Wendy Williams grabs her Purple Chair & wigs from talk show set after producers ‘initially planned to throw them away’
WENDY Williams grabbed her iconic Purple Chair and her wigs from her talk show set after producers initially planned to throw them away.
In an exclusive interview with The Sun, Wendy's manager Will Selby said that when production announced the TV show was officially over earlier this month, he and the former talk show host went to retrieve The Wendy Williams Show memorabilia later that week.
"We took it from the show. When they announced the show was over, I said to Wendy let's go get your stuff."
"I thought 'Why should it stay there- so people can sell it on eBay?' There were some things I felt were iconic," Will added.
Wendy's manager also noted that while they were there "they grabbed a couple of the wigs as well."
They also claimed "some custom-made shoes and pieces of artwork that were created for her. All that stuff, we took back to the apartment."
The manager noted the significance of the Purple Chair for Wendy and her fans.
"That was her's and it signifies the old chapter closing as we start the new one," Will added.
"We are going to take it, and that will be part of her new show," he said of her foray into podcasting.
TRASH? NOT SO FAST
A source close to production previously told The Sun that memorabilia from The Wendy Williams Show were set to be discarded following the airing of the show's bittersweet finale which aired earlier this month.
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As The Sun previously reported, fans were heartbroken after the finale aired without an appearance from Wendy, who has not starred in her namesake show for nearly a year.
Before Wendy's manager Will came to the rescue, the source had said that: "The wigs are still there since she didn't come and get them so they're being thrown out."
The instantly recognizable "Big Purple Chair" was set to meet the same fate.
"The chair is just going to be thrown out," the source said, unaware that Wendy and her manager managed to swoop in and retrieve it in the nick of time.
Moreover, the source said it was disappointing that "Production hadn't bothered to try to donate the chair to a museum – like The View did with their original table after 10 years. They gave it to The Smithsonian."
BILLBOARD GONE
Meanwhile, the iconic billboard that greeted The Wendy Williams Show's live audience on 26 Street in Manhattan was unceremoniously removed on Monday, June 20, just one business day after the finale was taped earlier this month.
The large smiling Wendy poster remained up for the finale's taping Thursday, with the studio dark on Friday, June 17, when the last episode - which left Wendy fans largely disappointed - actually aired.
It had disappeared from the building's facade by Tuesday morning, leaving a large swath of the studio's exterior walls bare.
WENDY REFUSED FAREWELL MESSAGE
While fans were upset not to see Wendy in the final episode, The Sun exclusively revealed earlier this week that she refused to give a farewell message.
The source revealed that Wendy was asked to appear in the finale, but declined the invitation.
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"They were not doing it live, but asked Wendy for pre-taped video," the insider shared of the show's hope to get the 57-year-old on her stage one last time.
"She still said no," the source said. "She’s not at peace with what happened. She's not happy with it."
