WENDY BIOPIC LETS IT ALL OUT
Coke woes, fat-shaming & date rape
Wendy Williams reportedly isn’t shying away from including explosive elements of her life in an upcoming biopic.
The Lifetime film due out next year is set to address heavy subjects in the longtime talk show host’s life, including cocaine and fat-shaming, TMZ reported, citing sources with the network.
The movie will also address a date rape story involving a prominent artist, TMZ reported, without naming any names.
Williams, 55, is a producer on the film.
Other topics that will be covered include relationships, Williams’ recent separation from longtime husband Kevin Hunter and the sexism and racism she grappled with in her career, according to the gossip site.
Lifetime announced last week that a biopic set to premiere in 2020 and documentary are both in the works. The biopic will reportedly cover Williams’ life from late childhood to the present.
A rep for Williams did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A Lifetime rep told the Daily News in an email, “A script hasn’t even been written yet so can’t confirm what will be covered.”
Williams has made headlines this year for a variety of reasons, including her split from Hunter and for her battle with Graves’ disease that caused her to take a lengthy break from her daytime talk series, “The Wendy Williams Show.”
Williams filed for divorce from Hunter in April after 21 years of marriage. The split came amid rumors that Hunter cheated on Williams, with a source telling People that his alleged mistress had a child.
Last week, Williams was moved to tears when she was asked during an interview on the Sirius-XM show “Urban View” about whether she would legally change her name following the divorce.
“No, my name is Wendy Hunter. That’s my son’s name,” the entertainer said Tuesday before choking back tears.
She also said during that interview that she is “happy” and “healthy” right now, and “at peace with the world and everyone around me.”
Williams missed more than two months of “The Wendy Williams Show’ earlier this year due to health issues, returning in early March for her first show of 2019. She later revealed that she was living in a sober house, saying she had struggled with cocaine in the past but had never gone somewhere to get treatment.