Wendy Williams’ publicist, Shawn Zanotti, confirmed that the former talk show host is ‘not hospitalized’ after reports surfaced of her checking into a medical facility in New York.
Following speculation that the 58-year-old star was receiving professional help, her rep confirmed to Page Six that she ‘not in the hospital’ or currently ‘in New York.’
The statement contradicts The U.S. Sun’s claim that the mother-of-one was admitted to the hospital, last weekend, then ‘released briefly’ before going ‘right back in’ a day later.
While she may not be hospitalized or in New York, it is unclear where the media personality is after canceling speaking engagement at the Atlanta Women’s Expo at the last minute.
On Friday, news broke that Williams had cancelled an upcoming $25,000 speaking engagement.
Health update: Wendy Williams’ publicist, Shawn Zanotti, confirmed that the former talk show host is ‘not hospitalized’ after reports surfaced of her checking into a medical facility in New York; seen in 2019
The best-selling author, who suffers from a raft of medical issues including Graves’ disease and lymphedema, reportedly pulled out due to health concerns, according to The U.S. Sun.
‘There is a video from Wendy that will be played Saturday, apologizing for the late cancellation,’ a rep for the 58-year-old star told the outlet.
‘There is a video from Wendy that will be played Saturday, apologizing for the late cancellation,’ a rep for Williams told the outlet.
An insider also revealed that there had ‘been questions about if Wendy was well enough’ to make the appearance after some initially ‘pushing by some to get her to Atlanta and to put her on that stage.’
‘Wendy’s ability to perform has been rocky at best. She can put together a sentence one day but not the next,’ the source continued. ‘There have been serious questions recently about if she will ever get better.’
Following news of her absence, all promotion of Williams as a speaker have been erased from the Atlanta Women’s Expo website.
Over the past year, Williams has been open about her recent weight loss and suffering from battle with lymphedema, which is swelling due to build-up of lymph fluid in the body.
In June, during an interview with TMZ, the talk-show icon held up her foot to demonstrate how swollen and discolored it has become as a result of her the condition.
![Not hospitalized: Following speculation that the 58-year-old star was receiving professional help, her rep confirmed to Page Six that she 'not in the hospital' or currently 'in New York' (seen in 2018)](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/05/20/17/71216645-0-image-a-23_1684601900138.jpg)
Not hospitalized: Following speculation that the 58-year-old star was receiving professional help, her rep confirmed to Page Six that she ‘not in the hospital’ or currently ‘in New York’ (seen in 2018)
During the interview, which drew an outpouring of compassion from her fans because of her apparently disoriented behavior, she explained that she has feeling in only ‘maybe 5 percent of my feet’ because of her disorder.
‘Normally I would be in a wheelchair. I’m not in a wheelchair. I stand up,’ she said, explaining that when she stands ‘all I do is look down ’cause I don’t wanna fall down.’
Nearly five years ago, she passed out on the air during the live Halloween episode of her daytime-talk show, an incident she attributed to heat exhaustion as well as dehydration while wearing her Statue Of Liberty costume.
In March 2019, after a hiatus from the show, she she emotionally announced on-air that she had been staying in a ‘sober house.’
The following month, in April 2019, she filed for divorce from her longtime husband Kevin after he had a baby daughter with his mistress Sharina Hudson.
![Just rumors: The statement contradicts The U.S. Sun's claim that the mother-of-one was admitted to the hospital, last weekend, then 'released briefly' before going 'right back in' a day later; seen in 2020](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/05/20/17/71216685-0-image-a-24_1684601968511.jpg)
Just rumors: The statement contradicts The U.S. Sun’s claim that the mother-of-one was admitted to the hospital, last weekend, then ‘released briefly’ before going ‘right back in’ a day later; seen in 2020
After her marriage was over she claimed Kevin had wrongly confined her to rehab and that she had not really needed to dry out.
In an interview with DJ Suss One in 2021, she said she was ‘locked away in a rehabilitation for something I didn’t have to be rehabbed by.’
Wendy, who was addicted to cocaine when she was a radio shock jock, but quit the drug before her days on TV, claimed Kevin Sr. ‘acted like I was losing my mind, going crazy, reverting back to whatever or, you know, on the edge.’
She asserted that in reality the rehab had just been ‘a quiet place to put me’ while Sharina ‘got bigger and bigger and bigger’ as her pregnancy drew to a close.
Her last couple of years on her daytime talk show were a turbulent time personally for Wendy, who underwent not only her divorce but also her mother’s death.
She last appeared on the talk-show over a year ago before taking her summer hiatus – and then postponing her return again and again because of her health issues
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