Mark Ford and Erica Hanson, the producers behind the compelling Lifetime docuseries ‘Where Is Wendy Williams?’, confirm that the journey is far from over, promising more is to follow;
In February, Lifetime premiered the documentary following the life of the daytime talk show queen since her show was canceled due to many ongoing health issues. Viewers watched on as Williams, often confused and sometimes a little moody, attempted to navigate her new reality as her new team focused on getting her back onto television rather than resolving her health issues.
Ford and Hanson attended An Evening With Lifetime: Conversations On Controversies, where they spoke with ET’s Deidre Behar about the controversial series.
“Oh, that would mean, I think, the world. Not only to us, but to Wendy,” Hanson shared. “I can’t even imagine the impact that would have on her.”
Hanson revealed that Williams, who, along with her son, Kevin Hunter Jr., co-produced the film, saw the docuseries as a space to “share her story with unflinching honesty and authenticity” and to be a “catalyst for societal change.”
“It would be an amazing tribute to Wendy to get an Emmy nomination for something she was an executive producer on that allowed her to tell her story,” Ford added.
The documentary was denounced as “hard to watch” and “exploitative,” and at the time the documentary first aired, Ford insisted that his team was unaware of the fact that Williams’ had been diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia in 2023.
Hanson also addressed the docuseries in a recent interview with Deadline Hollywood.
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“Over the past few years, questions have been raised at times about Wendy’s ability to process information,” the statement, released in February reads, “and many have speculated about Wendy’s condition, particularly when she began to lose words, act erratically at times, and have difficulty understanding financial transactions.”
