How You Doin', Wendy Williams? Talk Show Queen Seen Smiling During Rare Outing
Talk show queen Wendy Williams was all-smiles as she stepped out for a bite to eat while visiting Fort Lauderdale.
Just in time for the holidays, a new video circulating of chat queen Wendy Williams has brought joy and hope to her concerned fans.
The inspiring clip is the first we’ve seen of the 60-year-old former talk show host since news broke in late November of Williams being “permanently incapacitated” by her guardian as she continues to battle early-onset dementia.
Wendy Williams Smiles Brightly As She Partakes In One Of Her Favorite Activities
In the video, Williams is seen sitting in the back of an SUV smiling in excitement as she picks up an order from Sista Sara's Sho’nuff Oysters, a Fort Lauderdale, FL. eatery.
One of the restaurant workers can be heard greeting the media personality with her iconic catchphrase, “How you doin’?,” to which Williams kindly responds, “Hey, people!”
Williams later thanks the employees for their service.
The snap was shared on Instagram early Monday by internet personality and blogger Antoine Edwards.
According to Edwards, Williams was accompanied to the restaurant by her nephew, Travis Finnie, who appeared in the controversial Lifetime documentary, “Where Is Wendy Williams?” earlier this year.
Coincidentally, most of Williams’ family are known to live in Florida, including her son Kevin Hunter Jr., and her sister Wanda Finnie, who also made short appearances in the four-part Lifetime docuseries.
Williams’ Guardian Continues To Battle Network Over Documentary
The new video of Williams comes weeks after her appointed guardian noted in a legal filing that Williams “has become cognitively impaired and permanently incapacitated” as she continues to battle aphasia and dementia.
Williams’ guardian, Sabrina Morrissey, shared the updated claim of Williams’ condition in late November as part of her continued battle against Lifetime’s “Where Is Wendy Williams?” documentary.
As noted by The Root, Morrissey initially accused producers of filming without her consent and felt that they took advantage of Williams’ deteriorating mental state to invade her privacy.
Lifetime’s parent company, A+E Network, would countersue and claim that Williams was of sound mind when she signed off on Lifetime having all access to her wins and woes.
To date, the legal battle persists.
Williams Continues To ‘Say It Like She Means It’ When It Comes To Diddy
Despite Morrisey’s take on Williams’ current mindset, the gossip queen appears to have lots to say concerning the trials and legal tribulations currently facing Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs.
Williams, who has been extremely critical of the 54-year-old Bad Boy entrepreneur in the past, claimed to be doing “good” to Daily Mail this October when she shared her take on the sex trafficking investigation that currently has Diddy housed in Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center.
“I’ve been told by so many people, ‘Wendy – you called it,’” she said via a phone interview. “[This is] including some from my family who have said the same [thing].”
Speaking directly to the video of Combs allegedly assaulting singer Cassandra “Cassie” Ventura that leaked to the press, Williams called the captured moment “horrific.”
“How many more times,” she questioned. “How many people? How many more women? It’s just so horrible.”
She Has Been Out And About More Than Once This Year
Wendy Williams spotted shopping at a holistic store in New Jersey. pic.twitter.com/rV4FNufx2y
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Before her pop-up at the Fort Lauderdale food joint, Williams stunned fans when she was seen in her home state of New Jersey visiting a holistic health store in August.
It was said to have been her first public appearance since her aphasia and dementia diagnosis was made public in February (according to court documents, Williams had been initially diagnosed in March 2023).
Just as with her appearance in Florida, Williams looked alert and was smiling as she posed with a store employee while she cradled a bundle of colorful roses in her arm.
Williams’ son, Kevin, was also pictured at the holistic shop with the employee.
According to workers, Williams was on the hunt for products to help with her brain fog, mental clarity, and circulation.
Old Episodes Of ‘The Wendy Williams Show’ Return To YouTube
Over the last two months, full episodes of “The Wendy Williams Show” have quietly been uploaded to its official YouTube account.
Most will recall that following the show’s cancellation in 2022, the account was wiped, along with the official website for the talk show and its production company, Wendy Williams Productions. No word was given regarding the removal of content.
According to an updated banner on the account, the uploads appear to be related to the show now streaming on two new media apps – HerSphere and Ebony TV, both owned by Lionsgate.
