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Wendy Williams Faints During A Live Taping Of Her Show

Wendy Williams Faints During A Live Taping Of Her Show
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By Danielle Kwateng-Clark · Updated October 26, 2020

Wendy Williams left fans worried on Tuesday after she passed out while taping her daily talk show, The Wendy Williams Show.

Williams was opening up a segment dressed as the Statue of Liberty for Halloween when she suddenly fainted before she could get out a full sentence. Producers rushed to her aide and the show went to commercial.

TMZ reports that the fire department was called to the studio.

https://youtu.be/DTmOtgTZ6lw

“That was not a stunt,” Williams stated when the show came back on air. “I overheated in my costume and I did pass out. But do you know what? I’m a champ and I’m back!”

The show continued and Williams even joked about fainting at the end of the show saying, “Is that the end of the show? Was I passed out that long?!”

Feel better, Wendy!