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According to the New York Daily News Whitney Houston won’t be sitting down for a chat on the “Wendy Williams Show” anytime soon: A source says she’s still steamed about the infamous on-air confrontation she had with Williams back when the host was a radio shock jock.
Houston isn’t the only one holding a grudge. In what talent bookers for the talk show are calling the “Wendy BLACK-lash,” a slew of A-list African-Americans — including Mariah Carey, Usher, Tyler Perry and Diddy — have all refused to visit the show.
“Wendy isn’t that far removed from her days of bashing black Hollywood’s who’s who on her radio show, and people have long memories,” says a source close to the chatfest. “Producers are begging the biggest stars in the business to come on the show, but they’re getting turned down flat.”
Houston is allegedly still smarting from the 2003 radio exchange she had with Williams, in which the shock jock continually asked questions about her alleged drug problems.
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