Wendy Williams fainted towards the end of her Halloween special on Tuesday.
The popular host, dressed as the Statue of Liberty, was speaking on stage when she suddenly began to wobble and stagger backwards before dropping to the floor.
The show then went to black.
After a lengthy commercial break, the episode returned to show the audience clapping enthusiastically, but gave no look at the stage or Williams before again going to commercial break.
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âThat was not a stunt. I overheated in my costume and I passed out. I am a champ, and I am back,â said Williams a few minutes later when the show returned.
She propped herself up on a clear podium and still appeared to be struggling to speak as she announced the winners of the costume contest.
Moments after the incident an ambulance arrived on the scene and a wheelchair was taken out of the emergency vehicle for the host.
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An Escalade arrived a short time after and was ushered into the garage by Williamsâ security team, leaving soon after with Williams smiling in the backseat and waving as she drove off from the studio with her husband Kevin Hunter by her side.
The episode happened right as Williams was returning from break and preparing to announce the winners, with the host seeming out of breath and a bit dazed as she began to speak.
She then could be seen visibly struggling to read the cue cards just seconds in, and said âcarestâ instead of contestant before her eyes widened and she began to fall back from the podium she was leaning on for support.
