Wendy has a black middle-class perspective with all the limitations, and she is not too deep; even when she comes off as self-important.  I like the young man who is her 1st lieutenant; he is a really interesting kid.  I was particularly struck with her performance after the Sean Bell verdict when she tearfully and lamely proclaimed her indignation(as she should have) re: what happened but then when challenged to "do" something around the verdict, she quickly dried up and essentially responded with an I'm too busy - it came-off as (or I experienced it as) cold, totally self-centered, out of touch and a little weird.  She and her husband have built something together that is economically very valuable err- viable, and that is no different or substantial than any other commercial, capitalist, endeavor, it's just what some people want to consume. A sophomoric radio show that some folks will probably get bored with and move on, I have.  I understand her ratings have leveled, particularly in key mkts which is why her show is being distributed in limited mkts; (Detroit LOVE the City but; that city's demo, WELL DUH) - Unless of course her 6 week run is successful.

Although I think I hear you re: any person with a platform and air-time - it's a mistake to expect more from someone like her, other than a re-hash of the gossip pages, recycled news garnered from other sources, shallow "advice" and Howard Stern-like banter(obviously the person whom she has copied and molded her show/career after -  you hear Stern all up and through her show-style), revolting snot noises and an occasional chuckle - it's not in her purview to be developed or "evolved".  I just don't listen too much anymore.

I think that a general boycott of Fox would be good for the world. Its a shame that great shows like family guy/simpsons are on fox because they are genuinely funny and fox let them get their audience (i only wish they had done that with arrested developement), but fox's treatment of Obama and any liberal leaning politician is just inappropriate, you don't see anything like that towards conservatives on cnn (seen as a liberal bastion by fox), the only place you may see that is the daily show and the colbert report, fake news shows! so anyone else ready to join me in my fox boycott?

I admire how she created a buzz for herself and slugged her way to prominence in a crowded market. Howver, her unprofessional antics (not only as an interviewer but also in the sordid affair of her bullying husband's alleged sexual harassment of her subordinate--a matter that's the subject of a recent lawsuit) detract from the "experience." I read her autiobiography penned along with writer Karen Hunter. I know she studied the competition, listened to radio in NYC and Boston, and learned the ins and outs. I admire her moxie and her drive.

But-- she makes excuses for her husband, this albatross around her neck who is a repeat adulterer who knows he's married to a doormat. I know a good man is hard to find, but come on! She wants to stay with her son's father, but he treats Wendy poorly, and even her co-workers have witnessed  the domestic turmoil. According to the court filing, he has physically accosted her at work and caused a scene in full view of others. Wendy is an admitted ex-cocaine abuser (and perhaps the last person who should confront Whitney Houston on her problem) and seems to have self-esteem issues. She has battled her weight, bought ridiculous looking implants and given herself a harsh and artificial look. At times, she looks tranny.

Her show has lost its edge. She lazily repeats what's on the Post's Page 6. Hello, you're an afternoon show! We've already seen it! I wish her well, but the W.W. Experience ain't what it used to be.

Actually, she's only doing what her white counterparts are doing. I don't agree w/ her choice of business either; however, we can't blame only her. This country has become obsessed w/ the celebrity lifestyle. There are hundreds of magazines, websites, & television shows dedicted to this. So, don't hate the player, hate the game.

As the saying goes....you reap what you sow.......This show will be on for 1 season and it will be gone just like her last one on VH1 or was it MTV....her radio days are numbered also.....

I CAN NOT UNDERSTAND FOR THE LIFE OF ME HOW AND WHY DID ANYBODY  GIVE WENDY WILLIAMS A SHOW I CANT STAND HER SHE HAS NOTHING GOOD TO SAY OR HELP EDUCATE BLACK PEOPLE ALL I HEAR IS GAY THIS GAY THAT .AND GOD FORBID IF SOMEONE CALL'S HER FOR ADVICE SHE STILL HAS NOTHING GOOD TO TELL THEM AT THE END OF THE CONVERSTION YOU HEAR A DONKY SOUND WHY WOULD YOU KICK SOME ONE WHILE THEY ARE DOWN BUT I ALSO BLAME THE CALLER BECAUSE THERES NO WAY IN GODS GREEN EARTH WOULD I EVER CALL HER FOR ADVICE JUST BECAUSE OF THE WAY SHE TALKS TO OTHER  AND ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE. AND LIKE I TURNED KADAY IN LA  OFFFROM 11AM-3-PM FOX BETTER LOOK OUT THEY WILL BE NEXT SHE DISHE'S OUT TO MUCH NEGITIVE AND NOT ENOUGH POSSITVE.  AND YOU KNOW  ALL THE SH#T SHE TALKS I KNOW SHES PACKIN I WOULD I JUST DONT SEE HOW  YOU CAN BE SUCSESSFUL OFF OF OTHER PEOPLES PAIN AND DUMB MISTAKES .SHE NEEDS TO SHUT HER MOUTH AND TAKE NOTES FROM STEVE HARVEY  TELLING IT LIKE IT IS AND EXSPLAINE NEXT TO WHY .IM SICK OF HOW YOU DOIN "

I will tell you why they would give Wendy Williams her own show!

I don't believe for one second it's anybody's coincidence that that tranny look-a-like bad weave bad makeup implant wearing Alize drankin' married to a nickel-bag thug hustler wanna be gangsta sex offender Wendy Williams gossip shock jock gets her own show on FOX television at the same time that America is on the verge of FINALLY making history with an African American First lady in the White House. The idea of a Black family like Michelle Obama and her girls in the White House is too threatening for words for the status quo.

I don't know about anyone else, but I've been watching em' and I can tell you, emphatically that there's a powerful movement happening right now to dwarf and interrupt by any means necessary the brilliance of Michelle Obama and her daughters, Malia and Sasha Obama. America can't let go of her Aunt Jemima, Jezebel or Mammy; they are determined to maintain those images of Black women, because, after all, who's gonna' wash the dishes, cook their meals, mop their floors, and nurse thier baby's while their own Black children play in unsafe streets.  Who will they point the finger at when they want to discuss the failure of Black youth in America, if they can't also talk about the Black Welfare Queen, the emasculating Black Matriarch, or the video vixen.

First they characterized Michelle as an "insecure whiner who's grades weren't good enough to get into Princeton without the big A (Affirmative Action)," than they called her an "ingrate bitter angry Black woman." When that didn't work, they characterized her as "Obama's baby-momma."

Recently, they've attacked the daughters, calling these wonderful precocuous Black girls who rock the same braids I did when I was little and my daughter still rocks from time to time as, "sassy and too grown." Was Chelsea every called "too grown." Hell No!

This is exactly what I feared, and I guess I shouldn't be too surprised, racism is so damn predictable. One thing is for sure, they have no intention of letting Aunt Jemima, Jezebel, or Mammy rest in peace. For Black women and their children it means there will be no peace for us too.

Is Wendy any different from all of the other garbage that's on TV/Radio now?  No dis on Wendy, but really...look at the garbage that's on, Flava of Love, Tila Tequila, I Love NY, The Bachelor(ette)...I can go on and on, but for US (people of color), until we start boycotting these networks and letting our voice be heard, this garbage will continue to pollute prime time.  

I am not impressed with Wendy...for some of us who remember when she was on Hot 97 back in the mid '90s and was subsequently FIRED for alluding that the major hip hip influence of the time (DIddy) was gay, people realized that THAT was her schtick-who's gay, who's cheating-and provided no SUBSTANCE to the young ears listening to her show.  This was her show when she was in New Jersey and Philly, PA.  It's a shame that this mess is now going to be prime time...and of course this will reinforce stereotypes that we've worked so hard to overcome.  Like, yeah we potentially may have a black president, but look at this fool who looks like a steroid-taking RuPaul...that's more interesting than trying to figure out how to fix our economy, improve our education system and get some quality ball players for the Knicks (oh, did I say that?)...

I hate to turn on a sistah but she is no Oprah....BOYCOTT.  I haven't watched Fox since they took off Living Single...

Is Wendy any different from all of the other garbage that's on TV/Radio now?  No dis on Wendy, but really...look at the garbage that's on, Flava of Love, Tila Tequila, I Love NY, The Bachelor(ette)...I can go on and on, but for US (people of color), until we start boycotting these networks and letting our voice be heard, this garbage will continue to pollute prime time.  

I am not impressed with Wendy...for some of us who remember when she was on Hot 97 back in the mid '90s and was subsequently FIRED for alluding that the major hip hip influence of the time (DIddy) was gay, people realized that THAT was her schtick-who's gay, who's cheating-and provided no SUBSTANCE to the young ears listening to her show.  This was her show when she was in New Jersey and Philly, PA.  It's a shame that this mess is now going to be prime time...and of course this will reinforce stereotypes that we've worked so hard to overcome.  Like, yeah we potentially may have a black president, but look at this fool who looks like a steroid-taking RuPaul...that's more interesting than trying to figure out how to fix our economy, improve our education system and get some quality ball players for the Knicks (oh, did I say that?)...

I hate to turn on a sistah but she is no Oprah....BOYCOTT.  I haven't watched Fox since they took off Living Single...

When it comes to WW.  I cannot believe that she was so easily accepted in NY. People were calling me up across the country to tell me how she dissed Lauryn Hill.  Apparently Lauryn would not appear on the show, so she pretended to be Lauryn HIll and her mother in a mock conversation.  How silly can you get. I asked my friends, "did you find that entertaining?"

I personally am not entertained by the outing, dissing, finger-snapping culture that evolved from rickie lake"s "wannabe women."  However, everyone I know in the entertainment industry is well aware that Wendy is not a woman. And I am having an issue with the comments that categorize it as one of us.  Mr. Wendy Williams is a sex-change product. Now that is not what makes it a shallow gossip. It is just to clear up the point that this is not a sista!!!  In fact, this is a punk.    He is certainly not the first person with a sex-change to have kids... Eddie's ex. Don't think the DL-thug-husband does not know.

There's more, but this site is too classy for WW to have so much air time. I'll stop right here, so as not to give Mr. Williams anymore time.

Sojourner,

I agree with your comments. There is a "hate sistas" campaign going on right now. And I don't want to engage in argument with our brothas, but this one started or was re-started in the home.  When NWA came out, in the midst of all of the political rap at the time, we the sistas could not believe the guys were buying it, singing it, and using it as their anthems against black women.  

black women were encouraged to give up on the brothas too. BUT we didn't.  Eventhough we are generally on the receiving end of "black on black" crime. My chocolate brown man tells me that he thinks that the gay black male community was used to denigrate black women. First, by creating fictional and negative versions of us (Madea, Norbit, Big Momma), then by aiming the dozens, capping, put-down, dissing culture towards us and presenting it to white america.

Notice who made those fictional characters above. they do have a few things in common.  Mr. Wendy Williams is just another version of the Down Low attack on the sistas.  Now let me be clear, there are other high-focus (famous) people, who have had sex-changes who are doing great things in our community. Well, actually, I only know of one. He is a preacher in Atlanta, that many believe is a woman. I will not out this person and put them in the same category as Mr. WW.

Pathetic wendy may be making a little cash but she is sooooooooooo sad 75% of successful black people she spend hours on hours trashing them. Wendy is diffenetly in the top 10 when it comes to being the black man or woman's enemy. She is so miserable and unhappy with herself that's she keeps sucking and tucking every part of her body. and her even sadder worshippers who hang on to her every word really need to get a life. For instance I heard wendy go on for weeks how stupid Beyonce was because Jay-z had a baby with Free and her silly fan constanstly called in from the amen corner calling this woman names like stupid, silly, dumb, hard up even though they've never met or spoken to her in their lives , they didn't even care that the story was false.. Get a life . And i have only listened to her show maybe 10 times it's brain numbing.

Pathetic wendy may be making a little cash but she is sooooooooooo sad 75% of successful black people she spend hours on hours trashing them. Wendy is diffenetly in the top 10 when it comes to being the black man or woman's enemy. She is so miserable and unhappy with herself that's she keeps sucking and tucking every part of her body. and her even sadder worshippers who hang on to her every word really need to get a life. For instance I heard wendy go on for weeks how stupid Beyonce was because Jay-z had a baby with Free and her silly fan constanstly called in from the amen corner calling this woman names like stupid, silly, dumb, hard up even though they've never met or spoken to her in their lives , they didn't even care that the story was false.. Get a life . And i have only listened to her show maybe 10 times it's brain numbing.

Keith I couldn't have said it better myself, it is sad that a 40+ year old women has nothing else better to do than make her living spreading rumors and trashing people for a $.  She has sold her soul to the devil.

The Media loves when we (African-Americans) criticize, condemn, attack, and make a mockery of each other.  She's feeding right into the media frenzy.  They're loving it, and she's not smart enough to see what is really happening.

I feel sorry for Wendy, she is obviously lacking self-esteem (she can't possibly love herself), her way to overshadow all her issues (she obviously has a closet full of them)  is to make everyone else look and feel bad.  The last time I listen to her on the radio (I turn the station as soon as I hear her voice), is when she was bashing Whitney Houston (that was over 10 years ago).  From one sister to another, that was totally out of place, she truly showed how ignorant she really is.

There are so many causes that she could be using her platform for.  She should be using this opportunity and her voice to address issues that are detriment to the young people.  There are too many young black boys in jails, teens shooting each other over the craziest things, young girls dropping babies like it's "hot", teens committing suicide, etc., (I could go on).

As for her having a show on FOX, well as they say "Birds of A Feather".  You can't expect much more from FOX, so I'm not surprised.  She is right where she belongs.  Now we just need to "CHANGE" the channel (and our Mindset) (that's the best Boycott).  We need to control what we watch, read (for those of us who read) and what we listen too.  We act like we have no power.  It's TIME People, for us to WAKE UP!!!!

Why is it taking Black folks so long to come together and learn to treat each other with dignity and respect (Jesse)?  What is wrong with us.  We need to spend our energy on positive causes to better our communities.  WAKE UP!!! People, WAKE UP!!!!!!!

We can't blame our demise on any one but ourselves.  We spend to much time getting weaves, paying $40 to the Asians (nothing against Asians) to get fake nails.  Eat in Italian, Chinese, Indian, even the Mexican and West Indian Restaurants.  Pump gas from gas stations owned by Arabs, buy coffee, bottled water and more from 7/11's owned by Indians.  Take our clothes to the dry cleaners owned by Chinese.  Oh, lets not forget we make our living working in businesses owned and operated by Caucasians.

I'm am tired of hearing people complain about things that are effecting us, and sit back and do nothing to make a positive contribution in their communities.

Stop criticizing each other, and help each other out.  If you don't do anything to make your community a better place to live,  if you don't have anything positive to say, than SHUT-UP.

(Jesse, and all those "frontin' " like him).

The Willie Lynch syndrom still exists in our race and we really need to BURY It!!!!

"We are tied together in the single garment of destiny, caught in an inescapable network, of mutuality.  And whatever affects one directly, effects all indirectly...This is the way GOD'S universe is made; this is the way it is structured." (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.).

So WAKE-UP People!!!!!!! Free Your Minds and Get To WORK!!!!!  PEACE!

You should add talentless.  

As a white reader of this site (yes, we're out there!), I have to agree about my revulsion towards Wendy Williams. And her race has nothing to with it. She has made a career out of skewering people who are already in dire situations, of "reporting" completely baseless "information" about some of America's most-loved public personalities, and basically by being an instigator of all things tabloid, low-brow, and sometimes, just plain cruel.

When I was 20, I found Howard Stern to be pretty funny. That was when I was 20. I'm now 32, and I turn the station as soon as I hear his voice. You can only skate on the sophomoric humor of 16-year old frat boys before you, yourself, start to seem like a parody of yourself. I'm afraid that's exactly what Ms. Williams has done; she's relied on the same old shtick for so long she seems like a parody of herself. I find myself almost feeling sorry for her, like "Why do you feel the need to go there? Ratings aside, do you not realize that you're helping plant the seeds of pettiness, and speeding up the dumbing-down of our national discourse with each other in general?".  With so much of importance happening in this year, in our very times, do most of really care which hip-hop artists might be on the DL? Don't all of us, black and white, yellow and brown, whatever you are, have more important things to talk about? I understand the need for "escape" and "catharsis" by not being serious all of the time and maybe indulging in some humor or talk we might find a little low-brow. But Ms Williams has lowered the bar for "low-brow". I can only imagine the number of times that she's probably been saved from an elbow to the face because a camera or mic was there for her to hide behind. Not that I condone violence, but I've seen her TV spots before, and you can't help but feel a little sorry for some of the obviously shocked, at-a-loss-for-words celebs she asks ridiculous questions to. She actually made me feel SORRY for a multi-millionaire celeb! I kinda understand now why some celebs avoid the press so vehemently. Would you want to entertain some of her bathroom humor or gay accusations? No, me neither. Don't expect the FOX network to ask her to "up her game", either. I'm sure they like her just the way she is.

Mr. Adkins summed it up perfectly in this article's title. Tragically unevolved. Can't think of a better description.

Wow, I live outside LA and hadn't heard her show until recently.  Maybe she has toned down her criticisms or something because I haven't heard anything near the things you all are writing.  Perhaps you stopped listening to her before she toned down.  I laugh at a good deal of what she says.  There are so few 40 year old blk women doing anything in media that I'm grateful to see someone make a success of it.  But having read all your comments, I'll keep an ear open for the types of things you describe.

She just really crossed the line (again) for me recently, when she decided to start in on Barak Obama's kids. Say what you think about his wife (she may very well be our first lady soon), but come on, leave the kids out of your voyeuristic compulsion. They're just starting out in adult life, what reason could she possibly have to criticize them?

Oh wait...she's got a FOX Network deal...may have just answered my own question.

Wendy Williams has accomplished something no other Black woman has in radio -- her own syndicated radio show.  With the exception of Kathy Hughes, most Black women playing in the big leagues of radio -- Sybil Wilkes, DeDe Maguire, Robin Quivers, etc. -- are doing the sidekick thing.  For that, I congratulate Wendy.

Having said that, though, I'm completely disgusted and unamused by the way she did it.  I agree that Wendy is "tragically unevolved."  What's really sad is that people actually like her show.  Furthermore, Wendy's  antics don't do anything to dispel any myths about the Black community, and I find her to be more of a hinderance than a help to Black women in media.

All the apples in the bunch can't be good... Wendy is just one of our bad apples. She probably grew up lacking in love & attention, & developed an over-the-top personality to be noticed. Psychology & childhood experiences can tell a lot about a person. Unfortunately, she'll now be displayed nationally; thank God, I forgot Fox even existed a long time ago.

Wendy is doing what she does best and either you like it or you don't. She has her audience and it's obviously not the detractros commenting about her show. Is it bad to laugh at people when their down? Yes. But do many of us laugh at the low brow humor? Yes. I hope the people who hate Wendy, spend the same type of energy writing to institutions/corporations about issues that affect their respective communities.

I really need to know how to kill this show "Friday: The Animated Series"

I was just flippin through the tube after work and I feel like I just watched Bamboozled

As active as I've been in my life THIS IS THE STRAW THAT BROKE MY BACK!

I need feedback on who, and how to get people together on this PLEASE HELP ANYONE!

This show is, is, is AAAAAAHHHH!!! I'm tired of being put down as a black man BY a blackman.

My kids will not grow up watching this crap!

A sad state of affairs....so sad....so sad....................

Fox's desperate attempts never cease to amaze me especially after i found out who owns the station and the relatives of those who work there...i am laughing at all of this because it is a severe attempt to continue to undermine intelligence itself...

you know the devil really never looked as himself as being ignorant......spiritual people think spiritual things...and a carnal mind sees things physically and as result of that the extreme that one goes through or to to keep stupidity alive has and always will result in their shortcoming, simply because intelligence, wisdom, knowledge stay firm to show forth the diametrical opposition (or great gulf) between a fools folly....and one exercised in good decision making....Wendi may  be okay with her antics and going on for right now...but i have seen it to many times before.....the day  of reckoning is a powerful force on its own and none escape it  

Fox's desperate attempts never cease to amaze me especially after i found out who owns the station and the relatives of those who work there...i am laughing at all of this because it is a severe attempt to continue to undermine intelligence itself...

you know the devil really never looked as himself as being ignorant......spiritual people think spiritual things...and a carnal mind sees things physically and as result of that the extreme that one goes through or to to keep stupidity alive has and always will result in their shortcoming, simply because intelligence, wisdom, knowledge stay firm to show forth the diametrical opposition (or great gulf) between a fools folly....and one exercised in good decision making....Wendi may  be okay with her antics and going on for right now...but i have seen it to many times before.....the day  of reckoning is a powerful force on its own and none escape it  

psychologically this is a histrionic personality disorder to the tenth power

Wendy Williams is a Joke, a bad joke ,told over and over and over, again. Fox news is only putting her on air because, like Flavor of Love(MTV), they hope the shock, of people too STUPID enough top go on her show, and sell there souls for a minute of publicity, will make money for them and yet again prove (to white folks) we will do anything for a quick BUCK.

Wendy has no clout on any level of Jornalisium.

I believe she has the right , to do the show, But I will not support JUNK TV, Be it Black or white, male or female.

I hope the Tv show goes the way of her Radio show, QUickly out of market (like in our area). She is not funny, Informative, nor relavent to what we need today.

She's a female shock Jock, and like "jock itch" should be gotten rid of ......with the quick-ness!!

I'm afraid I've never heard of Wendy Williams, but I could not help myself to comment  regardless.  It is so disheartening to see what passes for entertainment in our culture, sometimes as much as what passes for news.  Fox should be ashamed, once again, for pandering to the lowest of the low.  And although to some it may seem paranoid to suggest that somehow the motive is to undermine Obama, I too can't help but think that way on more occasions than I care to admit.  In fact, I wonder whether or nor Obama winning the nomination is some grand plot by the GOP to give

John McCain an adversary against which he can't possibly lose.  I hate to be that cynical, but I guess we've all been witness to a man h

I'm afraid I've never heard of Wendy Williams, but I could not help myself to comment  regardless.  It is so disheartening to see what passes for entertainment in our culture, sometimes as much as what passes for news.  Fox should be ashamed, once again, for pandering to the lowest of the low.  And although to some it may seem paranoid to suggest that somehow the motive is to undermine Obama, I too can't help but think that way on more occasions than I care to admit.  In fact, I wonder whether or nor Obama winning the nomination is some grand plot by the GOP to give

John McCain an adversary against which he can't possibly lose.  I hate to be that cynical, but I guess we've all been witness to a man holding the office who did not win the popu

I'm afraid I've never heard of Wendy Williams, but I could not help myself to comment  regardless.  It is so disheartening to see what passes for entertainment in our culture, sometimes as much as what passes for news.  Fox should be ashamed, once again, for pandering to the lowest of the low.  And although to some it may seem paranoid to suggest that somehow the motive is to undermine Obama, I too can't help but think that way on more occasions than I care to admit.  In fact, I wonder whether or nor Obama winning the nomination is some grand plot by the GOP to give

John McCain an adversary against which he can't possibly lose.  I hate to be that cynical, but I guess we've all been witness to a man holding the office who did not win the popular vote.  As much as I hope that Obama can win on his merits, I will not be convinced until I hear McCain giving his concession speech.

sorry my post was duplicated, but my computer is acting a bit wonky today...

Is she a transvesdite, she really looks like one, especially in an age where a man can give birth to a child, she has no argument that she has one, so what, so does the man that just gave birth to one!!!!! She's a loud-mouth nobody, who wants to listen to anything she has to say?!!!!!!!!!, let alone have to look at that face at the same time!!!!!

Let's not forget that Ms. Williams and her disgusting husband are under investigation for a murder for hire plot/conspiracy...why is she on the air at all...radio or tv. And SHE is giving people advice...what idiot would want advice from her on ANYTHING?

Wendy Williams is no better than the skanks she gossips about.