Two Major Streamers Race to Release Competing Wendy Williams Documentaries As Ailing Ex-Host’s Health Takes a Nosedive

Rumors are swirling that streaming platforms Netflix and Peacock are currently producing new Wendy Williams documentaries.

via: US Sun

Multiple sources told The U.S. Sun that two separate documentary projects are in the works about the star, who is battling dementia after The U.S. Sun had exclusively revealed she was diagnosed with alcohol-related brain damage.

One source said that Peacock has signed with Wendy’s former executive producer, Suzanne Bass, to head up their project.

“Suzanne pitched a Wendy documentary to Peacock, and they bought it, but she promised to bring Wendy on board,” they claimed.

“The problem is, Wendy stopped talking to Suzanne, and even if she were back in the picture, she’s too unwell to participate.”

The insider said they were told Wendy is too sick to be on camera for anything at this point.

However, another source familiar with the Peacock project contested that Wendy was never expected to be brought on board.

“Peacock was never promised Wendy; it wasn’t like they were told she would be part of the documentary, and then that didn’t happen,” the second insider claimed.

Meanwhile, the first insider added that Netflix has their own project in the works.

They claimed both streamers are gunning to be the first to hit TV screens with their stories.

The U.S. Sun has reached out to Netflix and Peacock.

Peacock declined to comment.

The U.S. Sun also reached out to Suzanne Bass and reps for Wendy for comment.

Wendy is under a guardianship controlled by her court-appointed guardian, Sabrina Morrissey.

In 2022, Morrissey stepped in after bank Wells Fargo pushed for a guardianship, raising red flags about potential financial abuse.

Around that time, Wendy accused her adult son, Kevin Jr., of crossing the line and mishandling her funds, an allegation he denied back in 2023.

Although she was eventually diagnosed with progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia, she maintained that she was still capable of making her own decisions and underwent testing to show she wasn’t permanently incapacitated, though the results were never made public.

Wendy was the subject of a documentary by Lifetime, titled Where is Wendy Williams? which was released in 2024.

The mini-series showed a disoriented and often inebriated Wendy on camera, and it was the subject of much controversy.

Wendy’s guardian tried, unsuccessfully, to block the release of the project, and sued Lifetime over its release.