Former radio shock jock/discuss present host Wendy Williams has remerged in a brand new 2-part documentary coming to Lifetime, and it already has individuals speaking.
The trailer for The place Is Wendy Williams? reveals the 59-year-old struggling together with her well being whereas her household and associates attempt to help her and the difficulty together with her court-appointed guardianship.
The trailer options clips of a really sick Williams, who’s coping with obvious psychological points as properly. Williams says in a single a part of the trailer, “I’ve no cash, and I’m gonna inform you one thing. If it occurs to me, it may occur to you.”
In one other clip, her son, Kevin Hunter Jr., says, “Mother has finished an incredible job making it look like all the things is OK at all times, however in actuality, there’s something improper. My mother at all times talks about how she needs to work, however I believe she’s labored sufficient. She has individuals round her who’re ‘sure’ folks that have allowed this to proceed.”
The documentary, which additionally claims to have had “unparalleled entry” to Williams, additionally touches on her battle with alcohol abuse. In a single scene, an individual grabs a bottle, asking her if she drank the entire thing, and she or he tells him to: “hold the bottle there.”
The official synopsis for the documentary reads:
“After Wendy Williams was positioned below a monetary guardianship and her hit discuss present was unexpectedly canceled, she was decided to make a profession comeback.
Opening the doorways to her non-public life like by no means earlier than, cameras chronicled her comeback journey to reclaim her life and legacy regardless of going through well being points and private turbulence.
With unparalleled entry granted by Wendy to movie together with her and her household for almost two years, what was captured was not what anybody anticipated.
The documentary supplies a uncooked, trustworthy, and unfiltered actuality of Wendy’s life after she was positioned below monetary guardianship, shedding mild on the vulnerabilities that has turned Wendy into the Scorching Subject herself. Struggling psychological and bodily points, Wendy’s delicate mind-set, erratic habits, and declining well being have been all captured by the cameras.
The place Is Wendy Williams? is the story of Wendy’s journey to resurrect her profession and what filmmakers found alongside the best way. However many questions stay — who really has Wendy’s greatest curiosity at coronary heart? Is she wholesome now?”
Social Media Customers Have Early Ideas About The place Is Wendy Williams?
The reactions to the documentary’s trailer are pouring in, with individuals saying they are going to watch it however are very suspicious in regards to the course of of creating it.
“Wendy mentioned it greatest within the trailer, “That is all an excessive amount of.” I hope she will get again to well being in her funds and life,” one particular person on X, previously Twitter, wrote.
One other X person added, “Within the trailer her son says individuals are exploiting Wendy for cash/clout. However what is that this documentary doing? Cuz exhibiting her on this seemingly very painful, unhealthy place can’t be good for her psychological well being both.”
The place Is Wendy Williams? the two-night documentary occasion goes down on February 24 and 25 at 8 pm ET/PT on Lifetime.
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