It looks like after months of public, bizarre, erratic behavior Wendy Williams has once again entered a rehab facility.
via The Daily Mail
Wendy Williams has gone back into rehab to 'take some time to focus on her health and wellness' her publicist confirmed Wednesday.
A source told Page Six that the 58-year-old's substance issues have 'gotten worse,' as 'she went from [drinking] wine to straight up vodka.'
It was not clear where the TV personality was seeking help, as she has past been in treatment at locations in New York and Florida.
Williams' publicist Shawn Zanotti told The U.S. Sun that she checked into a 'wellness facility' in an effort to 'manage her overall health issues.'
Williams 'is being treated by a team of some of the best doctors in the world,' Zanotti told the outlet, adding that Williams is preparing 'for a major comeback for the next level in her career with The Wendy Experience Podcast.'
Sources told Page Six that the production company for her one-time series, Debmar-Mercury, 'refused' to assist in the effort to get Williams help amid her issues. The source said, 'They turned their backs on her,' and 'had too much control over someone so vulnerable.'
Williams' ex-husband Kevin Hunter, 50, told the outlet this past July that 'Debmar would not support Wendy's recovery efforts with the family,' as 'they would not sign off on anything that would've helped her recovery efforts.'
Hunter told the outlet about a meeting between reps with the company and Williams' relatives in which they spoke about her struggle with drinking.
'They sat in a meeting with her whole family, including her now-deceased mom, and would not sign off on the recovery efforts that would've helped Wendy also get well and live and be sober,' Hunter said. 'They basically said, "If you don't stop drinking, you're going to lose the show."'
An insider told the outlet in August that 'things are really off' for Williams, who was saying last month that she was married to a NYPD officer.
'It's not the same Wendy … she's regressed like crazy and her family in Florida is very worried for her,' a source told Page Six in August.
Williams has also been in the center of other controversies, as she has been legally battling the financial institution Wells Fargo after she was locked out of bank accounts she held.
Williams' former lawyer LaShawn Thomas told Page Six last month that the TV personality was abandoned by her ex-financial adviser, Lori Schiller, who did not respond to the allegations.
Williams has past dealt with substance abuse issues, as she was able to achieve an extended period of sobriety until around late 2018/early 2019, when she took a two-month hiatus from filming to enter a halfway house.
She said on her show in March of 2019: 'Only Kevin knows about this. Not my parents, nobody.
Nobody knew because I look so glamorous out here. After I finish my appointments … I am driven by my 24-hour sober coach back to a home that I live in the [Tri-state area] with a bunch of smelly boys who have become my family.'
Dailymail.com has reached out to Williams' reps for comment.
If you have watched the countless videos and blog reports I've done regarding Wendy and her behavior over the past few years, where she has appeared in public slurring her words and looking lost, you already know how I feel about her as of late. I wish her well, and really hope Wendy gets the help she needs.
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