A source close to production tells EW that Wendy Williams likely won't return with a talk show until late 2023, despite the host saying she is healthy and will return to her talk show on TV within a matter of months.
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Wendy Williams says she's healthy and needs 3 months to return to TV 'bigger and brighter than ever'
Williams discussed the supposed end of her talk show and her clash with Wells Fargo in an interview on
Good Morning America.
By
Joey NolfiMarch 17, 2022 at 11:43 AM EDT
Wendy Williams promised fans that she is nearly ready for her big TV return after months of speculation regarding her physical and mental wellbeing.
The 57-year-old told
Good Morning America Thursday that she's "comfortable" and "ready" to begin working again, weeks after it was announced that former
View cohost
Sherri Shepherd would inherit the media queen's time slot with her own talk series following
The Wendy Williams Show's planned conclusion later in 2022. Shepherd previously filled in for Williams during her absence across the current season.
"[My] health is very well and I've actually had a few appointments. I'm 57 now, and I have the mind and body of a 25-year-old," Williams told
GMA's T.J. Holmes after months of dealing with personal issues related to Graves' disease and her thyroid, later adding: "I'm very comfortable. My partners with the show, everybody's ready. Give me about three months. There are private things that I have to deal with and then I'll be ready to come back and be free and ready to do my thing."
She also broke from her discussion with Holmes to address her fans directly during the discussion.
"This is what I would love to say to my
Wendy watchers: Keep watching, because I'm going to be back on the
Wendy show bigger and brighter than ever."
Wendy Williams
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Holmes also pressed Williams on her current legal battle with Wells Fargo, the bank that reportedly froze her accounts in a move she said blocked her from being able to make mortgage payments and keep up with her employee payroll. According to court filings obtained by
PEOPLE, EW's sister publication, Williams alleged that the bank operated under the impression that she "was of unsound mind."
PEOPLE reported that the bank's court filings indicated it froze millions of dollars in Williams' funds because it had "strong reason to believe that [Williams] is the victim of undue influence and financial exploitation."
"They say anything, including something crazy like that, about me," Williams told
GMA of the claim. "They're saying that I need somebody to handle my accounts and I don't want that. I want all my money. I want to see all my money that I've worked hard for my entire life. I don't lie, I don't cheat, and I don't steal. I'm an honest, hard-working person."
Representatives for Wells Fargo and
The Wendy Williams Show did not immediately respond to EW's request for comment on Williams'
GMA interview.
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Wendy Williams speaks out one month after her show would come to an end.
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