The Wendy Williams Show was given an "undiginfied end" with a video montage celebrating an absent Wendy Williams

https://jezebel.com/the-wendy-williams-show-ends-with-a-finale-unfit-for-th-1849077916

"A few canned words from guest host Sherri Shepherd and a montage did not make a worthy tribute to a true television pioneer," says Rich Juzwiak. "After 13 seasons, The Wendy Williams Show met a rather undignified end Friday, via phoned-in words in tribute from guest host Sherri Shepherd and a few minutes of montage spanning the daytime talk show’s 14-year run," says Juzwiak. "Williams, notably, was absent from the festivities. The show gave no indication that she was invited or even wanted to attend the finale taping, though in an off-camera, voice-only interview with Good Morning America in March, Williams did say she’d be ready to work in TV again in three months." Juzwiak adds: "What a shame. This was such a non-event. At least they acknowledged the end, I suppose. Maybe Williams’s presence would have been a bummer— after all, her recent interviews and sporadic messages on Instagram alleging a conservatorship-type situation that’s blocking her from accessing her money have been weird. Regardless, it sucked watching her endlessly entertaining show go out like this."