Editor’s Note: This story has corrected Will Selby’s name.
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Wonder why Wendy Williams was allowed by those closest to her to film the Lifetime car crash/docuseries “Where is Wendy Williams?” Sources tell me it’s all about the Benjamins.
While Williams is named as an executive producer of the series, so were her son Kevin Hunter Jr. and her (now former) manager Will Selby.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, “For celebrity docs, in-demand names can command fees from $100,000 to several million dollars, plus backend.”
While there are no specifics about exactly how much Selby and Hunter Jr. got paid, sources told me it was likely “seven figures.” This would explain why Selby insisted on shooting – even after it was clear they wouldn’t be filming a “comeback” show as initially promised to Williams.
And according to sources, when Williams wasn’t fit to be filmed, Selby got angry. “She was afraid of her manager, her management at the time,” Williams’ publicist Shawn Zanotti told NewsNation’s Elizabeth Vargas.
In some of the scenes, Selby is seen thrusting half empty bottles of vodka at Williams and was said to have called her during her short trip to Los Angeles, screaming for her to get back to New York to film.
Selby is also said to allegedly be the one who got Williams to show her lymphedema mangled feet to TMZ. “She should never have been put in that position,” a friend told me. “It’s all very disturbing.”
Williams, who was diagnosed last year with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia, has been in an undisclosed treatment facility for the last six months.
