“The final original episode of ‘The Wendy Williams Show’ will air on Friday, June 17, with a video tribute to the iconic host,” the statement said. “The series comes to an end after 13 successful years in syndication.”for wrongful termination in March. The civil lawsuit filed in New York City federal court claimed the production company had wrongfully fired Hunter “on the basis of his marital status” to Williams.
“I feel like it is a travesty on the part of Debmar-Mercury to have such an unceremonious departure without Wendy being involved,” Hunter said in a statement.“Hunter was one of the reasons behind the Wendy William Show’s tremendous success and everything seemed to go south after he left,” Hunter’s attorney, Abe George, told Page Six in a statement after filing.
“Mr. Hunter was unlawfully terminated solely due to his marital status to Wendy, which is contrary to human rights laws in NYC.”LightRocket via Getty Images Hunter’s suit named Debmar-Mercury founders Ira Bernstein and Mort Marcus as defendants and demanded a jury trial., with whom he also shares a child, is seeking a monetary award of at least $7 million as well as punitive damages, lost wages and legal fees, according to the court documents obtained by Page Six.
“The way Debmar meticulously involved themselves in my personal life, their want to divide and conquer so that they could have access to Wendy, and the practices they carried on with and the way they involved themselves in with me and my ex-wife is deplorable,” Hunter shared with “ET.”
Coming from the guy who knocked up his side piece. That was the catalyst for the demise of the Wendy show.
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