Wendy Williams (53) is abruptly taking a 3 week holiday from her The Wendy Williams Show talk show on BET (DStv 129) after last week's sick leave due to flue, with the weekday talk show show that will go into reruns as she deals with her diagnosis of Graves' disease.
In a "special message" on Wednesday, Wendy Williams told her audience that the talk show is stopping production for a 3 week break after she has been diagnosed with the autoimmune disease, Graves' disease, in addition to her hyperthyroidism that she was aware of previously.
"My doctor has prescribed ... are you ready? As of today, three weeks of vacation," said Wendy Williams. "What? Who are you? I was pissed."
Wendy Williams suddenly cancelled her show last week from Wednesday to Friday due to flu but now her talk show will again be going into repeats for a longer period.
Wendy Williams however promised that she might be back sooner, saying she could maybe return "in two weeks. I’m not an heiress. Who is going to pay my bills? Are you serious? I’m just saying, I come from working class."
"Graves’ disease squeezes the muscles behind the eyeballs,” Wendy explained, saying that it has made her eyeballs twitch.
Wendy said she also had a message for women. "What I want to say to women, more than men, is stop putting everyone else first because if we're not good, they're not good."
In a statement The Wendy Williams Show says "Wendy is a true champion and has never missed a day of work. But her health and well-being must be put before all else".
"Wendy has been openly dealing with her Graves’ Disease for many years in addition to hyperthyroidism. Yesterday, Wendy’s doctor prescribed a necessary three weeks of rest to get her levels and medication in sync. The show will be in repeats during this unplanned hiatus. A live show was produced today so that Wendy could speak directly to her fans and explain her condition."
