our Nation reacted to Sandy Hook, I’m not going to get over it.
Australia had one mass shooting with these type of weapons, pulled those weapons and are not now available. There has never been another mass killing.
Well, unfortunately, I’m with so many other commentators – that did not look like a fainting spell. When people faint, they usually wobble a little, try to hold on to something, and go down. Apart from messing up the words, Wendy looked really scared and puzzled, and did a kind of windmill thing with her arms – it was as though she realized something strange was going on, not as though she were just feeling faint. Really looked like a mini-stroke or seizure, plus the overheated comment didn’t seem to apply. Wish she had gone to the hospital immediately, instead of finishing the show, but I know she’s a firm believer in “the show must go on”, plus she probably didn’t want any more drama than there had already been. Hope they took her right in for a checkup and that everything is OK. Also, condolences to the families of those killed and injured in today’s attack in NYC – those cowardly bastards are literally targeting the innocent and vulnerable.
I like that our NYC halloween parade went forward despite the attack, screw you, terrorists. I am heartbroken that more lives have been lost in this city, especially in lower manhattan which brings up a ton of horrible memories for everyone here. We are just accustomed to never being safe anywhere, ever, and that’s tragic and sad.
Those poor people, just mowed down going about their day by a psycho. I was relieved the nypd acted fast and probably saved many lives in the process.
I’m just numb over the whole thing. My grandma worries constantly about my sister and I in the city everyday, but you can’t stop working and living because there are crazy people attacking at random.
Wendy always commented on others frailness by saying “girl you need to eat a sandwich”. So to her I say “girl, eat a sandwich you’re overboard with the obsession with being skinny”. That looked really dangerous well beyond overheating.
Wendy did look terrified. People have mentioned a stroke or seizure, yeah it definitely looked as if it was something very serious that needs to be checked. It’s like she dodged a bullet…this time. She is unwell, my first thought was her heart might have started racing suddenly. Whatever it was by the look on her face, there was truly an awareness and she knew she had to go down. That didn’t look like fainting. If it was a stroke or even a seizure, I don’t think she’d pop right back up so quickly and keep working.
So frightening.
I hope she feels better soon!