Talk Show Host Wendy Williams gets her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on October 17, 2019 in Hollywood. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)
It’s been almost three years since Wendy Williams graced our TV screens on her iconic talk show. But this past weekend, Wendy returned to her stomping grounds with the two-part premiere of the Lifetime documentary ‘Where Is Wendy Williams?’
But the sharp, witty, and sometimes shady persona that made her show stand out wasn’t front and center in the premiere. Instead, fans got a look at Wendy’s personal, legal, and medical struggles since the end of her talk show. That includes her recently revealed diagnoses of aphasia and dementia.
Part One of the documentary highlights her strong desire to return to TV, but that quickly gives way to her recent state. The project features interviews and commentary from her manager, Will Selby, her publicist, Shawn Zanotti, her son, Kevin Hunter Jr., her niece and nephew, and other friends and family.
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In one scene of the documentary, Wendy is seen lying in bed, under the covers, while her manager, Will, addresses a nearly empty bottle of vodka in her room. He asks Williams if she drank all of her “specialty item” that same day. At first, Wendy says yes, then quickly says no. Will reacts by sitting on the edge of her bed and questioning her about the amount she drank.
“Let’s just have a quick conversation about this. Don’t you feel like maybe this is a bit excessive? I don’t know if you need this right now,” Will said, mentioning their pending “business” after Wendy asked “why.”
When he tells her he doesn’t think drinking LIKE THAT is a “good idea,” Wendy gives him a blank look and responds, “F**k you.” When he asked Wendy if she thinks she’s “perfectly fine” drinking as much as she wants, the former host said “perfectly.” Her eyes widened when Will suggested he was taking the bottle downstairs to “keep it cool.” Wendy quickly and aggressively told him to “keep [the bottle] there.”
Watch the interaction below.
Elsewhere in the doc, Will alleges that Wendy has become “more aggressive” as time passes. The documentary delivers several scenes to that testimony, including her snapping on a nail tech, a driver, and her management team.
Wendy’s nephew, Travis Finnie, also notes that he’s seen a change in Wendy’s personality in the last decade.
