Live from New York City,
it's the Wendy Williams show.
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Now, here's Wendy!
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Yeah, and here we are.
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Thank you for watching.
Say hello to my co-host,
my studio audience.
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How you doin?
Okay today let's get started
it's time for Hot Topics.
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Hi!
I was out last night
I received an award.
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I appreciate it a lot.
I was at the PowHER Awards last night.
To celebrate women doing big things
and other women wanting to know how women do big things
and I was one of several women who were honored.
I won the Unapologetically Her Woman of the Year award.
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And I didn't talk as much as the other girls
the other women that were there
they talked for a long time
some of them 20 minutes, a half hour
I was up there like bing, bang, boom.
Like, five or eight minutes something like that
because I feel as though I speak my truth
everyday through the TV.
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And, my girl power shows through
sustaining my career, I guess.
One shocking thing, and I didn't think about this
until I was up there.
Do you know I've only been unemployed
for two and half weeks, or excuse me,
two weeks for my entire career?
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Two weeks, yup, yup.
Two weeks.
And that was right here in New York.
I did not have a non-compete clause
so I went across the street and got another job.
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Yeah.
Over thirty years I've been doing this though.
Never been unemployed but two weeks.
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What a hustle.
Okay.
Lamar Odom's memoir.
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I can't wait to read it.
The cover art is out.
Fabulous, right?
"Darkness To Light"
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He's cute right?
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He's cute.
I mean, so he's talking about
his near-death experience at the Nevada brothel
where he famously overdosed.
Also, his obsession with drugs and alcohol,
his affairs, his marriage to Khloe
he's gonna talk about that.
But I want more, I want more.
I want you to talk to me about the family.
The rest of the family.
Like, how is Kris for real?
How is...
How was, um, what's his name?
Oh, Kris Humphries
Right! You were there about the time
Kris Humphries was in the family, how was he?
How'd you get along with him?
Do you still talk to... um, Rob?
I want more, I need more.
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"Darkness To Light", by Lamar Odom,
hits stores May of 2019.
Can't wait, should be a good one.
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In the meantime, Rob...
...is claiming that Black Chyna has ruined his career
and he wants her to pay.
Well you know what, he does have a point.
I'll tell you why... Okay, so Rob says that
when Chyna filed for domestic violence,
remember that restraining order that she got?
It killed his endorsements.
I don't know what he was endorsing,
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I don't, but he says his endorsement deals dried up
and he was so emotionally damaged over it
that he quit the show,
Keeping Up With The Kardashians.
So, and I can picture that.
And then I guess you started eating a lot.
And you became unappealing to look at, Rob.
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You know, it's all in how you carry yourself.
You can't walk around with flip flops
and tube socks and dirty sweatpants, you know
and a stretched out T-shirt and think that
people are going to buy what you're selling.
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Well...
He also says that Chyna's career took off
after being with him... uh, duh!
I mean, you brought her straight from the pole.
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And so you knew what you were getting into.
And when you meet her mother and know that
she comes from a family of pole workers,
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You know what I mean, you guys
you know what I mean.
All they smelled was your money, Rob.
Chyna probably never loved you.
And he was so adamant about wanting to be with Chyna
that he ignored his sisters,
you know how a sister is supposed to tell a brother,
but he ignored them,
he ignored his mother, Kris, he ignored everybody
And kind of shut himself off into Black Chyna world.
And that's what you get.
Well he says he can no longer afford her
$20,000 a month child support.
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$20,000, mhmm.
And he wants Chyna to pay him
nearly $3,000 a month instead.
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He says he's the one who needs the money.
I don't know how the Arthur George socks
are doing at Neiman Marcus.
But I'll tell you, he's very slovenly
I could not buy an Arthur George sock
for like, 40 bucks from Neiman Marcus
knowing that they're supported by,
or that it's Rob, you know?
You could've stayed on the show though,
and made some money but you chose to leave.
You could've stayed on the show...
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You could've stayed on the show
and exposed Chyna for what she is,
but you chose to leave.
And so now, the winner is Chyna.
I told you when you first met this girl,
oh my gosh,
she is going to use you.
And she's flaunting her wealth,
yesterday on Instagram, look at this,
she posted, "Work hard, play hard, no child support,
stop the effin lies".
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Okay?
Is this wise for her to be doing? No...
Well, they were all forced both parties
to turn over all their finances to the judge.
And the judge is gonna parous everything
and see who's cooking books or not.
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Matt Barnes got involved.
Well you know, now that he's father of the year,
I told you yesterday,
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he got custody of their twins,
Gloria Govan has nothing to do with the boys,
he's father of the year.
He posted a fist in support of Rob.
Chyna jumped in and told him to mind is own business.
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And he responded back by saying,
"Back to the pole you go".
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Fair enough.
Sometimes it's not what you do, it's what you've done,
you know what I mean?
Anyway, so we have to wait until December
just in time for Christmas
to find out what the judge says.
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Okay, so Nick Jonas is making money off his bachelor party.
And I find there to be nothing wrong with this.
In the name of Star Jones.
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Star, you started this a long time ago.
Anyway, so he wrote, "Bachelor party weekend,
is officially underway," that's what he wrote.
And then he showed this, he's promoting this vodka,
and then he showed him promoting all his groomsman's gifts
with all the right plugs for the products and everything
What's wrong with that?
Only two people in our morning meeting,
me and one other person, thought that it was fine.
Everybody else thought that
it was corny and tacky and stuff.
But, that's not his wedding, that's his Bachelor Party.
And I know that she went to Amsterdam
and she didn't post anything with she and her girls.
But, so what? So what?
This is the wave of the future.
It's disgusting, I know what you're...
...it is disgusting,
But if you're a celebrity,
and you've got millions of followers,
and somebody's offering you a hefty check
to promote something that you actually use,
not some crap, you know,
that you actually use, why not?
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But, clap if you think it's tacky
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You don't understand...
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the times in which we live, the times in which we live.
Alright, so reportedly, the wedding will be
in December in this beautiful Indian palace.
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Oh yes...
Oh they're doing it big.
Look at that.
They're also going to have a celebration here in the US.
So they're going all out.
Well, you know what, good luck to them.
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Alright, if you're an aspiring rapper,
you might want to come close.
John Legend is reportedly producing
a new hip-hop competition show for Netflix.
He's recruiting judges,
he's already got them on the hook:
T.I., Chance the Rapper and Cardi B.
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And it was proposed that do we need a,
you know, just a rap competition show?
I said, why not? We have a competition show...
Like, I've just thrown my hands up to it all,
Go, just go, do it. Just do it.
It's gonna be on Netflix though.
Like, who goes to Netflix for competition shows?
If it was on regular TV, you know what I mean,
I could see being there.
Everybody but me was complaining about,
me and one other person,
was complaining about Cardi B being a judge.
Like, who is she to be a judge?
You've got one album out,
you haven't been around long enough,
who are you judging?
And I said, you know...
well first of all, lots of criticism too.
Just take a look at Cardi clapping back.
I'm looking for that "it" factor
and I don't give a (beep) if you don't think
I'm qualified as a judge.
Bitch, I make good (beep) music
because you know my name
and you know my (beep) records, right bitch?
I make hits, hits, hits, hits, hits, hits, hits.
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The thing is, is that you can watch T.I.
on regular TV, VH1.
John Legend, I don't really know
what you have to do with rap,
but nice job producing,
who's going to host, your wife?
Anyway, Chance the Rapper,
he's not a reason to,
I mean he's nice but not a reason to watch,
Cardi is the reason to watch.
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You know?
You might not want to take her criticism,
or anything like that,
but Cardi is the reason to watch.
And then it was said, no Wendy, we need
more established rappers for this role,
like Missy Elliot, or Queen Latifah.
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Nope.
They aren't the reason to watch.
If you're doing a hip-hop competition show
this is for the kids.
So, you know, they're going to be like 20
and 25 and 17 and stuff,
they want to see Cardi, they don't know aunt Queen,
they barely know auntie Missy.
They want her.
Besides, these shows are more about the judges
than the contestants anyways, you know?
I like Puffy and Khaled's show
with Fergie and them and Meghan Trainor,
I like that a lot.
But I can't tell you who won last season,
I just know that I tune in for the fun.
But it's on regular TV, you know, it's easy.
Anyway, "Rhythm and Flow", that's the name of the show,
it's going to premier in 2019.
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You know Tiny's friend Shekinah, right?
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I love her.
Anyway, have you noticed she hasn't been
a part of the "Family Hustle & Friends"?
She's been no where around.
Well, she got herself a new job.
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According to TheJasmineBRAND.com,
she is going to be one of the stars
in "Love & Hip Hop" Atlanta.
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What do you think about that?
What do you think about that?
Tiny, when she was here,
because I asked, how were they getting along,
remember they fought,
because Tiny has a friend
that Shekinah wasn't getting along with
and Shekinah wanted Tiny to break up with the friend
because Shekinah's not getting along with, you know?
I know that sounds really petty,
I would almost stoop to that level as well.
I don't like her, and so now you don't like her.
And if you're not gonna like her,
then I don't like you.
You know?
It's very childish, but...
you know friendship is so rare
and these two I thought were thick as thieves
but this has been going on for a year.
And when Tiny was here, she was very careful
I asked how Shekinah was and she said,
"Um she's good that'll always be my girl."
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That'll always be my girl,
she was very careful about it.
I don't know exactly what we're going to see
from Shekina with "Love & Hip Hop" Atlanta
but you know what,
she's a reason to watch to me,
she's very entertaining, very funny.
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Yeah...
Good luck Shekinah.
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Paris Hilton...
Is a humanitarian.
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Oh, oh yes.
Well she's got lots of money,
you know she runs a billion dollar empire
with the curling irons and the flat irons
and the magic hair and all that stuff.
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Anyway, on Monday she visited
the earthquake victims in Mexico
[Wendy] and donated $350,000 to help them rebuild.
[Wendy] It's fabulous.
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And, rebuild from you know they had
the earthquake in September of 2017.
Anyway, um...
she... (Wendy flusters)
Look you all, I want you to see this picture.
She handed out bottles of her perfume
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Like, go home!
Go home!
Drop the check and go home.
Perfume?
And her pillows,
from her pillow line.
Pillow? I need a mattress!
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Are you serious?
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But they loved it, and she kissed the
pregnant woman's stomach.
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Yeah, they loved it.
I mean you can't really...
you can't fault powers.
But damnit, man.
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Perfume and pillows?
Well she's been to this village before
so this is not her first time going
and being giving to them.
Good for you Paris, I think.
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Malcolm-Jamal Warner is coming up.
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After socializing last night, I got home just in time
for the last 15 minutes of his show, "The Resident",
I love that show.
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So...
Fans and people...
are making fun of Idris Elba's doll.
That looks nothing like him.
Well, there's the real Idris,
and here's the doll.
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What happened?
He's evil, he's evil looking.
And why is he bald?
Idris has a little hair.
Doesn't even look like him, I'm insulted.
It looks kind of like Montel Williams.
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A little something.
Or even that actor from the Weeds,
Romany Malco,
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looks kind of like him.
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Now, we did some trickery
with the photos...
let me just show you a cross between
Montel and Romany and how this looks like Idris
Yeah...
What happened?
They never get dolls and bobble-heads correct, though.
They always look like somebody else.
Eh, anyway...
We've got more great show for you today.
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Up next, the star of "The Resident",
Malcolm-Jamal Warner is here,
so grab a snack and...
come on back.
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