{"id":164669,"date":"2021-01-28T00:00:13","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T21:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/10-wendy-williams-moments-we-hope-her-lifetime-biopic-covers-video\/"},"modified":"2021-01-28T00:00:13","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T21:00:13","slug":"10-wendy-williams-moments-we-hope-her-lifetime-biopic-covers-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/10-wendy-williams-moments-we-hope-her-lifetime-biopic-covers-video\/","title":{"rendered":"#10 Wendy Williams Moments We Hope Her Lifetime Biopic Covers (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f7b5a390f5\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span 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Men<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#10 Wendy Williams Moments We Hope Her Lifetime Biopic Covers (VIDEO)<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Wendy-Williams.png\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n            How you doin\u2019, Lifetime?<\/p>\n<p>Wendy Williams, host of daytime talker <em>The Wendy Williams Show<\/em>, is getting the TV biopic treatment on the women-centric network on January 30 with <em>Wendy Williams: The Movie<\/em>. The \u201cauthorized\u201d story, which stars Ciera Payton (<em>The Oval<\/em>, <em>She&#8217;s Gotta Have It<\/em>), has the\u00a0&#8220;Queen of Gossip&#8221; herself on board as an executive producer.<\/p>\n<p>The project &#8220;provides a revealing look at Wendy\u2019s journey, from her scr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>y upstart days in urban radio to the success of her own syndicated talk show,\u201d Lifetime teases in a synopsis.<\/p>\n<p>Williams&#8217; journey, as many know, includes a whole lotta controversy. We&#8217;ve chosen the top 10 dramatic moments we&#8217;d like to see played out on Lifetime.\u00a0(Spoiler alert: You can see in <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/play.mylifetime.com\/movies\/wendy-williams-the-movie\/trailer-wendy-williams-the-movie\">the trailer<\/a> that at least two of these made the cut!)<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Bill_Cosby_Tries_to_Get_Williams_Fired\"><\/span>Bill Cosby Tries to Get Williams Fired<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"After Show: Wendy Williams Shades Lisa Vanderpump | WWHL\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/82EGREci7IE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Williams said in a 2019 interview on <em>Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen<\/em> that it\u2019s \u201cabsolutely\u201d true that now-disgraced co<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>n Bill Cosby tried to get her fired from her job on 98.7 KIIS FM in the early 1990s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was the gossip girl, and I had talked about Cosby and some of the ways that he had in his life at that particular time,\u201d she said on the talk show.<\/p>\n<p>Williams explained that Cosby called into the show to complain to the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> manager, who then had Williams join them on the call. Cosby gave her a \u201cdressing down,\u201d but she kept her job. \u201cLike, really?\u201d Williams added on <em>WWHL<\/em>. \u201cOf all the things in Dr. Cosby\u2019s life that affect him, it\u2019s calling little old Wendy? \u2026 And all these years later, look at little old Wendy, and look at Cosby.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Beef_With_Tupac_Shukur\"><\/span>The Beef With Tupac Shukur<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In her 2016 memoir, <em>My Voice<\/em>, radio host Angie Martinez shared the transcript of an interview she had with the late rapper Tupac Shakur, who explained his issue with Williams. \u201cI got a beef with Wendy Williams saying I got raped in jail because that disrespected me, my family and what I represent,\u201d he told Martinez, according to a book excerpt published by <em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/news\/magazine-feature\/7356952\/angie-martinez-tupac-shakur-interview-remembrance-memoir-excerpt-exclusive\">Billboard<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Tupac dissed Williams in his track \u201cWhy U Turn on Me,\u201d but the TV host brushed it off. \u201cWithout those song mentions, I might not be on TV right now,\u201d she told <em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/wendy-williams-grateful-insults-tupac-will-smith-500-episodes-326300\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/em> in 2012. \u201cThere is a large segment who may have never heard about me on the radio, but they heard Tupac tell me I needed to go to Jenny Craig.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"She_Disclosed_That_Method_Mans_Wife_Had_Cancer\"><\/span>She Disclosed That Method Man\u2019s Wife Had Cancer<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Method Man Dissin The $HIT Out Of Wendy Williams\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/du1UViOs4Hk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In 2006, Method Man slammed Williams for disclosing his wife\u2019s cancer diagnosis (she is not reported to be cancer-free) on her radio show, saying his wife hadn\u2019t even told family members at the time. &#8220;Wendy gets on the air and said, &#8216;His wife is sick and she not doing too well,'&#8221; the rapper told <em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/allhiphop.com\/news\/method-man-talks-wendy-williams-incident\/\">AllHipHop.com<\/a><\/em>. &#8220;I was so mad, I was crying right there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"She_Produced_a_Questionable_Aaliyah_Biopic\"><\/span>She Produced a Questionable Aaliyah Biopic<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NAFIDDQarjs\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NAFIDDQarjs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 2014, Williams produced the Lifetime biopic <em>Aaliyah: The Princess of R&amp;B<\/em>., a movie her family did not want made.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"She_Made_Transphobic_Comments_About_Caitlyn_Jenner\"><\/span>She Made Transphobic Comments About Caitlyn Jenner<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>On her talk show, Williams said a <em>Cosmopolitan<\/em> cover with some of the Kardashian-Jenner women was missing Caitlyn Jenner because Caitlyn &#8220;still has a member.&#8221; This did not go over well.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"She_Fainted_on_Live_TV\"><\/span>She Fainted on Live TV<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wendy Williams Passes Out on Live TV -- See the Scary Moment\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tWVMUr33lAk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>During a Halloween-themed episode of <em>The Wendy Williams Show<\/em> in October 2017, the TV host, dressed as a sequin-clad Statue of Liberty, started slurring her words before stumbling and dropping to the floor. &#8220;A lot of people thought it was a joke,&#8221; she said after a break. &#8220;No, it was not a joke. I\u2019m a tall woman and it\u2019s a long way down. I\u2019m a woman of a particular age. I don\u2019t do stunts like that. I don\u2019t need that.&#8221; She explained the incident was due to dehydration.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Her_Divorce_From_Kevin_Hunter\"><\/span>Her Divorce From Kevin Hunter<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wendy Williams Opens Up About Divorce and Substance Abuse | The View\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E8gTgugbDoo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Williams filed for divorce from Kevin Hunter, her husband of more than 20 years, in 2019. In\u00a0an appearance on <em>The View<\/em> later that year, Williams seemingly confirmed the tabloid reports that Hunter had fathered a child with another woman. \u201cInfidelity\u2019s one thing, a whole other baby is a whole other topic,\u201d she told the panel. \u201cI\u2019m not changing Pampers; I want to <em>be<\/em> pampered.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Health_Issues\"><\/span>Health Issues<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gEPB2SPaxTo\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gEPB2SPaxTo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Williams took a month-long break from her show in 2018 and more than two months off in 2019 to deal with her Graves disease and hyperthyroidism. And later in 2019, she revealed she had been diagnosed with lymphedema, a blockage of the lymphatic system that can result in swelling in the legs.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Her_Time_in_a_Sober_House\"><\/span>Her Time in a Sober House<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5ISbIGeypAQ\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5ISbIGeypAQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In March 2019, Williams, who\u2019s been candid about her past cocaine struggles, told viewers she had been living in a sober house \u201cfor some time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She explained in an emotional monologue that she was attending regular meetings, working with a 24-hour sober coach, and living in a facility \u201cwith a bunch of smelly boys who have become my family.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"She_Made_Offensive_Comments_About_Gay_Men\"><\/span>She Made Offensive Comments About Gay Men<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ezhv_4oZaiY\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ezhv_4oZaiY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In February 2020, Williams\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/suOy53CnhL4?t=441\">criticized gay men on air<\/a>. \u201cStop wearing our skirts and our heels,\u201d she said on her talk show. \u201cGay men, you\u2019ll never be the woman that we are. No matter how gay, sir.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She later posted a lengthy video apology. \u201cI\u2019m not out of touch, except for perhaps yesterday by saying what I said,\u201d she said in the tearful clip. \u201cSo, I deeply apologize.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Wendy Williams: The Movie<\/em>, Premiere, Saturday, January 30, 8\/7c, Lifetime<\/strong>\n        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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