Am I Psychic?
I have been trying to watch the Showtime series Escape at Dannemora in between the ridiculous shows that I recap here. It is VERY GOOD although episode six was EXTREMELY violent for the first half hour or so. This morning I decided to fit that episode in before “showing up for work” this morning. When I am watching on Demand, I can’t tape other shows. So I had to not tape Kelly & Ryan this morning. As I made that adjustment, it suddenly crossed my mind that Wendy Williams would not be back next week. It was a weird thought to have. Apparently I am psychic. Because when I did open the laptop to show up for work, my puller (who apparently never sleeps) had lots of juicy stories waiting for me in my mailbox.
One such story was an exclusive post over at Variety that said that Wendy Williams is taking another week off. The official statement came from production.
“As she has for the past 10 years, Wendy delivers an incomparable live talk show day in and day out and we want to give her the best opportunity to heal and recover,” Debmar-Mercury co-presidents Mort Marcus and Ira Bernstein said. “Wendy has our complete and unwavering support and we look forward to her return to the iconic purple chair.”
Jerry O’Connell Returns
The show will be returning next week so the employees can get a paycheck. There will be panels of “Hot Talkers” to lead the show. I suppose either Jerry O’Connell was not available or more likely they do not have any guests planned for the week. Wendy has had a lot of trouble getting guests ever since The Great Talk Show Battle of 2014. Then she said that she thought there should not be Historically Black Colleges and Universities which pissed off a lot of her black audience. Also the agency that represents Andy Cohen and Bethenny Frankel is very cult like and cut throat and once you piss off that talent agency they will not allow their talent to book certain shows. This has been very problematic for the Wendy Williams show for the past four years or so.
New Panel Of Hot Topicers
So now we are going to have to wonder about Wendy and her mental state for another week. This will be a full month with her off the air. Wendy is known for never missing a day at work. She ALWAYS shows up and that makes this all the more concerning.
I’m wondering if she is just holed up inside her house, or if she has gone somewhere. Based on the fact that she wears her sling under her clothes, that means she can’t lift her right arm. She would need a lot of help getting dressed, making meals, even going to the bathroom. I’m just wondering if her parents or with her, or if she has hired a home health care agency or what the heck is going on.
I need some sort of credible information to leak about what the hell is actually going on. Do you think we will ever see her back on the show? I’m starting to wonder.
It’s so many rumors, from him beating her, the pregnant mistress and so on. It’s definitely something going on and I’m truly praying for Wendy.
I’ve become a huge true crime addict in recent years, so I had to watch “Escape at Dannemora”. IMHO, Patricia Arquette totally earned that Golden Globe and then some with her performance on the show!
As for Wendy Williams, I occasionally look through your archives here to get a better sense of how she’s really doing. So what’s going on now? Among the fractured arm, the “allegedly” cheating husband, the fainting episodes, and the occasional word slurs, I can’t help but wonder if she truly is going through some sort of crisis that will require some kind of intervention.
Wendy’s big on bragging for going longer into the summer than the other shows and not cancelling for weather when others do….there must be a big problem. I didn’t so much notice her being high as agitated those days on air. I enjoy her show, mostly for the topics. I’m sorry for what she’s going through, and hope her parents are here to act as a buffer or render some aide!
I don’t watch her show so I’m keeping up on her situation by reading your posts. I’m beginning to think she may have MS. Some of the things you’ve described are very similar to the symptoms my friends with MS have had. They’re fine for long stretches of time and then the disease kicks in again and they have difficulty walking and talking for an extended period of time. I hope, whatever it is, she is doing better soon.
Wendy is really good at keeping her own life private. She lives in the NJ suburbs, doesn’t leave her home much (except for work and press) and doesn’t have many friends. I think this is why all the rumors are out of hand because nobody has a lot to go on with her. All everyone sees is her husband photographed with another woman, her sprained arm and the slurring. I doubt she would ever tell the truth about her issues. She hasn’t before…
We need a HOT TOPICS discussion on Wendy!!!!
This is the beginning of the end for Wendy Williams (IMO). Her walls are starting to crumble. The few ride or dies that she had are disappearing. The show has been a complete mess for a while. A lot of tension and turmoil amongst the staff and it’s starting to show. I figured there would have been a paper shortage due to all the NDA’s her ‘people’ had everyone sign. Kevin’s getting way too sloppy and has had that ‘I don’t give a F’ attitude for more than a minute now. No A celebrities, her parents have been MIA, she’s been ‘sick’ a lot, flub ups on air, staff tension, Hot Topics inconsistencies, audience attendance dwindling and Wendy herself just being a hot mess for the past couple of months……. There is a storm brewing and it probably won’t disperse anytime soon. I was a loyal WW watcher/supporter from the get go but my love for her has been lessening by her actions with everybody as of late. Hope for her sake, things settle down sooner than later. 🙂
I have no idea what Escape is about but, now I’m going to have watch it! Dirty John is beyond amazing. A hundred years ago I was in a kind of acting class with Connie Britton. We did reads of writers work. Bruno Kirby and his dad Bruce were there too. They were the nicest people ever. Connie was cool. It’s funny because we were given a script for the kids next week that required southern accents and neither of us knew how to do them. This was pre Friday night lights and Nashville. We both ran out to get dialect tapes. Anyway, I hope Wendy is getting help and will come back stronger. I don’t watch her show but, I’m rooting for her.
Not the kids just next week. We were both super nervous about doing the accent
I have been a Wendy watcher for years, but this season has been a mess. When she does address any questions she hears about herself it is super over the top defensiveness. Like saying she sits down more because it is her show and she can do what she wants.
I have thought she was sounding resentful about the show or maybe the work behind the scenes, just not happy in general for at least a couple months.
Was kinda expecting a retirement message before the last week of shows that she did Christmas. It’s no longer fun to watch as she falls apart.
I wish her the best personally but maybe she needs a break to take care of herself and deal with her life without the pressure of a talk show. I seriously doubt she will voluntarily quit, she prides herself on being a workaholic and who knows if she could if she wanted to, something has to change though.
I agree 100% with you Jjay. I couldn’t put my finger on what I felt when I watched recently but you nailed it: RESENTMENT. There is a lot going on behind the scenes that we may never know. I feel like at any time she could completely lose it. She probably knows that and is trying to get it together the best she can. Her husband sounds like a complete ass. What a mess.
i watched the wendy williams show one day and she laughingly described how she hit a car in a parking lot..damaged it …and drove away..and went home without leaving a note…happy that she got away with it …she has plenty of money…it was probably a hardship for the person to repair the car she hit…..i was baffled that she would tell a story like this on the air as if it was a joke …i will never think of her the same again….it was weird!!! and it showed me she is very self centered and has a warped sense of values.
You left out the part about the cops showing up to her house and holding her accountable.
oh…yes..i forgot about that…why would she tell that story when it makes her look so bad??
I tell y’all things I’ve done that make me look bad all the time! 🙂 We’re testing your love. Clearly, she lost you with that story.
yep…she lost me! it was the fact that she did something harmful to someone else and then bragged about it…when she could have easily afforded to take care of it…i found it incomprehensible…the things you tell us are about you..not about willful harm youve done to other people….theres huge difference
After talking about Mary J Blige and Tamar Braxton drawn out divorce messiness I can’t wait to see, if the allegations are true about her husband’s messiness, how she handles “the word on the street”. She constantly brands herself as a “straight shooter” so “pow-pow” Wendy. What’s good? How’s you doing?
Wendy hasn’t been a “straight shooter”, “pow pow” this whole season. Her hot topics consists of asking her co-hosts if we watched the latest Real Housewives of wherever..and then she goes on to tell us what is on Google News feed that we can read ourselves. Something is very wrong and mayne she should go out while she’s on top, I dunno..
This is bad and I wish there were more people who are concerned.
I’m wondering what is going on. She has been getting awards for THE HUNTER FOUNDATION so drugs is exactly opposite of her plight.
I would never ever miss a show until I was so worried about her I watched fewer. Then around the holidays, I noticed that she started having that look, and was just not 100%.
I stopped watching because it is too hard worrying about her.
Guess that’s cured for now.
I have loved Wendy since the radio days. She says and does a lot I don’t agree with but I don’t hold celebrities to a higher standard than my own family or friends, so I can enjoy her even while disliking some of her decisions and attributes.
I’m genuinely concerned about her well-being. In the past she has left the door open to returning to radio (or maybe podcasting?) and I hope that is something she will consider if the burdens of doing this show become too much (for whatever reason). As much as I enjoy her on TV, her wings have been clipped a bit as far as what she can get away with saying and how much of her personality she can show.
I’m keeping her in my thoughts and want the best for her!
I don’t remember when she said she talked to R Kelly and said she understood him, but it was in the past year. I am currently watching Surviving R Kelly and she says after she viewed the sex tape “Robert has a problem.” I am wondering, is her issue drugs, or a mental illness because this was likely filmed around the same time she made her statement.
If I recall correctly, it was right after she took time off after the fainting spell. It was quite bizarre because she had consistently trashed him up to that point and then she came back and randomly supported him. It was shocking.
It was very shocking and disturbing when she started defending R. Kelly, even said she’d like to have him on her show, and would we watch? Hell no I won’t watch! It’s either she’s self medicating or she has some mental problems which both, I wish her the best for.
TT……… It was definitely shocking….. Maybe R. Kelly has/knows some deep dark secrets of Wendy’s from her radio days that she doesn’t want to get out…..he probably has the receipts, too. 🙂
She came out about a year ago saying she has Graves’ disease and took a few weeks off then. I didn’t know anything about the disease but just looked it up and it causes irritability, anxiety, weight loss (her legs are stick thin), tremors, heat sensitivity (she is always complaining it’s hot) and eye issues like bulging eyes. Some of these symptoms can defitnely overlap with drug use/withdrawal so I could see people mistaking that.
Interetsing about the sling Tamara. I hadn’t seen/heard that. I hope everything is ok with her. Her show is in syndication till 2020 so hopefully she can ride the wave till then and bail if her health is bad.
I want to see Wendy better, physically and mentally. If it means giving “him” 50% of her $60 million, then so be it. Her well being is worth so much more than money!
I’m wondering how having guest “Hot Talkers” is going to work on Monday. How will they deal with the elephant in the room of where is Wendy?
Everyone is watching for that answer but Wendy is not talking, definitely do not see any real answers being given and anything less is disingenuous. How can it be “telling it like it is” except about the missing hostess.
I’m glad the show employees are going to be going back to work/getting paid but I think it’s a bad decision for the whole show.