Wendy Williams Show Staffers Are Paying People To Attend Amid Her Absence
Producers of The Wendy Williams Show are reportedly offering $75 cash to each and every person who attends two tapings of the talk show, which returned with its 13th season premiere earlier this month.
For those interested in earning the sum by being in attendance for next week’s show — hosted baby Whitney Cummings — fans must be vaccinated and be available for three hours, the email, obtained by Page Six, reads.
“‘The Wendy Williams Show’ is the provocative, must-see talk show in daytime,” the message said. “$75 CASH incentive, given same day (3 hrs).”
According to the publication, getting audience members to attend free of charge appears to have been quite the challenge for producers, who previously turned to Instagram to get fans to attend last week’s run with Leah Remini as host.
Tickets haven’t been in demand since Williams announced she was not returning to her show, for the time being, citing urgent health matters as the reason behind her lengthy absence.
The Wendy show had already been delayed from its original premiere date back on September 20 before multiple delays due to Williams’ ailing health.
A new premiere date was set earlier this month, which has so far seen Michelle Visage and Remini take over the talk show host’s day-to-day duties.
Regarding Williams’ health, however, things aren’t looking too good, as per Page Six, who claim there’s a chance she may not be back for a while.
“It has been a very difficult time for Wendy. She’s a single woman with very few friends. She lost her marriage, her mom, and is living alone,” a source said. “There is a lot on her plate.”
“People are tight-lipped about it, but there are whispers that she won’t be there.”
The last that fans have heard of Williams was at the end of last month when the mother of one was taken to the hospital for a mental health evaluation.
There have also been talks her time slot would be replaced with Nick Cannon’s new daytime talk show.
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