Wendy Williams Apologizes For Mocking ‘Joker’ Star Joaquin Phoenix

TV host Wendy Williams apologized after controversial comments she made on her show about Joker star Joaquin Phoenix’s lip scar.

When Wendy Williams talked about the Golden Globes on an episode of her show earlier this week, she made some questionable comments about Joker star Joaquin Phoenix. During her “Hot Topics” segment, Wendy Williams pointed out Joaquin Pheonix’s lip scar.

Following comments made about Joaquin Phoenix on her show, Wendy Williams faced backlash online from many fans. Joaquin Phoenix never responded to Wendy Williams’ comments, but the Joker star has talked about his lip scar in the past, saying it was something he was born with. Wendy Williams later issued an apology on her Twitter . You can see Wendy Williams’ tweet below.

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Here is the official synopsis for Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker:

Director Todd Phillips “Joker” centers around the iconic arch nemesis and is an original, standalone fictional story not seen before on the big screen. Phillips’ exploration of Arthur Fleck, who is indelibly portrayed by Joaquin Phoenix, is of a man struggling to find his way in Gotham’s fracturedsociety. A clown-for-hire by day, he aspires to be a stand-up comic at night…but finds the joke always seems to be on him. Caught in a cyclical existence between apathy and cruelty, Arthur makes one bad decision that brings about a chain reaction of escalating events in this gritty character study.

Directed by Todd Phillips from a script he co-wrote with Scott Silver, Joker stars Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Bill Camp, Frances Conroy, Brett Cullen, Glenn FleshleRemark r, Douglas Hodge, Marc Maron, Josh Pais, and Shea Whigham.

Joker is now playing in theaters!

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