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Wendy Williams Reportedly Hopes to Return to TV Now That Sherri Shepherd’s Show Is Canceled
Wendy Williams was hopeful when she heard that Sherri Shepherd’s eponymous talk show has been canceled, Rob Shuter reported on his Naughty But Nice Substack on Sunday, February 8.
“Wendy misses being on TV more than anything,” one longtime confidant told Shuter. “She still thinks of that hour as hers.”
Shepherd got the job after serving as a guest host of The Wendy Williams Show while the host, 61, first went on medical leave in 2021. “In Wendy’s mind, that seat was borrowed — not inherited,” an insider told Shuter. “She felt replaced, not relieved.”
Williams was so bitter, a source told Shuter, that she avoided the New York City studio where the View alum, 58, taped her show for four seasons. “Wendy wouldn’t even drive down that block,” the source said. “It was too painful. Too symbolic.”
Now, another friend added, “she thinks, ‘If Sherri couldn’t keep it, maybe they’ll come back to me,’” a friend says. “But that’s wishful thinking.”
Williams has been under a guardianship since 2022 due to health issues that were initially believed to be frontotemporal dementia, though TMZ reported in November that a neurologist refuted those claims.
Regardless, Shuter reported that those around the former radio DJ believe it’s unlikely she’ll ever reboot the show she hosted from 2011 to 2022.
“There is zero plan to bring Wendy back to daytime TV,” a network source told Shuter. “That chapter is closed. Permanently.”
