The saga surrounding Wendy Williams has taken another turn. Sources close to the fired TV host say she is furious about Sherri Shepherd taking over her show, and that she’ll never endorse the comic as a successor.Williams has missed the entirety of the latest season of her talk show due to undisclosed health problems.
Producers for the show finally opted to fire her and selected former The View co-host Shepherd as her full-time replacement.
The Wendy Williams Show will be retooled into Sherri next season.Initial reports had Williams giving Shepherd her blessing to take over the job.
Now, sources close to Williams say the opposite is true.Related: Wendy Williams could be in even worse trouble than we realized“Wendy is not the ‘pass the baton’ try of person.