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Wendy Williams Once Shared She Couldn’t Be Fired From ‘The Wendy Williams Show’ Due to Ratings

Wendy Williams was the voice of her iconic talk show The Wendy Williams Show for 13 years. But after her medical and substance abuse issues, many wondered if the New York native might’ve been stable enough for TV. 

‘The Wendy Williams Show’ would’ve gotten canned if it wasn’t for the show’s success

Wendy Williams posing in an orange dress.
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Williams has been battling substance abuse issues for a long time. In her early years, climbing up the ladder as a radio host, she succumbed to cocaine addiction. It started out as a means to help her cope with the long working hours of her career. But it soon turned into a secret habit that she found hard to kick.

“I was a functioning addict. I’d work from 3 in the afternoon until 7 at night, get off and party until…


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Where Is Wendy Williams Today? Talk Show Host Is in Care Facility to Treat ‘Cognitive Issues’

Representatives for Wendy Williams have confirmed the former talk show host has frontotemporal dementia and aphasia. The news comes ahead of Lifetime’s two-night documentary event, Where Is Wendy Williams? 

Wendy Williams is in a care facility, her family says 

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Wendy Williams in February 2023 | Johnny Nunez/WireImage

In June 2021, Williams hosted her final episode of The Wendy Williams Show. The show ended its 13-season run a year later amid rumors and concern about Williams’ declining health. (Guest hosts had filled in for Williams for the final season.) Since then, the one-time DJ and daytime TV personality has largely been absent from the public eye. 

In August 2022, a film crew started documenting Williams’ life after the end of her syndicated talk show….


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Wendy Williams Aims For Hosting Gig At ‘The View’ In Bizarre Rant

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Feb. 26 2023, Published 2:00 p.m. ET

Former TV host Wendy Williams is looking to pick up a spot on popular talk show The View with Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar. The CBS star’s strange rant about her future was caught on camera while shopping at a pet store.

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Williams was spotted at a Petco in California looking particularly frazzled as she walked down the aisles of the pet store. A fan walked up to the fuzzy-booted talk show personality and started filming as she went on a wild rant about her pets, work and her forced “retirement.”

Williams told the cameraman, “I’m shopping for kitty litter because I have a wax museum in Paris and one in California.”

“I’m going for a week in Paris and then three weeks in California and then…


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