Now this is the Wendy Williams update we’ve all been waiting for!
After years of turmoil in a still-ongoing fight to win back her freedom from a court-appointed guardianship, the 61-year-old media maven has been doing her best to begin stepping up hotter this year. Well, it’s looking like Wendy Williams is ready for her comeback after looking absolutely stunning last night (September 16) while sitting front row at designer LaQuan Smith’s Spring/Summer 2026 runway show for this year’s annual New York Fashion Week.
Looking the best she has in years, Williams wore a full ensemble designed by LaQuan himself — “head-to-toe,” as she told BlkCosmo — complete with a zebra-print fur shawl, matching top, sheer nude stockings and a trendy pair of all-black studded sneakers. Her niece, Alex Finnie, was tagging close by to give support as she’s done exceptionally for the past year or so, in addition to security to keep the fawning crowd of fans at bay.
A few days prior on September 14, Williams was spotted at the show for designer Bach Mai looking equally as fly in a little black dressed and chunky gold Gucci belt that evoked her old self to a tee. At both events, she was seen rocking an iced-out “W” chain synonymous with the logo of her former daytime series, The Wendy Williams Show.
No word on if this means an official comeback is underway, but we’re just happy to see Wendy winning and, most importantly, smiling again.
Let’s pray for more good Wendy Williams news like this in the near future. See what others are saying about her NYFW glow-up on social media below:
- Wendy Williams looks TF GOOD 🫶🏾👑🙏🏾
via @yourditarrie_
- we need to get wendy williams back in that purple chair NOW
via @willfulchaos
- Love this—but girl—them shoes!!!!
via @SinnamonCouture
- SHES HEALING ! #WendyWilliams
via @hwculture
- Lil Kim x Wendy Williams 😍😍😍
via @lilkimardistan
- Happy that Wendy Williams showed up in New York she looks healthy 😍
- everyone was serving at the laquan smith show, even wendy williams was there.
via @goodluckthottie
- Eva Marcille linking up with Wendy Williams at NYFW? Obsessed! #RHOA
via @gibsonoma
- wendy williams come back the public needs you
via @enf4nTWOrr1ble
- just saw a vid of wendy williams and it just made me think about how badly the world needs a purple chair rn
via @joshyywuh
