Wendy Williams Taking Hiatus From Talk Show Due to Graves’ Disease Diagnosis

Wendy Williams is taking a three-week hiatus from her show to focus on her health, she said on her show Wednesday.

“My thyroid has been totally cattywompus,” she said, explaining that her doctor told her she has Graves’ disease at her biannual endocrinologist visit. She also said her thyroid issues are what have been causing “the eye thing that you all have been seeing,” which she initially thought was a symptom of menopause.

“My thyroid, my hyperthyroid, is attached also to Graves’ disease. Graves’ disease squeezes the muscles behind your eyeballs,” she said.