Wendy Williams Under Fire For Mocking Joaquin Phoenix’s Cleft Palate

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Wendy Williams at LA Pride 2019 (June 2019)
A lot of people aren't feeling Wendy Williams' comments about Joaquin Phoenix’s cleft palate.

Wendy Williams is catching some heat for making comments about Joaquin Phoenix's cleft palate on a recent episode of her daytime television talk show, The Wendy Williams Show. This particular episode aired on Jan. 7 during Wendy's 'Hot Topics' segment where she came to Beyonce's defense for refusing to stand during the announcement of Phoenix's Golden Globes Best Actor Award acceptance speech. 

In the segment, Williams jokingly teases Phoenix about his condition stating, "When he shaves off his mustache he’s got a hairline fracture,” she said. “He’s got one of those — what do you call it? Cleft lip, cleft palate."

Williams followed up her comment by hooking her finger over her top lip in order to imitate the somewhat common birth defect. Now, nearly a week later, fans and activists are making an uproar about Williams' taunting comments that affect children around the globe. 

British celebrity, Carol Vorderman, 59, who also happens to be an ambassador for the Cleft Lip and Palate Association, Tweeted out her disdain for Williams’ comments saying, "I really am disgusted by this @wendywilliams.. Mimicking a cleft lip, and making a joke about it, is disgraceful. Have you any idea the pain and operations a child with cleft must go through as they grow?"

While the Joker star has never formally addressed his cleft lip scar, it's more than likely not an ailment for the award-winning actor who is currently celebrating the success as his role as one of Batman's nemeses. Check out the segment where Wendy Williams goes in on Joaquin Phoenix's cleft lip at the 11:15 mark in the video provided below. 


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Wendy Williams looks like a 2 shades darker version of Michael Jackson . Can’t stand this lady wtf is her talent
1 1ReplyJanuary 15, 2020
Jordan WatsonJordan Watson
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Fuck Wendy Williams that bitch look like a dude, her body looks chewed and her hair looks glued
2 0ReplyJanuary 15, 2020
undergroundalwaysundergroundalways
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The nerve of this Frankenstein looking bitch talking about someone’s physical deformity. Lol bitch he was born like that & you paid thousands of dollars to look like a bridge troll
16 0ReplyJanuary 15, 2020
CalliouOffTheGlueCalliouOffTheGlue
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How this bitch talking about anyones nose lmao...
1 0ReplyJanuary 16, 2020
GodsWarriorGodsWarrior
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Not only is physically disgusting but her whole vibe is absolute trash. What a waste of a body.
3 0ReplyJanuary 16, 2020
Yeah he kept his natural face instead of getting plastic surgery like this frog-faced bitch
3 0ReplyJanuary 16, 2020
thefixerofficialthefixerofficial
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Remember when Wendy Williams was dressed like The Statue of Liberty and she passed out on stage! All that coke she was doing and she passed out! Judge Mathis called this tranny bitch out bigtime as well. She got grilled and burnt like a motherfucker.
2 0ReplyJanuary 16, 2020
Scary TerryScary Terry
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Ol' E.T. lookin ass bitch
0 0ReplyJanuary 16, 2020
akatheXfactorakatheXfactor
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This is why wendy has to wear orthopedic shoes with dresses. The nerve.
0 0ReplyJanuary 16, 2020