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Wow, welcome to The Wendy Williams Show!
How are you doing?
I'm Carson Kressley, host of Bravo's Get A Room.
Say hello to actress and comedian, Nicole Byer.
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Access Hollywood correspondent, it's Liliana Vasquez.
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And TV host and author, give it up for AJ Gibson.
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Alright, let's get started with Hot Topics.
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Police have identified two of the people of interest
in Jussie Smollett's horrific attack.
(audience cheering) Yes, good stuff,
but police say the footage doesn't capture the attack,
but shows the two men in the area around the same time.
Sadly, now, there's horrible speculation
that the whole thing is a hoax,
(audience groaning) which is really awful.
Let's dive right into it.
I mean, it's crazy to think it's a hoax.
His face is all messed up.
I mean-- Who would lie?
That seems pretty ridiculous to me,
and a sad commentary on the whole thing.
It's really taking the attention off of where it should be,
which is, obviously, finding these people who did this.
(audience cheering) Yeah.
Not just on,
obviously, we need to find the two accused,
but the focus should be on Jussie right now.
He's recovering.
He's got two broken ribs, he was attacked,
he had a rope around his neck,
this is a real serious thing,
and to speculate that this might be a hoax?
I think it speaks to where we are now as a society,
and what the bad side of social media,
and I think it's disheartening.
I agree, and it's taking away the focus
on the fact that it is 2019,
and we are still dealing with this kind of racism
and this kind of homophobia.
Let's focus on that, and not on calling this a hoax.
I agree. What is wrong with people?
I agree.
Also, what would be the point?
Nowadays, there are cameras everywhere.
What would be the point of trying to create
this false narrative about something that didn't happen?
It's absurd.
To even make that accusation is crazy.
I think, there was actually,
I think there was a woman that lived in his building,
that had witnessed some of the people,
so, I mean, there's a lot of evidence here that say--
His manager was on the phone with him
while this all went down. Yes!
That's the worst part.
He was probably getting good news.
You know? Yeah.
And then that happens?
'Cause they don't call you unless it's good news.
Yeah, right?
I hope this turns out.
We find out what's really going on here.
Kevin Hart, moving on, is being slammed
for sending support to Jussie,
so that's kind of a funny twist.
Kevin, who recently got backlash
for controversial tweets and jokes he has made in the past,
posted, "Sending prayers your way,
and stand strong, brother."
People instantly attacked Kevin,
saying Jussie's attack is why his homophobic jokes
were so harmful to begin with.
Is Kevin not allowed to offer support to Jussie?
This is a tricky one.
This is really tricky.
I think, when you're talking about this issue,
it's, first of all, he did apologize,
he did apologize, and I think we need to recognize that,
because I think when we start to ask
for things like tolerance and acceptance from people,
we have to ask of ourselves
that we can forgive that same person,
because, otherwise, people aren't going to change.
If you want to see the change,
you have to give people the space to change.
On the same note, I can understand why
this is so hurtful for people to hear this from him,
because he was telling these horrible jokes,
and he was making these horrible comments and remarks,
forwarding that,
so I understand where people are coming from,
but he did apologize,
and it's okay to send someone your condolences.
I think he's sincere, and I think, you know,
this is a case where he felt badly for someone,
and said, hey, I want to support you.
I think that, you know, everyone was asking him to change,
and I think this is a great example of someone--
He actually said, he actually responded to this overnight,
and he said, listen, if you want people to change,
that's exactly what I did, I changed.
Look, as a gay man, when this whole controversy came out,
initially, about the Oscars and his backlash
with the tweets from 2009, 2011, I was hurt,
and I wasn't fully satisfied
with his apology, to be honest.
It just hurts.
I think, I can understand why people are hurting now,
because when you say things that sound like
you're willing to abuse or hurt your child,
even if it's a joke, if they were to come out as gay,
and then somebody is actually hurt for being gay,
it's easy to make that,
it starts with words, actions come out of words.
On the other side, though,
I think that there are different issues at play here.
We just assume that he's supporting him because he was,
as a gay man, he was attacked,
but maybe he was supporting him because
he's also a black man who's in the entertainment industry,
or he's also a man, or also--
No, there's a lot of layers.
Also, I think even more important,
and this is something that we forget so often,
he's another human being,
Absolutely. Above all.
I think that I,
I've been advocating for change,
we all have for different reasons,
our entire lives, I'm sure,
and when somebody is willing to change,
and is willing to say, look, I messed up,
I'm sorry, I'm trying to do better, accept it.
Send him love. Give him a break.
I agree.
Alright, Cardi B.
Oooh! Moving on to hard news.
Cardi B and Offset are back together.
Thank you, Jesus. Praise him.
Finally some good news. There is a God.
I was scared.
Offset reportedly changed his phone number
and agreed to a no groupies rule
to show Cardi how serious he was
about getting back together.
Is this realistic?
And I wanna know, who wrote this note, this rule?
And who's enforcing it?
Did he call Jacoby and Meyers,
and he drew up a legal agreement, and they signed it.
Can I just say, if you're in a relationship
where you have to set a no groupies rule,
maybe you shouldn't be in that relationship.
I don't know.
I don't know.
That means he's doing well.
I mean, to his defense, I mean,
when you're in the public eye,
I would imagine a lot of people would approach him.
I'm sure you've had quite a few groupies
over the years, Carson. I've had almost three.
If you're watching, XJ7119,
call me. Was that an ICQ number
or an AOL? That was a,
let's just say he's not available right now.
I get it.
She's trying to set some boundaries.
What do you think, Nicole?
Do you think they ever really broke up, though, Nicole?
No, I think they're on and off again.
I would personally love to set
a no groupie rule with somebody,
because that would mean I was in a relationship.
And there's no other way someone could contact you
other than your- I know!
He changed his phone number, Main phone number.
That is it, that is it.
If you're trying to put these sorts
of clauses on your relationship,
they haven't been together that long.
It's been a couple of years.
They've been together two years.
This isn't some epic love story.
This is the love story of our generation.
Fair, fair, fair. Cardi and Offset.
You are right.
What about baby Culture?
Baby Culture.
That does make me happy.
You fight for a couple when they have children,
you do fight for them to get back together.
I'll give them that.
He's got a whole team of people with phone numbers.
There's Instagram, you can slide in the DMs,
there are other ways, so I don't know--
You can mail him a letter.
A handwritten letter.
I just sent him a Valentine,
but I'm not trying to break them up.
Moving on, all hell broke loose
on the set of Real Housewives of New Jersey last night.
Oh boy. Yes!
I know, shocker, but things got cray cray.
While vacationing in Mexico,
the ladies got into an epic fight.
Wine was thrown, glasses were broken,
(audience oohing) I think tears happened.
It was nuts, take a look.
I don't see your children anywhere,
so don't ever talk about me.
If you'd spend a little time--
By the way-- With your kids,
maybe they'd still be here, maybe you'd see your grandkids,
and maybe, just maybe, you'd have a relationship with them.
You don't even know my kids--
Nobody knows your kids!
They're nowhere around!
They are not around you!
Get over it!
(splashing) You (censored beeping)!
You guys kidding me?
We don't need to act like animals.
Bitch! (glass shattering)
One of you threw glass at me.
Honey, if I threw a glass at you,
sweetheart, you would know it!
You broke a glass on my ankle.
It was not me, sweetheart, it was not me.
(censored beeping) if you don't,
if I throw a (censored beeping) glass, you're gonna know.
You got the wrong (censored beeping) girl,
I'm telling you that right now.
(Nicole laughing) Oh my gosh!
Jesus. That was riveting!
Jesus, take the wheel! That was so shocking!
My heart!
When did Kathy Najimy join the cast?
That's Jennifer, she's a new housewife this year.
Is she new?
I didn't recognize her. Yeah, she's Turkish,
and she is feisty, and she is here to play.
I have to admit, I have been sleeping
on the Housewives of New Jersey.
I am awake, I am here for that, that was unbelievable!
That is why I watch that show.
I loved it.
Nobody was afraid of stains. No.
They were throwing red wine.
That was serious, because it wasn't Chardonnay everybody.
No! It was Merlot.
And also, kudos to Teresa Guidice for the
meditation and the namaste,
as she didn't do a thing in that entire altercation.
She was laying back, I believe they say.
It does bring up a really interesting point, though,
and we see this in other seasons, some more than others,
I think New Jersey, definitely in Atlanta,
where they have this off camera, unspoken rule
that you don't talk about the kids,
you don't talk about the family.
I was reading a response to this,
actually, Margaret did an interview
where she talked about that experience,
and she said, listen, Danielle knows that
not only am I in contact with my kids,
we've chosen not to put most of them on camera,
and so that was, she stepped over the line on camera there,
which is why she was so upset,
which is why she threw the wine,
and she felt justified in doing so.
I can't argue with that.
Do we think that the broken glass thing, though,
basically creating a weapon on the spot was--
I loved it. A little much?
No, I loved it. Here's the thing,
No, be fearful of me. If someone breaks a glass,
I'm not charging at the broken glass.
Did we see her? True.
She went in. She did.
If someone breaks a glass, I'm backing up.
Especially if you have a face,
if you have a face like Melissa Gorga,
you do not go near a crazy drunk woman with a broken glass.
Jennifer is, she's like Jekyll and Hyde.
She gets a little cray cray when she starts drinking,
Jennifer does.
She gets feisty.
She's got a lot of kids at home,
she's balancing a lot, she's stressed out.
But, you guys, isn't this why we watch
the Housewives? Oh, of course.
Let's be honest. Of course.
We're not watching it for enrichment.
We're watching it for the glass breaking,
the table flipping, the prostitution whore,
that's why we're watching the show.
I wanna see a woman in a caftan make a homemade shiv.
Or whatever, shank.
That's Shahs of Sunset. Oh, is that different?
I gotta move on.
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It seems as though Diddy, is it just Diddy now?
Did we drop the P?
I think it's Diddy. Or if you're Jennifer,
you do call him Puff. Oh, okay, thank you.
Diddy is stool drooling over his ex, Jennifer Lopez.
J. Lo posted this pic of her body
on the ninth day of her 10 day no sugar, no carbs challenge.
It's, I mean--
Incredible.
I've gone almost nine minutes without carbs,
and I almost look like that.
Diddy commented, OMG, with the heart eyes emoji.
There's the tweet, yup, right there,
I love that little face, the one with the heart eyes,
and then A-Rod also commented, lucky me.
He commented, lucky me, but also baseball heart check.
Yeah, what was it, Nicole?
He's like, I love baseball!
I love A-Rod, but I am questioning the emoji choice.
If I post a picture like that,
you better come, sweat dripping, mindblown, bomb, and peach.
I don't know. Don't give me,
what does a baseball have to do with that?
He's reminding her why he has money.
Baseball. I play baseball.
I think they were two separate thoughts,
like, I love you, oh wait, baseball!
Check. (audience laughing)
Some people thought it was inappropriate
that Diddy was commenting on the photo.
What do you guys think?
No, it's not inappropriate.
She looks amazing. Right.
I don't care.
She doesn't belong to just--
No, she belongs to all of us.
She belongs to me, yeah.
She's America's treasure.
Lowkey, I agree.
Who in this audience would not like
their ex to comment on a current photo like that?
I mean, we all want our exes to look at us,
and be like, yeah, you look great, right?
Am I crazy? Of course.
Maybe it's the Latina in me,
but when I saw that A-Rod's comment
came after Diddy's comment, part of me was like,
why you sleeping, A-Rod?
Why didn't you comment first? Good point.
Probably 'cause he was with her?
I'm mental. Or he's playing baseball?
He loves that baseball.
I think some of the team, though,
here at Wendy, though,
we were in our staff meeting this morning,
and they were not agreeing with us.
They did not like the fact that
he was actually going on and putting in the emojis.
Is that right?
Is that fair to say?
Isn't that the point of a thirst trap photo?
Are we crazy?
I'm more curious to know about
this 10-day cleanse thing she did.
No sugar and carbs for 10 days?
Oh, come on, it's more than 10 days,
it's her whole life with that body.
More than 10 days.
When was the last time she had a Snickers?
She hasn't had a carb since 72, anyway--
Could you guys do that, though?
Could you do the 10 days? Never.
Alright, we've gotta move on.
Up next, we got more sizzling hot topics,
so grab a snack and come on back, y'all.
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Justin Bieber released his first
clothing collection yesterday.
What do we all think?
Have you seen the photos of this?
There they are. I mean.
Wow, that's a sea of camel. Yep.
Everybody looks like a paper bag.
It's not cute.
It's not an easy color to wear, I have to say,
Biebs, you might want to think about the palette.
It's a bit institutional, it's a bit prison-esque,
and it sold out.
It sold out.
I was gonna say, it doesn't matter what we think,
because the collection is actually not available anymore.
It is completely sold out. (audience gasping)
So you'll be seeing people looking like that
in your neighborhood any day now.
Run for the hills.
What do you think, Carson, you're the fashion guy.
I have to get your take on this.
If somebody else's name were attached to that,
would that sell out?
Probably not.
I think there's a lot of currency
in a celebrity name behind an apparel collection.
Obviously, he has lots and lots of fans all over the world,
obviously, they responded to it,
because it is sold out and not available anymore.
I don't love it but
different strokes for different folks.
It is. (audience cheering)
It looks a little bit like he's channeling Yeezy,
Kanye's collection. No, that's not Yeezy.
Yeezy was more homeless, that's prison.
I mean, they're not that different.
It's a little safari gone wrong.
There's Yeezy right now.
I like the name Drew, though.
It's his middle name, I think that's cute and catchy,
why not? Drew?
Drew. It seems like a first draft
to call it Drew. It does.
That's it. It does seem a little,
yeah, let's make that, can it be ready by Tuesday?
Okay, we're on.
Moving on, Caitlyn Jenner's dreams
of her own skincare line may be squashed,
by none other than Kris, Kylie, and Kendall.
(audience gasping)
According to The Blast,
Caitlyn wants to start Jenner Skincare,
but the trademark office says it's too close
to his ex-wife and daughters' trademarks.
They say Caitlyn's brand would confuse consumers
into believing Kylie, Kendall, and Kris were involved.
Is it fair that Caitlyn can't profit off her own name?
I think she should have her full name,
so it's up front, it is my stuff, it's Caitlyn Jenner--
Right, right. Not a K.
I think it's a little rich that
they're not saying she can use the Jenner last name,
I mean, who started the Jenners?
Not Caitlyn.
Her mother, her dad, her grandparents,
all them people started it.
I also think we're at the point
where Kendall and Kylie and Kris
are these single name entities, they're single name brands.
There's no confusion there.
I'm not gonna go for a Kylie Lip Kit
and buy Caitlyn's Kylie Lip Kit.
I'm not gonna do that. I don't know, though.
I think that I'm comfortable with Caitlyn Jenner,
or Caitlyn, or CJ,
that would make-- CJ!
'Cause you know she was shady
when she chose a name that could be spelled with a K,
you said this earlier. Very shady.
And went with a C instead, Very rude.
So shady.
But I'm okay with that.
I think, though, just the name Jenner,
to me, and I think to a lot of consumers,
does sound like an offshoot of
very successful brands that are already out there,
and they went with their first names, why can't she?
This is putting it out there for all of you guys,
but are we interested in this skincare?
Wow. That's shady.
Is that shady? Yeah.
I'm just asking. That's shady, girl.
Look, Half and half.
Women like to look beautiful their entire lives, right?
My mom is not gonna go buy a Kylie Lip Kit,
she's just not gonna do it--
My mom would! But she might buy,
she might buy a Caitlyn concealer.
Caitlyn concealer, ooh, that's good.
You should really work for the company.
You should go work with her.
I'm gonna take my notes down.
They're gonna be calling you.
They're gonna be calling you. I hope so.
Moving on, Zac Efron.
Actually, no, we're moving on to Ariana Grande.
Ariana Grande's latest tattoo has people talking.
Ariana got a tattoo on the palm of her hand
of the title of her latest single, 7 Rings, in Japanese,
but then fans noticed the tattoo actually translated
to a Japanese word that means small charcoal barbecue.
(laughing)
It happens! Too good.
Then she posted last night that she had it fixed,
and thanked her doctors for the pain killers, I mean.
Here it is.
There's the corrected version.
Ariana, first of all, she's made this mistake before.
Recently, Pete Davidson and she got a tattoo,
and we all know how that turned out for her.
They're married with a baby.
Not really.
But I don't buy this.
I think Ariana is too smart--
You think this was all planned?
Yes. It was planned?
Yes! I don't know.
First, look, everybody look at that photo.
You see two symbols side by side.
She says that people were commenting
and letting her know that those weren't the correct symbols,
that it means small barbecue,
then she said, haha, I like small barbecues,
but it was really, it was very painful, so it took awhile,
I'll get it fixed later.
Right. Then show the next photo.
The other two symbols are not
in between the previous symbols,
they're below or above the other symbols,
so she very easily could have had two done,
taken a photo, posted it on Instagram
to get people to go get her new song, 7 Rings,
to listen and then-- Come on!
(panel groaning)
Scooby Doo in the house, thank you.
It's not that crazy.
I don't speak Japanese fluently,
but since when is a heart a Japanese character?
Does anybody notice that?
Look, the heart is an international symbol for love.
Guys, I think we're just living in very dumb times.
That's probably it. I think it was a mistake.
Do you have tattoos? I have 13 tattoos.
Maybe I have 15 now.
Are any of them in a foreign language?
No, they're all, well, yes,
I have muy caliente on my butt.
Oh yeah, girl. Makes sense.
That's logical. Yes.
But I spell checked it.
Any that you regret?
Google Translator. No, don't regret anything.
You love 'em all? I love 'em all.
I got some hamburgers back there, too.
(laughing)
No, this is good.
She says she has hamburgers tattooed back there,
next you should get small barbecue grill in Japanese
tattooed, or actually, go one step further,
and actually get a photo of the small barbecue.
A little hibachi. I'll do it.
You can get an endorsement from
the Hibachi family of companies.
I love some Benihana. Or Benihana.
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