‘Where Is Wendy Williams?’ Docuseries Is Unsettling and Exploitative: TV Review

variety.com:

Aramide Tinubu Less than 72 hours before the premiere of Lifetime‘s two-part docuseries “Where Is Wendy Williams?,” the former talk show host’s team announced that she has been diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia (FTD), the same disease that Bruce Willis has.

Amid the news of Williams’ health crisis — which is immediately evident on the show— this docuseries feels invasive at best and predatory at worst. “Where Is Wendy Williams?” is designed as a follow-up to her 2021 documentary “Wendy Williams: What A Mess,” which dove into Williams’ public divorce, apparent mental health crisis and other public mishaps.

That same year, Williams also executive produced “Wendy Williams: The Movie,” a TV film starring Ciera Payton that chronicled the entertainment host’s personal life and career trajectory.

What’s now clear is that “Where Is Wendy Williams?” is not a series about the next chapter of Williams’ life but instead an exploitative display of her cognitive decline and emotional well-being.