Wendy Williams focused on LA move to restart TV career, does not want to do podcast, pals claim
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Wendy Williams does not want to start a podcast and is focused on restarting her TV career in Los Angeles. The news was confirmed by two of Williams' close friends, who spent time with her recently, on Tuesday, March 28.
Rob Shuter and entertainment writer Delaina Dixon gave all the details about the meeting, which took place on March 17, on his ‘Naughty But Nice' podcast.
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'She said it's over'
Shuter told Dixon on the podcast, "We bumped into Wendy a little over a week ago and we asked her about the podcast, you were there. She said it's over, and she's going to LA in three weeks." Shuter added, "She told us she's going to start a new TV show and that she didn't want to do podcasting." It may be recalled that earlier, Williams' publicist had denied that the podcast had been canned in a statement.
Shuter said, "Just because a publicist says something doesn't necessarily make it true. I'm not implying here that the publicist is lying, but the publicist should have a conversation, because Wendy is out and about in New York, and she's talking to people, as she should, she's a grown person, but make sure you're on the same page," adding, "Because if the client is telling everybody she's not doing the podcast, and the publicist is telling everybody that she is- it doesn't make any sense."
Is Wendy Williams doing the podcast?
Shuter, who has worked as a publicist for A-listers including Jessica Simpson and Jennifer Lopez, said, "As a former publicist, I looked at this and the quote was, there has been no 'official cancelation' of the podcast. And yes that is true. We do a podcast for a living, Miss D and we are pretty good at it."
He continued describing what happened when they met Williams. "And so we asked Wendy about this when we were having drinks with her, Miss D, I even said to Wendy 'Would you like me to introduce you to our podcast people, the people that we work with?' And Wendy said, and you were there Miss D, she said, 'No, Rob, no I'm not doing a podcast,'" Shuter said.
Sources close to Williams confirmed what she said to the The US Sun. They said, "She isn't doing the podcast. It's sad. I feel bad for her, but she really destroyed her whole career- she could still be on TV right now."