Pure DWTS 12 – Saying Goodbye To Wendy Williams: Etiquette Police Needed & More
Well, most often times it’s sad to see someone picked to go off the show, but, I think the majority of us took a sigh of relief on this one? I took another BIG sigh of relief when I read this piece this morning from Seattle PI of some of what we didn’t see on camera. Be sure to read the link for the full article.
Host Tom Bergeron ushered them to the middle of the floor, urging, “Do a little dancing here if you can.” Instead, Williams threw her arms up in the air, blew past Dovolani – leaving him stranded solo – and walked to the sidelines, shaking hands and blowing kisses. Dovolani’s abandonment became so uncomfortable for the audience that high up in the bleachers, the fans began to chant, “Tony, Tony, Tony.”
But until the cameras stopped rolling, Williams never returned to her partner. “That’s really strange,” said one audience member. It became even stranger when the rest of the cast descended to the ballroom and WWE star Chris Jericho took Tony in his arms in a waltz frame – as if to say, “Hey, buddy, I’ll dance with you.”
Perhaps Williams, 46, was still beating herself up for choosing what she believed was the wrong personal story line – a dramatization of her struggle to succeed in radio – to inspire Monday night’s dance. “Maybe the judges didn’t want to see the story of a woman and absolute strength,” says the self-proclaimed “Queen of All Media.” “Maybe I should’ve gone with something more personal, like how I met my husband and fell in love.” Whatever may have been going through her head, there was certainly no love lost between Williams and the audience. “That’s just plain rude,” remarked a spectator. “I feel sorry for Tony.”
I hate to say it, but, I’m feeling worse on Wendy than I did on Bristol at this point in time and never did I think that would happen. 😐
Anyway, it will be sad to see Tony go though. Hopefully, he will still see him dancing in some pro numbers. Here are the two on Jimmy Kimmel last night and again on Good Morning America with some last words to share on their experience.
The Insider interviewed her and Tony and some of the other contestants as well after the show. (I can’t embed this one)
Here they are being interviewed on ET Online and Access Hollywood too. She is relieved, it was a great experience, and yet, thinks the judges weren’t fair in their scoring.
I was never so glad to remove someone from my Twitterfeed this morning, I have to say. The woman was ungracious, classless and rude. I had expected better of her.
For the record, I have no problem with “strong women” telling their story. What I DO have a problem with is someone like Wendy automatically crying foul about it if it isn’t well-received instead of acknowledging that MAYBE, just MAYBE, it wasn’t the story itself but the poor execution of it that got her a low score. Besides her being loud & generally quite rude, the thing that annoyed me most about Wendy on the show was that she was an “externalizer”
– if anything didn’t go quite right, she always managed to find a way to pin the blame on someone else, rather than admit any fault of her own. Bad scores? Judges fault. Didn’t get the votes? Somehow it was the viewers’ fault. Didn’t like her costume? Wardrobe’s fault. I don’t think there’s too many things in this world that annoy me more than someone that refuses to be accountable for their actions.
And really, Wendy – was it just totally impossible for you to say ANYTHING without throwing in a subtle jab at someone in the process? Saying that you’re “grateful for the opportunity to do the show” right after making a remark like “I guess that’s just not what the judges wanted to see” just zaps the graciousness right out of the former.
I did think that when she just left Tony there, I was like whoa kinda weird. But whatever. Its her prerogative.
Wendy has that personality where you either love her or you hate her. Clearly some people (including some people here) hated her. I liked her, I just thought she was a big personality that just could not dance. It is what it is. I didnt find her rude at all. A little abrasive but not rude.
SN: It was nice of the other contestants to show her love after the show and on twitter
I didn’t watched the result show yet (got another job so I’m really busy), but have some points:
1- I never thought that wendy could be good since I saw her 1st rehearsal video
2- I knew she could act this way to tony. and I am with him
3- But let’s be sincere… it’s not the case of this foxtrot (wich song was terrible and I think would fit perfectly on a samba) sometimes tony’s choreographis sucks…
Evaine…I did the same!!! I was so appalled and embarrassed for Tony about the way she acted last night on the dance floor after elimination and apparently that ungracious behavior only continued on the press line. So glad she’s off the show!
The story and the dance did not fit. They seem to get along. I don’t think she’s as rude as Kate Gosselin.
I think part of her issue was commitment. She made the comment that she was the only one flying back to the east coast for her show – maybe they coulda taped in LA for a few weeks? If you are going to do the show, commit to it – figure out how to do both or DON’T SIGN UP.
I also hated how she commented about not having time with her husband and kids – like NO OTHER star has that issue.
Glad to see her go. Feel bad for Tony…
Yeah, I’m with Sue and all on how Wendy is one among many stars and traveling celebrities who must leave family and schedule crazy hours/flights to fit everything in. Talk about crying with a loaf of bread under each arm. There’s a way to acquit oneself and she should know better.
When she lift him there I WAS SHOCKED. She really needs to learn some class cuz that really maade me apreciate what Tony had to go through with Kate Gosselin. Looking back at her performabnces, I can see that she really had a busy schedule and everythying but if I remeber correctly so di many celebso n the show (Donny, Cameron, Susan Lucci, etc) and they put in 100% of the effort. I think she was barely putting in 70% of the effort. Next time she does a reality competiton show, she needs to check her ego at the door.
Will Melissa Rycroft be the high point of Tony’s DWTS competition career?
Ya know, I have made it pretty clear that Tony is not my favorite pro – his choreography, more than any other male pro, kinda leaves me stale. Most of the time he seems like a nice guy, but occasionally I see a diva come out. That being said, I am comparing him to pros that I like a WHOLE lot, and I still hope the best for Tony. No one deserves another shitty celeb with a bad attitude. What she did after her elimination made me just look away – it was so embarrassing! How is she so oblivious to her own commentary and actions is beyond me. I totally agree with Courtney’s assessment – Wendy looks to blame everything on the outside but her own actions and attitude. It amazes me that someone with such a character flaw could be so successful.
@Bruce – Either Melissa or Stacy…although I thought he had a good dancer in Audrina, but she just lacked the right demographic to keep her in the competition. I think Tony’s biggest problem is that he’s “geo-screwed” – since he’s back-and-forth more than any other pro to NYC, he automatically gets stuck with any celeb that is bicoastal – Susan, Kate, & Wendy. Aside from the fact that none of those 3 were particularly talented to begin with, the constant travel made it hard for them to focus like a lot of the other celebs. Tony never stood a chance at the MBT with any of the 3, really. Add to that the fact that he’s a bit older (late 30’s), and he’s automatically going to get stuck with older, less able-bodied celebs more often than some of the younger pros. I do feel bad for the guy, really.
i’m so glad she’s gone she thought she was better than everyone else! i’m not talkin about dancin neither! i agree with the people she is rude! one more thing i know i’m going to catch it but here it is! i am so sick of romeo sayin he’s doin it for the kids and he’s a college athlete and his charity foundation every time poor brooke ask him a question he can’t talk about the dance it’s all about him poor sweet chelsie he starting to sound like his dad master p somebody better tell him to shut up before he’ll be next in line! i’m doin for this i’m doin it for that shut up Romeo u are makin me put it on mute when i see you!
What a difference between Mike’s exit and Wendy’s!!! Mike was gracious and funny….loved his final dance…too cute!
Wendy looked like she was running for office! Shaking hands, blowing kisses…too bad there were no babies for her to kiss. Poor Tony.
Good riddance!!!
Sherry you are so right she did look like that! i’m tellin you she thought she was better than everybody! i know she has a talk show but she’s not ellen rachel ray and oprah!
@Sherry…hahahaha…”too bad there were no babies for her to kiss” LOL! I thought the same thing. Like what is she doing?!?…did she just announce she’s running for city council or something?? It was uncomfortable for me to watch…I felt so bad for Tony. So glad she’s gone, but I think she was probably the happiest of all to be off the show. She kept saying how “relieved” she was to be going “back to her life” and that she would miss craft services the most. How ungracious is that?!? Not her partner for putting up with her or the other cast members or anyone else involved with the show…but the food!…Good riddance I say to that self-absorbed and completely delusional woman!
It is rare that I want a celeb GONE as badly as I did Wendy. Her rude, classless exit (leaving Tony on the dance floor cemented what I’ve felt about her all along. I echo everything that’s been said above as to how she wasn’t the only one who had other committments and could’ve moved her show to the West Coast for the duration. AND that she was a terrible sport and couldn’t accept critisim. What a DIVA – and NOT in a good way.