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Uh oh. Wendy Williams, the super former shockjock-turned-TV-host, seems to have bitten one of the hands that feeds her:

A longtime fan of Williams, drag performer Ericka Toure Aviance attended a Wednesday, August 12, taping of The Wendy Williams Show in New York with gay singer-songwriter Adam Joseph and gay entertainer Jonny McGovern, star of Logo’s The Big Gay Sketch Show.

“I decided to get dressed for Wendy because I thought she’d appreciate it,” says Aviance, a fixture of New York City nightlife for the last decade. “It wasn’t anything outlandish: It was a black baby-doll dress, heels, tights, and standard makeup — not even anything sparkly. It was very demure, especially for me.”

. . . a female intern noted the fact that Aviance was a drag queen. “She took my name down, so we thought we were about to get VIP treatment,” Aviance recalls. “After another hour we got to the door, and there’s this little white man standing there giving us the eyeball. He gets in our way to prevent us from going in, and he says, ‘You’re in violation of our no-costumes dress code. We usually don’t do this, but we know you’ve been waiting out there for a while, so we’re going to let you in. But you can’t appear on camera, and if you get up for Hot Topics or try to ask Wendy a question, you’ll be removed from the building.’[Advocate]

When the producers of the show were contacted, they responded, ” . . . the fact of the matter is that the show does request that audience members dress appropriately, not in costume-like attire. We certainly support the LGBTQ community and believe that personal style is a form of self-expression, as evidenced by our host Wendy Williams each and every day. But in this case, our staff was concerned that Ericka Toure’s attire was over-the-top and would be distracting to fans at home.”

OOooOO, Pork, what’s going on?

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