Wendy Williams Ex Publicist Slams Documentary

Last weekend on the Lifetime "Where is Wendy Williams" documentary, Wendy's publicist Shawn Zanotti was shown allowing Wendy to drink, despite having alcohol related dementia, and taking Wendy on a trip to Los Angeles without telling her team first [click here if you missed that]. 

Now Shawn is speaking out against the doc, claiming Wendy would never allow herself to be seen in this light...

From NBC News

Shawn Zanotti, who is featured in the docuseries, slammed the producers behind it in an exclusive interview with NBC News.

"I felt that [Williams] was being exploited," said Zanotti, who began working as Williams’ publicist in 2021. "She thought we were focusing on the comeback of her career. ... She would be mortified. There’s no way you can convince me that she would be OK with looking and seeing herself in that way.”

Zanotti said she was first pitched the project by Creature Films and eOne Television in 2022. The same production company was behind another Lifetime documentary on the host’s life, “Wendy Williams: What a Mess!”

“When I mentioned [doing a documentary] to Wendy, she immediately said: 'Yes, I would love to do it. I would love to be able to get my story out there,'” Zanotti said.

But what aired is not what Zanotti said was agreed upon.

“That is not the project that [Williams] signed up for. That’s not the project [the producers] brought to me. That’s not what I told her this was going to be about,” Zanotti said.

“There were a lot of good moments. None of those good moments were shown," she added.