Wendy Williams

Wendy Williams fainted on live TV, and it was terrifying

Wendy Williams passed out during a live broadcast of her show after getting overheated in her costume.

TV host Wendy Williams shocked her studio audience and viewers at home after fainting on live TV Oct. 31. (Victoria Walker/The Washington Post)

Wendy Williams’s talk show took a terrifying turn on Tuesday morning when the host fainted on live TV.

Williams, dressed in an elaborate Statue of Liberty costume, started introducing the show’s annual Halloween costume contest toward the end of the hour.

“We do it every year, it’s always a lot of fun — let’s get started,” she said. Then you can see what happens next: