Wendy Williams Lifetime Documentary Will Still Air Despite Lawsuit

[itsalanisbitch]

Lifetime Says It Will Still Air 'Where Is Wendy Williams?' Documentary Despite Lawsuit https://t.co/m29K5lClri
- People (@people) February 23, 2024
Lifetime plans to move forward with the debut of its controversial new documentary Where Is Wendy Williams

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[ohyesbinch]

Just gonna go ahead and say this right now because I keep seeing it being said everywhere, and it's stupid, so here we go; "Karma!" isnt the zinger people think it is, because dementia is so common, if you havent lost anyone to it, that's only not yet, and there's also the possibility that you yourself may end up with it someday too, because again, it's common, and you're not staying young forever. In addition to this, I've seen so many people talk about how hard it was to watch their family members endure that, and just know that when you imply that dementia is God's punishment for what a shit person she was, you're also implying that all these other peoples family members deserved it too, as again, is framing it as a punishment, and not as an illness that strikes people very suddenly, which is obviously horrific, so please just no one do that. No more. Lol.

Like, you can say how much you hate her just fine, I really do not care, but every time I click a Wendy article, its full of 'karma!!' comments, which just makes my face warp into a full fledged question mark, because what do you mean. Break that down for me when you say that, what do you mean. In intricate detail. Describe that. Then let me know why I should put my fist down.

[ty]

+100000

[saemcrh]

I think they mean the woman who publicly revealed that Method Man's wife had cancer, something they'd kept private, so private that even his wife's family didn't know doesn't inspire sympathy.

I think they mean the woman who said Aaliyah was not a victim of R. Kelly, that she married him willingly when she was 15 years old, and also said R. Kelly's victim in the 2002 tape "let it go down" doesn't inspire sympathy.

And that's not even all she's done: https://np.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/7diwik/wendy_williams_says_that_terry_crews_coming/dpy8b31/

Maybe karma is the wrong term, but people not being bothered is not unreasonable.

[progression]

You can absolutely be unbothered because she was definitely not a good person. But, to call it karma is disgusting. Same goes for cancer (or, tbh, any other illness). I’ve seen people say cancer was karma getting back at whatever foul person - but, there are 2 month olds with cancer - what the fuck did they do?

[saemcrh]

I get you but I think that is a bit of a presumptuous view on people who say something like that.

I don’t think those people are saying everyone who’s ever had cancer or another illness got it as karma, just people who’re known to be awful. I’ve never seen people say a child getting cancer is karma or even imply it.

[ahnaaah]

Its the implicit belief that saying shit like karma bring when you could just wish the worse for this specific person you hate

[sweetwaterlane]

Yea I don't like the theory of karma, as it seems to justify bad things happening to good people and make people feel they deserve their misfortunes.

But even though I wouldn't wish dementia on anyone, I really am judging people who are fans of Wendy Williams or who find her entertaining. The woman mocked the murder of a woman at the hands of her stalker. Wendy is not a good person and her being ill is unfortunate but should not make anyone praise her or feel comfortable defending her past behavior.

https://decider.com/2020/02/18/wendy-williams-drew-carey-ex-fiancee-death/

[waffletaco]

yea, i dont get this "KARMA!" thing i see people on twitter doing.

A celebrity gossiper and someone who delivered hot takes getting dementia isn't comparable.
Karma would be if her dirty laundry of her personal life got aired out for the world to know about.

[goldenhera]

And that already happened to her.

[skyler_white_yo]

Dementia is the type of illness that kills the person long before they physically die, and it is devastating to family and loved ones around them.
To say that someone and their family somehow deserves that fate is just cruel, insensitive, callous, and shows a complete lack of empathy on anyone who says it.

Wendy was messy many times over her career, but her having this illness should not be seen as some kind of karma for her messiness.

[automaticpeople]

It’s also usually a lot more extreme than people believe. I used to volunteer in a care home and people used to think I’d spend time chatting with older people, who were just a little forgetful. Some of the patients almost seemed possessed, they were that far gone. I have more understanding of people who don’t visit their loved ones in homes now. I wouldn’t want to see my parents or grandparents like that, as horrible as it may sound.

[skyler_white_yo]

When my grandpa went into a home, my dad refused to have us kids (we were in our teens) go with him on visits. He said he didn’t want us to remember him like that. One of my uncles would force his kids (aged 10-15) to go visit because ~family~ and it really messed up my cousins. I felt some guilt about not going to support my dad, but he was right, when my grandpa went into care, he was not my grandpa.

[my_moloko]

Yep. People don't realize how extreme dementia can be. I learned the hard way about sun downer's syndrome when I visited my grandparents in the evening once they had been moved into a nursing home. It was such an awful experience, I ended up in tears when I got home. It was like they were completely different people, not just confused but angry. So angry. This is why I don't want to live into my 90s cause it seems inevitable at that age, at least in my family.

[sweetwaterlane]

Definitely should not be viewed as karma. That being said, messy is an understatement for someone who repeatedly joked about a DV victim's murder. Wendy is not a good person.

[kashiyaek]

she's done and said horrible things, but i think there is a difference in feeling apathetic about this (and expressing that) vs. ridiculing her for this diagnosis. an eye for an eye is quite literally an ancient principle that we should not be adopting anymore

[veritas_44]

Your last sentence undoes every bit of good intentions you had with this comment