{"id":6052,"date":"2025-05-03T19:04:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T19:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/2025\/05\/03\/wendy-williams-timeline-vocal-tv-queen-to-silenced-star\/"},"modified":"2025-05-03T19:04:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T19:04:08","slug":"wendy-williams-timeline-vocal-tv-queen-to-silenced-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/2025\/05\/03\/wendy-williams-timeline-vocal-tv-queen-to-silenced-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Wendy Williams Timeline, Vocal TV Queen To Silenced Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Wendy Williams<\/span><br \/>\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Vocal TV Queen To Silenced Star &#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf3 text-titlecase h2\">How It All Unraveled<\/span><br \/>\n                      <\/h2>\n<p>        <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2025-05-03T12:00:08-07:00\">May 3, 2025 12:00 PM PDT<\/time>\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-e2ace2d6922c144f598a8475651aee91\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-446e53fc-76b5-46b6-931a-7310177d962e-495821586-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-446e53fc-76b5-46b6-931a-7310177d962e-495821586-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 728 410'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/cb\/16by9\/2025\/04\/28\/cb2b08f8e25d44ee9f559c5f23d29b6b_md.jpg\" alt=\"wendy-williams-timeline\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"lazyload img-fluid\"\/>\n                  <\/div><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e2ace2d6922c144f598a8475651aee91--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-3421c8bde0cebdcc8ee73c2174df39ac\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/wendy-williams\/\"><strong>Wendy Williams<\/strong><\/a> was always must-watch TV &#8212; bold, unfiltered, iconic &#8212; but when she took an extended hiatus citing thyroid issues in 2018, that&#8217;s when cracks began to show.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-3421c8bde0cebdcc8ee73c2174df39ac--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-8d038e4f50f2c329e2885be1db27a89a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>By 2021, she was on indefinite leave and <strong>Sherri Shepherd<\/strong> slid into her time slot. A year later, &#8220;The Wendy Williams Show&#8221; was officially canceled.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-8d038e4f50f2c329e2885be1db27a89a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-18f1aeb1b9633caa732bcf847a3a365d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Then came the bombshell &#8212; Wendy was placed under financial guardianship &#8230; something she opened up about in our 2025 doc, <a href=\"https:\/\/tubitv.com\/movies\/100034547\/tmz-presents-saving-wendy\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>&#8220;TMZ Presents: Saving Wendy.&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-18f1aeb1b9633caa732bcf847a3a365d--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-70ff51dbd209154e6c9b06529f03eb3a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>In 2024, she was diagnosed with aphasia and frontotemporal dementia, and by 2025, she was moved to a memory care facility and hasn&#8217;t been able to leave since. Still, Wendy\u2019s not done &#8212; she\u2019s fighting to get her freedom back. Watch our timeline.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-70ff51dbd209154e6c9b06529f03eb3a--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/05\/03\/wendy-williams-timeline-guardianship-legal\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wendy Williams Vocal TV Queen To Silenced Star &#8230; How It All Unraveled Published May 3, 2025 12:00 PM PDT Play video content TMZ.com Wendy Williams was always must-watch TV &#8212; bold, unfiltered, iconic &#8212; but when she took an extended hiatus citing thyroid issues in 2018, that&#8217;s when cracks began to show. 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