Wendy Williams Defends Making Aaliyah Biopic
In case you didn’t see the trailer that Lifetime just released of their biopic, “Aaliyah: Princess of R&B”, it’s still airing even though the late singer’s family is totally not here for it. Wendy Williams, who serves as executive producer, is defending the movie, which she says was done tastefully. “The family is not happy that the movie is being done but we did it so tastefully, I think the family would be proud,” Williams said. “We’re not throwing anybody under the bus.”
The movie has been under a lot of controversy since Disney actress Zendaya Coleman was initially casted. Zendaya quit, and Alexandra Shipp ultimately replaced her. In addition, Chattrisse Dolabaille and Izaak Smith were casted as Missy Elliott and Timbaland, which not many people were here for either.
We can only imagine how this movie will come out when it’s released.
In related Wendy news, her former friend, Charlamagne Tha God revealed that he and Nicki Minaj are no longer on speaking terms! He revealed during his Brilliant Idiot podcast that the riff between them started after Charlamagne criticized Nicki’s “Anaconda” as being a “corny” record and when he said he thought Iggy Azalea should have won the Best Female Hip Hop Artist Award at the BET Awards. Now, Nicki vows to never visit The Breakfast Club again.
Me and Nicki Minaj, I got mad love for Nicki Minaj even though she ain’t f-cking with me right now, she unfollowed me on Twitter and she’s made calls to people in radio, people that I worked for, and said she’s never coming on the Breakfast Club again-
“I know she got upset when I said I thought ‘Anaconda is corny,’ My exact synopsis on ‘Anaconda’ when it first came out was, ‘I’m not feeling this record. It’s not for me. It’s for girls. It’s for kids. It’s for people that like to shake their ass.’ I said when the video comes out I’ll probably appreciate the song more. But I said this song is going to work. I just think it’s corny. That’s what I said.
Then when the BET awards came around, I said I think Iggy Azalea should have won ‘Best Female Hip Hop Artist’ at the BET awards because she’s had a better year than Nicki Minaj thus far. I still feel that way.
Now, I also said during that time period, Nicki Minaj is the king of New York. Because when I saw her perform at ‘Summer Jam’, I’m like, ‘Yo, she really owned that motherf*cking stage.’ She had the record, she had the ‘Looking Azz,’ she had the ‘Yess B-tch’ and the freestyle with Chi Raq. She was really dominating it. So if being the ‘King of New York’ still means something, she was the king of New York. so therefore I’m an objective fan.”
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