The ailing gossip queen has been acting bizarrely and sparking concerns among her fans since her eponymous talk show 'The Wendy Williams Show' concluded on June 17.

• Aug 18, 2022

AceShowbiz - More details about the final days of "The Wendy Williams Show" have emerged. According to the show's executives, Wendy Williams repeatedly forgot that her show was canceled.

Production distributor Debmar-Mercury co-presidents Ira Bernstein and Mort Marcus detailed the matter during The Hollywood Reporter interview released on Wednesday, August 17. The execs revealed that they had multiple conversations with Wendy amid her unexpected and prolonged absence across the show's 13th season. They added they had to tell her multiple times that the show was ending despite having publicly announced its conclusion in February as a result of her leave.

"I said, 'We haven't heard from you, and we had to make a decision.' We should have made one in November, but we pushed it to January or February, and by then, it was like, 'Make a decision or lose the time period,' " Ira recalled, adding that Wendy appeared to be confused about the show's cancellation.

"[Wendy] said, 'Well, what's going to air at 10 o'clock?' I told her, 'Sherri's going to air at 10 o'clock.' [Wendy] then replied, 'So, can I go on at 11?' I said, 'We'd love to work with you, and there are lots of ways and lots of buyers, but you need to come back, and we need to know that you're okay,' " Ira continued. "You can't just call after nine months and say, 'I'm ready.' "

Mort added that eventually, they "said, 'Wendy, we need to have a diagnosis from a doctor, whether it's the TV stations or a network or a new producer, anyone who's going to do business with you, after you didn't show up for a year, needs to know that you're okay.' " He further told the outlet, "[Without that assurance], no one's going to risk money or finance things."

A source also told the site that there was a planned Zoom meeting for 50 program staffers in September 2021 that had to be cut short after about three minutes, as they suggested Wendy was "starting not to be coherent" during the talk. The so-called insider also said staffers would "find bottles [of alcohol] up in the ceiling tiles and other weird places in the office."

Shortly after the article was released, Wendy's spokeswoman issued a statement to THR. "It has been no secret that Wendy has battled with addiction over the years but at this time Wendy is on the road to recovery and healing herself from her chronic illnesses and her grievances of the past," Shawn Zanotti wrote. "What we do know is that Wendy has a history of chronic illness that she has publicly spoken about."

Wendy has been sparking concerns over her mental and physical health since her eponymous daytime show was ultimately concluded on June 17 and replaced with Sherri Shepherd's show "Sherri". Fans are concerned over her condition after her frighteningly thin and confused look, her "Jekyll and Hyde" behavior as well as her bizarre marriage claim.