{"id":610134,"date":"2024-02-25T06:26:15","date_gmt":"2024-02-25T03:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/watch-where-is-wendy-williams-review-unsettling-and-exploitative\/"},"modified":"2024-02-25T06:26:15","modified_gmt":"2024-02-25T03:26:15","slug":"watch-where-is-wendy-williams-review-unsettling-and-exploitative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-where-is-wendy-williams-review-unsettling-and-exploitative\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch &#8216;Where Is\u00a0Wendy\u00a0Williams?&#8217; Review: Unsettling and Exploitative"},"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-6a337417268da\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a337417268da\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-where-is-wendy-williams-review-unsettling-and-exploitative\/#%E2%80%9CWatch_Online_%E2%80%98Where_Is_Wendy_Williams_Review_Unsettling_and_Exploitative%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Watch Online &#8216;Where Is\u00a0Wendy\u00a0Williams?&#8217; Review: Unsettling and Exploitative&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-where-is-wendy-williams-review-unsettling-and-exploitative\/#%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98Where_Is_Wendy_Williams_Review_Unsettling_and_Exploitative%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;&#8216;Where Is\u00a0Wendy\u00a0Williams?&#8217; Review: Unsettling and Exploitative&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWatch_Online_%E2%80%98Where_Is_Wendy_Williams_Review_Unsettling_and_Exploitative%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Watch Online &#8216;Where Is\u00a0Wendy\u00a0Williams?&#8217; Review: Unsettling and Exploitative&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98Where_Is_Wendy_Williams_Review_Unsettling_and_Exploitative%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;&#8216;Where Is\u00a0Wendy\u00a0Williams?&#8217; Review: Unsettling and Exploitative&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    Less than 72 hours before the premiere of Lifetime\u2018s two-part docu<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> \u201cWhere Is Wendy Williams?,\u201d the former talk show host\u2019s team announced that she has\u00a0been diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia (FTD), the same disease that Bruce Willis has. Amid the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> of Williams\u2019 health crisis \u2014 which is im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely evident on the show\u2014 this docuseries feels invasive at best and predatory at worst.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    \u201cWhere Is Wendy Williams?\u201d is designed as a follow-up to her 2021 documentary \u201cWendy Williams: What A Mess,\u201d which dove into Williams\u2019 public divorce, <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>arent mental health crisis and other public mishaps. That same year, Williams also executive produced \u201cWendy Williams: The Movie,\u201d a TV film starring Ciera Payton that chronicled the entertainment host\u2019s personal life and career trajectory. What\u2019s now clear is that \u201cWhere Is Wendy Williams?\u201d is not a series about the next chapter of Williams\u2019 life but instead an exploitative display of her cognitive decline and emotional well-being.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    From the moment Williams appears on screen in Episode 1, \u201cI\u2019m Not a Crier,\u201d it\u2019s clear that something is very wrong. Fans have seen Williams struggle publicly with her health beginning in Oct. 2017, when she fainted on the set of \u201cThe Wendy Williams Show.\u201d As \u201cWhere Is Wendy Williams?\u201d opens, a lingerie-clad Williams stumbles barefoot into her filming room. Though she initially talks about being thrilled to put her talk show behind her and embark on a new podcasting venture, she\u2019s barely able to answer the producers\u2019 repetitive questions. Instead, she\u2019s quickly reduced to tears regarding inquiries about her appearance, alcohol abuse and financial woes. The interview ends with the former broadcaster weeping into the arms of her manager, Will Shelby.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    Much of the series, shot between August 2022 and April 2023, continues this way, with people speaking for and at Williams. Figures like Shelby, DJ Boof, publicist Shawn Zanotti and friend Regina Shell appear intent on filling in the gaps what happened with Williams following the end of her talk show, which has already been hashed out in the press for several years. Most disturbing is that some of these figures are clearly just trying to be seen with Williams in paparazzi shots or on camera.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    Lifetime did not provide screeners for \u201cWhere Is Wendy Williams?,\u201d which is executive produced by Williams \u2014 which perhaps she\u2019s not capable of \u2014 and her son, Kevin Hunter Jr. Apparently the cable network wanted critics and the audience to tune in live, but the decision not to share episodes beforehand is no wonder, since the series is a jumbled mess of archival footage, interviews from those \u201cclosest\u201d to Williams and incoherent and often combative rumblings from the former host herself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    The series\u2019 most intriguing aspects are the interviews with Williams\u2019 family, including her son, nephew Travis Finnie and niece Alex Finnie. Her son Hunter Jr. speaks about the love of his mother and the horror the family felt after Williams was taken from their care in Florida and placed under guardianship in New York. From what\u2019s showcased, it appears that the tension Williams has with her family stems from her alcohol abuse and what Hunter Jr. labels as self-sabotage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    Episode 2, \u201cI Really Want to Be Back on Television,\u201d is much more structured than the opener and initially presents a portrait more reminiscent of the woman who has been in the limelight for three decades. A return to Williams\u2019 hometown of Asbury Park, N.J., brings out a beautiful display of emotion from the media personality and gives her some face time with fans. Later, she even gives a buzzy take on Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck\u2019s relationship after thumbing through a gossip magazine. Unfortunately, by the end of the episode, Williams\u2019 erratic behavior resurfaces.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    It\u2019s also critical to address how Williams is physically depicted in the docuseries. During her 14-season run on \u201cThe Wendy Williams Show,\u201d the interviewer was known for her perfectly curled wigs, an array of brightly colored dresses, hoop earrings and bedazzled sneakers. Though scenes of Williams without her wig and signature makeup might appear to give audiences a \u201craw and unfiltered\u201d portrait of the commentator, now that her diagnosis has been made public, one can\u2019t help but wonder whether she truly wants these aspects of her private life on display. It\u2019s also alarming that when Williams is given the mic, she is often seen thrusting out her middle fingers or belittling those around her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    While William\u2019s cognitive deterioration is pronounced here, what\u2019s most devastating about \u201cWhere Is Wendy Williams?\u201d is the apparent loneliness that she feels. A forceful separation from her family, lack of funds and a platform appear to have only exasperated her issues. At the close of Part 1 of the two-night event, one thing has never been more certain: the cameras should have stopped rolling in Williams\u2019 life the moment she left her show\u2019s set for the last time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    <em>\u201cWhere Is Wendy Williams?\u201d airs Feb. 24 and 25 on Lifetime.<\/em><\/p>\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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