Wendy Williams has been chastised yet again after a segment on her talk show.
For Wendy Williams’ remarks during her “Hot Topics” segment, in which she discussed Swavy’s large TikTok audience and then casually announced to her audience that he had been murdered, the talk show host was dubbed “offensive” and “abhorrent.”
Wait. This was how she chose to lead the segment talking about this young man’s death? We all know Wendy to be messy and with the shits, but this wasn’t cool at all,” wrote one Twitter user.
To introduce the segment, the 56-year-old instructed her studio audience to “clap” if they had heard of the 19-year-old content creator.
“I have no idea who this person is [and] neither does one person in this building,” said Williams.
“He’s a TikTok star and he’s got more followers than me: 2.5 million,” she added, appearing unimpressed.
Producer Norman Baker quickly chimed in from behind the camera to boost Williams’ ego by pointing out that she had a larger following on Instagram, which she promptly deactivated.
“Well, no one uses Instagram anymore,” my son Kevin says. When it comes to TikTok, I don’t use it at all. “I have no idea what that is, and I don’t want to be a part of it,” she explained.
Williams then proceeded to recant details surrounding Miller’s death, appearing disinterested.
Miller was fatally shot in Delaware on Monday, according to the BBC. His death was confirmed by his family in an online announcement to fans, along with a promise to find his killer and bring him to justice.
Swavy is now dead. Ah, all those followers. Yeah that’s really tragic, only 19 years old,” concluded Williams before switching gears to discuss another story.
The segment was clipped and posted online by a Twitter user, prompting disapproval and criticism.
Williams’ delivery has been mocked for her lack of sensitivity.
