Wendy Williams news
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The gist
A former Wendy Williams Show producer says he learned the show was ending from media reports.
The remarks revive questions about her health and guardianship fight.
Background
Wendy Williams' daytime talk show ended and was replaced in its time slot by Sherri Shepherd's show. Norman Baker, a former producer on Williams' show, has now spoken publicly about how he found out about the transition and about Williams' health. Separately, Williams and her attorney Joe Tacopina are fighting for her release from a court-appointed guardianship after a favorable recent health evaluation.
How it unfolded
- Dec 9, 2025ABC News video reports a new medical evaluation raises questions about Wendy Williams' dementia diagnosis; Williams and her attorney Joe Tacopina fight for her release from a court-appointed guardianship after a favorable recent health evaluation.
- Sep 11, 2026The Root publishes an interview in which former The Wendy Williams Show producer Norman Baker breaks his silence about how he learned the show had been cancelled.
- recentlyParade reports Baker says Wendy Williams left a void in daytime television.
Who’s saying what
- Former producer
- Norman Baker says he learned about the show's transition from the media like viewers did, calling it a "strange" occurrence, and says Shepherd's show moving into Williams' time slot was not a move by the powers that be against Williams.
- Former producer
- Baker says Williams "was not able to do it anymore for health reasons, and that's truly the truth, as far as I know it," and that no other host has filled the void she left in daytime TV.
Still unverified
A new medical evaluation raises questions about Wendy Williams' dementia diagnosis, per ABC News. Baker's statement that Williams "was not able to do it anymore for health reasons" is his own account, described as true "as far as I know it."