Former radio shock jock and talk show host Wendy Williams has gone through a series of personal battles of late and is obviously not going down without a fight. She even claims to have only $2 to her name due to a frozen bank account and relies on financial aid from friends all because Wells Fargo believes the Jersey native may require guardianship over her accounts. The controversial 57-year-old divorcee has faced ongoing health challenges and seen the cancelation of her talk show after a round of guest hosts took her place until her return.
The return never happened. In fact, one of those guest hosts, Sherri Shepherd, now finds herself in the enviable position of taking Williams’s time slot with her own new eponymous daytime series Sherri.
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Williams has not only said she has no plans to watch Sherri, but she also wants to meet with her following the television personality’s calls for thoughts and prayers for Williams. Lashawn Thomas, Williams’s lawyer, told ET:
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It all started when Williams was asked by Fat Joe on Instagram Live if she will be watching Shepherd’s show come this fall. Williams responded:
The next day, Shepherd responded to Williams’s comments about her taking over her daytime slot during an Instagram Live of her own:
During Williams’s conversations with Fat Joe, the rapper asked if she decided to take a break, did she just up and left her show willingly or was it a takeover? Williams replied that somebody stopped giving her money and American Express to her.
