Wendy Williams, a controversial presenter, mocked Joaquin Phoenix for his cleft lip on live, during his television show. For the fact, the host of the program «The Wendy Williams Show» received strong criticism through social networks.
A viewer of the program managed to capture the exact moment in which Williams makes certain gestures as a mockery against the actor, who has recently been Oscar nominee as Best Actor.
Host mocked Joaquin Phoenix for his cleft lip
During “The Wendy Williams Show”, host Wendy Williams spoke about the eleven nominations the film received joker to the Oscar Awards.
During his speech, Williams not only talked about the film, he also talked about its protagonist, Joaquin Phoenix, who is nominated for Best Leading Actor, assuring that he was a completely talented man with «a penetrating gaze.»
After praising the actor, the presenter began to talk about his physique, more precisely about the scar that the actor has on his lip. The strange thing about the matter was the mocking gestures that the presenter made to show what the cleft lip was about.
Immediately the audience burst out laughing, even one of her colleagues who appeared on camera couldn’t help laughing. But this was not well seen by all viewers, as many Internet users invaded social networks with strong criticism of Wendy.
One of the viewers recorded the moment when Williams begins to make fun of the actor’s condition:
Some stars were quite upset after the presenter’s statements on her show. One of them was Cher who demanded an apology from Williams via Twitter.
«Apologize for this.»
Cher via Twitter.
Hours later, Wendy Williams herself apologized via Twitter, responding to a trill made by Canadian soccer player Adam Bighill, in which he posted an image of his son, who would enter the operating room for suffering from this condition.
“@Bighill44 We’re thinking about Beau today as he’s in surgery. I want to apologize to the cleaved community and in honor of Beau, our show will donate to @operationsmile and @AmerCleftPalate and encourage our Wendy Watchers to learn more and help support the cleaved community.»
Wendy Williams through her Twitter account.
With information from: Time