Wendy Williams’ friends are concerned after troubled host drops NSFW comments in another ‘disturbing’ interview
WENDY Williams’ friends and fans are again concerned after the troubled host dropped Not Suitable For Work comments in yet another “disturbing” interview. Sources close to the former queen of daytime TV expressed their worry exclusively to The Sun about Wendy’s most recent disturbing interview, in which she repeatedly said she wants “to f***.” “If […]
WENDY Williams’ friends and fans are again concerned after the troubled host dropped Not Suitable For Work comments in yet another “disturbing” interview.
Sources close to the former queen of daytime TV expressed their worry exclusively to The Sun about Wendy’s most recent disturbing interview, in which she repeatedly said she wants “to f***.”
“If I don’t do anything else, including podcast, including restaurant, I would love to fall in love. I want to f***,” Wendy, 57, told Page Six.
“A lot of girls that 57 don’t care about f******g, excuse me, I’m gorgeous. Can I f***?,” Wendy said emphatically.
One source close to Wendy called the interview “heartbreaking.”
That insider revealed that despite her consistent talk about her other passion project- her potential podcast- there are still no deals in place and major podcast carriers have passed on working with her.
One insider told The Sun: “These interviews are just heartbreaking and she still doesn’t have a podcast deal. Most big companies have passed, they don’t want her drama and no one believes she will do the work each day.”
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The source added that there isn’t a lot of faith in her management right now either.
“She’s trouble and her team is unprofessional. They don’t have much experience in the podcast world and they aren’t keenly aware of the landscape.”
A second source close to Wendy told The Sun: “There is no date for when this podcast is supposed to happen.
“I can’t see her being able to put on a podcast. It’s weird she is even being put out for these interviews. They’re disturbing. It just becomes clearer she isn’t ready,” the insider added.
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THE PODCAST?
In an exclusive interview with The Sun earlier this month Wendy’s manager, Will Selby, said that the pair are planning to eventually film the podcast, called The Wendy Experience Podcast, at her swanky penthouse apartment.
“We haven’t taped an episode just yet. Every time we’ve wanted to do so, someone is trying to offer me something so that they can partner with us.”
He and Wendy, 57, have begun the creative process, however, and they are already eyeing their first guest.
“I started the process of considering shooting something with our first potential guest as Fat Joe. He’s ideal because he’s somebody that she trusts, he is a New York icon and he was the last person that she spoke to. I figured we should pick it up from there,” Will explained.
“I want to shoot everything in her home. I want to get the full Wendy experience- everything from filming in her glam room or shooting in her kitchen with her favorite chefs as they prepare food for her and her guests. I want Wendy to feel like she could be as open and honest as possible and I want everything to be at her home.”
Will said that while Wendy has been on television for well over a decade, all those years people haven’t been able to really get to know her.
“Besides the scandals that have come out, nobody knows what color she likes. Nobody knows what fashion designer she loves the most. Nobody knows her favorite type of food or her favorite type of music that she likes to dance to and what activities she’s into. So I wanted it to be a raw organic experience for the artists and for Wendy herself as well.”
The video component is crucial, Will added, for the show’s overall success.
“Wendy is so fabulous, it has to be visual in order to get the full grasp of everything. There has to be a visual element.”
While Will said they are in talks with different companies to find a home for the show, and potential production partners, it’s all just conversations at the point.
“They’re all on his schedule. Amazon, Audible, anyone you can think of, is on the schedule,” Will added.
“I’m more of an entrepreneur, you know, hence I have my own doing business. I have my own management company. I’m leaning towards us doing it ourselves, but I’m not against a production company or network or someone coming along, you know, and picking it up and, you know, financially, giving us what’s fair, and shooting it collectively with us,” he explained.
Will, who was Wendy’s jeweler before becoming her manager, also opened up about his relationship with the former host of the TV show The Wendy Williams Show, and how their relationship has evolved through the years.
“I’ve known Wendy for quite some time but in the last two years, we’ve gotten a little bit closer and we had to sift through a couple of different things to figure out how we could do more business together.
“I’ve executive produced shows and music videos and a couple of different things. I came to her with the idea of it while I had an inclination of her show going awry and in a different direction.
“I told her ‘You are the voice of radio, a podcast will be ideal for you, and then as we get to add the visual elements to it, it’s like the best of both worlds.’ I was putting the bug in her ear while she was still on the show,” Will added.
