Wendy Williams Slammed on Twitter For Coverage of TikTok Star
Wendy Williams, host of The Wendy Williams Show, is receiving backlash on her coverage of the 19-year-old TikTok star, Matima “Swavy” Miller, who died of a gunshot wound Monday. During…
NEW YORK, NY – DECEMBER 10: TV personality Wendy Williams attends the 2019 NYWIFT Muse Awards at the New York Hilton Midtown on December 10, 2019 in New York City.
(Photo by Lars Niki/Getty Images for New York Women in Film & Television)Wendy Williams, host of The Wendy Williams Show, is receiving backlash on her coverage of the 19-year-old TikTok star, Matima "Swavy" Miller, who died of a gunshot wound Monday.
During her "Hot Topics" segment, the TV show host made it known that she did not know who the TikTok star was,“I have no idea who this person is … neither does one person in this building.”
Trying to garnish laughs from her audience, the show producer compared “follower counts” with the 19-year-old and the media personality. She noted that the TikTok star has less followers than her on Instagram.
Twitter went into a frenzy with the now viral clip having almost 4 million views and thousands of comments on Williams’ delivery of the tragedy.
Look what Twitter has to say about the clip:
