Wendy Williams' 2011 Interview with Aretha Franklin: Part 1 & 2

[@glamourgirl-n9b]

How things can change in 13 years. The queen, Mz Aretha is gone now. Wendy isn’t well. God bless em both.

[@horizontoday7874]

Yes 😢

[@mrgordy1980]

So true

[@Dedicated2WendyWilliams]

This WHOLE Interview is LEGENDARY LOL

[@blaagsmith803]

“You will get knocked out….Ms. Franklin don’t play”. 😂😂

[@Jiorgiapeach]

Aretha understood and loved Wendy and her humor. Very cool to see.

[@Mynameistyshawn]

Yes I came to write the same thing! You can tell they would Kiki without the cameras around!! 😂 and can tell she watched Wendy!

[@Phillyhippie215]

As an Aries. Aretha was just having fun. I swear we really know how to get on camera and “act” like we’re divas. We will play that part so well just to get a laugh.

[@Mynameistyshawn]

@@Phillyhippie215 isn’t Mariah an Aries? 🤔 you might be on to something girl! I really think she liked Wendy too! Almost like they understand her job and know it’s no mean spirited but will play that “ Diva “ role like you said to make it interesting! 👏🏾

[@Phillyhippie215]

@@Mynameistyshawn yup Mariah is born March 27 the same bday as me lol. She does the same exact thing. It’s all for laughs, the media eats it up. Again I’m like this all the time. It’s literally us making fun of ourselves and not taking titles too seriously.

[@jkiahampton6295]

“I knew she couldn’t sing, I never expected her to”😂😂

[@keonta81]

I fell out when she said that

[@Americahasaproblemchile]

I was the 100th like

[@takingitonedayatatime7851]

🤣🤣🤣

[@oboy5996]

Hallie just didn't want to do it, and she was honest, Aretha was messy!

[@reneebenotmusic]

😂😂

[@judyanderson3500]

Wendy Williams is a talk show icon, and she is missed by a lot of people. Her interview with the Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin was great!

[@daCubanaqt]

WW was always real if nothing else. I love how she called Aretha “Miss Franklin” the entire time. I still remember her radio show on WBLS in NYC. Cannot say the same about Oprah.

[@glamourgirl-n9b]

I thought Wendy was a little fresh an putting Aretha out to pastor. Aretha also sings Opera. She’s no joke and Wendy trying to play. Wendy knows her show writes off the bill with Aretha. Ghetto Wendy.

[@joselynjolivet7694]

At her height, Wendy Williams was a charismatic, sensational talk show host. She was a great interviewer. 😮❤

[@craigslistreply7370]

There will never be another. Wendy set the bar very high. Her show was entertaining and she didn't even need a guest LOL. Not many people can do that.

[@darriniyatunguk7532]

Aside from avoiding talking about the cancer, I love how open and loose and honest she was in this interview.

[@pigramgregory2]

Aretha Franklin kept her cancer status private and I didn't blame her on that 1 RIP To The Queen Of Soul ❤️❤️ 😭😭

[@MsElectricLover]

“Step back” 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀🤣🤭

[@kikoarmani]

🤣🤣🤣🤣😭

[@pedropaulohonorato]

she was like "get tf out of my face btch" hahaha

[@adale2771]

LMAO . 😂😂😂😂

[@Jay96964]

She said get that trout outta my face girl

[@nakiosan314]

LMFAOOOO

[@Blumoon_vii]

this is the best interview ever ever ever i laughed so much what a sassy funny real lady miss aretha are

[@philippillis9393]

Say what you want about Wendy but she wasn't afraid of anyone, she had a no BS attitude while also being respectful. A unique mix.

[@AGNETHAFALTSK0G]

Wendy is possibly a hombre in disguise.

[@Polo-sl5ju]

“Yeah no I am not gullible you get stupid” 😂

[@a426108]

😂

[@rookking153]

Chile Ms Franklin ain't never lie

[@robertbauers2210]

Aretha: would you be willing to help finance it? Wendy: Oh we’ll Miss Franklin I’m only in the second season of my show. Aretha: Ok check not big enough yet lol

[@SW-ry3ni]

That was so awkward

[@arethasD6belt]

​@@SW-ry3niwhere did you see that it was awkward? It was hilarious!

[@pigramgregory2]

​@@arethasD6beltWendy Williams 🤑💰 was not long as Aretha Franklin's was it was just a joke 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. RIP

[@goldrush-wt3nl]

I truly miss her. I just feel like I knew her. I’ve loved her since I was a kid. What a beautiful captivating soul. I wish her another great life in the afterlife

[@China_lav]

I miss the old healthy Wendy. All the legends and successful people are getting old or gone.

[@peachesandcream3415]

See this is Wendy was at the top of her game! Style and class! Periodt!

[@myahnombre]

It was a very organic show, just Wendy being herself.

[@Name_em]

Very organtic

[@annaander37]

This interview was filled with so much shade

[@dansmodacct]

so much shade and so much love all at the same time. I love this interview! RIP Queen and get better Wendy

[@glamourgirl-n9b]

Wendy needed to show a little more respect. Also Aretha is no joke, she sings opera, languages. Wendy shoulda done her homework, beyond the gossip. Aretha is a disciplined entertainer, song writer and musician.

[@didierrobert13004]

@@glamourgirl-n9bi agree but I’m pretty sure Aretha did know what Wendy was all about 😂 so she wasn’t surprised about the whole thing and I think she had fun!

[@beetlebum1]

I have never seen Aretha be more forthcoming in an interview than this one. Amazing.

[@amo2464]

Yes they really connected and had fun together

[@bachumiah119]

Miss Franklin don’t play!! Gathered Wendy Williams real quick

[@chanaki5336]

Oh man! That was an excellent, real legendary interview. Wendy did a tremendous job! She was indeed herself while still respectful.Wendy is so funny! I love Wendy!❤ I do miss seeing her on the screen.

[@SetoKaiba342]

I can watch Aretha interviews all day every day lol

[@cajunscorpion]

Omg I absolutely love Aretha!

[@4050322]

"you get stupid" hahahaha

[@begging4music]

Always my favorite part.

[@chancebrown106]

The audacity to think a woman with an essentially spotless half century plus career is “gullible”….

[@dddddadadad1796]

And looking back at how it all went down for Wendy Williams, that took on a whole other meaning! Lmfao

[@dddddadadad1796]

@@chancebrown106 spotless ?????!?! NO

[@chancebrown106]

@@dddddadadad1796 child pregnancies and failed marriages. Fine. Care to elaborate on anything else? See how well you fare if you became a household name.

[@coupleofbeers31]

I love the way Aretha can throw some major shade without lifting her voice one bit.

[@marilynjackson5983]

Mean Wendy being nice to our dear Aretha! She must really love and respect Aretha..

[@tasibho]

To think she was actually living with cancer here and no one knew. Such a fighter till the end. RIP . You were a strong woman.

[@keonta81]

People already knew then

[@robertbauers2210]

LoL when Wendy started to dance Aretha saying step back step over there

[@d.johnson1109]

Wendy: “Queen Latifah” Aretha: “No” Why she say ‘no’ so quick like that??? LMAO😅

[@glorygirl6946]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@butterflyygyrlsworld5106]

😂😂😂😂😅😅😅

[@sheilajohnson3768]

Latifah voice is totally different.

[@d.johnson1109]

@@sheilajohnson3768 okay?? So is Jennifer Hudson’s voice. It’s called portraying a person. Not actually being them.

[@punkanellylovejoy702]

@@d.johnson1109 Latifah isn't considered as classy as these other singer/actresses. She's known for rap.

[@bohdiiotzaranohealanijaiya7441]

Forever a great interview RIP Aretha 🙏 🕊

[@neilyboy8568]

Aretha was and will always be the queen of shade and soul.

[@nerdguru86]

This is my first time seeing this.. Wendy did really well interviewing her

[@glamourgirl-n9b]

@@nerdguru86 Wendy didn’t do her homework, so Ms Aretha had to check Wendy a couple times. Wendy being silly with all her gossip, and Aretha ain’t no joke and don’t play.

[@blurdreamer]

I like Aretha being down to earth, I mean she watch TV like the rest of us,

[@tamarat.8810]

Ms Franklin minced no words....SIP Queen❤

[@gracelove1842]

One of the best interviews ever

[@wwenewyork7570]

When Wendy mentioned queen latifah for her movie and aretha said OH NO I thought she was gone actually say OH FUCK NO 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@theliltwirp]

Wait !!!!!! Tell me why I can see her saying that !!! But now that you mention it, she may have actually been thinking it !! I swear I love the comments section of KZbin, and just in general....these can be just as entertaining as the actual video/interview !!! Thanks for making me laugh....and think what Aretha may have wished she could've said !! I fell out reading your comment !!! 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@wwenewyork7570]

@@theliltwirp 😂😂

[@soulstarmusiclover1254]

Gosh Wendy sure had a way of getting her guest to answer questions many couldn’t. Love and respect to the Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin and Queen of Daytime TV Wendy✨✨💫❤️

[@b1tchycvnt]

This makes me sad, happy, sentimental…so many emotions! RIP Aretha and prayers for Wendy😢

[@jessejameslatimer8686]

Miss Wendy so much

[@erinnicole477]

Eww why

[@Bdoll2011]

What a funny interview

[@grant1088]

I love this interview wendy did a great job hope Wendy can get her life together she has been through so much get well wendy . 13:48

[@erichawkins5738]

Rolling Stone voted her the number one singer of all time. I certainly understand why because she was pure technical genius!!!

[@FilPol-yu1es]

Politically correct choice

[@dennismclaurin1487]

She'll always be the Queen of Soul

[@FilPol-yu1es]

@@dennismclaurin1487 ...Yes, but Rolling Stone knows Aretha isn't the #1 singer of all time. That's a very subjective choice and...a politically correct one. We're talking "art" NOT virtue-signaling. Aretha's wonderful BUT there are Many Singers who could be Number One.

[@DereBear]

@@FilPol-yu1esshe is the most influential singer of the last century

[@BozeDoesGodsWork]

Are you saying politically correct because she’s black?

[@frankiethomas7478]

This interview by far makes me laugh every time. I honestly miss Wendy’s sense of humor. Ever since her marriage complications began, she has not showed this side of her in a long while.

[@prodon780]

Wendy that was simply beautiful to see the Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin

[@tariqreid1445]

"One of the husbands that you had" 😫

[@pedropaulohonorato]

you can tell she caught the shade

[@glamourgirl-n9b]

Men trade up all the time.

[@shantebarze1068]

​@@glamourgirl-n9b Yes especially when they grow apart, most Women are hard to deal with during Menopause, an Most Men just always like someone new, but rarely most men stay with one woman.

[@xyanaknowels2550]

when Wendy started dancing omg I am cracking up😭😭😭

[@theodoremartin1525]

Step back, go over there😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😝😝😝

[@JambuMalam]

Legendary moments for pop culture

[@petewong2372]

She was the legendary singer 😇🪦💐

[@Tiripsroirraw]

I hate that her good interviews were deleted !! I loved the interview she had with John Amos ( James from good times )

[@truffled_dust6987]

This was the most respectful I’ve seen Wendy

[@dwaynenix468]

“You get stupid, I’m not getting stupid” 😂😂😂😂

[@Mezsi_FueGo]

6:30 😂😂 “Stap back, step over there”

[@turquoisewoods2165]

Love this video❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@higher2007]

Aretha” Is that what you heard” lol

[@darreylhenderson702]

6:30 I swear Wendy said "Fuck steady" instead of "rocksteady". Lol

[@George-lq4li]

she's so rude, i bet if there were no cameras around Aretha wouldn't have stood her

[@speed_1988]

The fact that such a legend said “Aguilera was good” is for a girl which comes from the bubblegum pop industry …. Everything! Queen Xtina ❤️

[@anthonyfranco88]

A cup of banana pudding!! Werk lol

[@ttee3618]

A mixing bowl!

[@UncleDuTheWatchman]

You didn't get to see her in this mode often because Queenie could be very guarded but she was almost ALWAYS like this if you saw her in Detroit. She is so Detroit in this clip that I watch it just to laugh. LOVED her. Still do. She was not just the Queen of Soul, she was the Queen of Detroit and we will always love her.

[@AGNETHAFALTSK0G]

She sang with Diana Ross at the opening of a train station in Detroit a few weeks ago,

[@killerlifealbum]

I do miss Wendys interviews, I like how she pokes the bear lol

[@charlita25]

“Nay Nay” lol 😂

[@jbt6007]

Wendy was one of the best! Miss her.

[@jordanglover3463]

She said stand over hereeee lmaooo

[@nancyangel450]

If you watch the movie, with Jennifer Hudson, she was indeed raised in money and privilege starting at the age of 10.

[@avibecalledblessed7503]

I didn't know that. I have to see this movie!

[@MrSpain29]

Exactly! She was no rages to riches story. They were very affluent.

[@troyvahn2461]

@@MrSpain29 when she lived in Memphis they weren’t rich, that didn’t happen until her father moved to Detroit and started the mega church, look up the house she was born in

[@TheJohnpandy]

Money doesn't make you happy in the ways that really matter. True, the Franklins did have money later on. Along with success comes many problems. But money did not take away the pain from the loss of her mother leaving the family home. Aretha has faced many difficulties. She kept her feet on the ground and was an incredible artist and woman. Johnx

[@arlenecerf8833]

@@TheJohnpandy exactlyyy

[@ShakeYrFist]

23 minutes of comfort food

[@Mr.DakotaJace]

Trump became president ,Aretha’s gone, Jennifer did play her in the movie ,and Wendy lost her show after almost 20 years. Life was much simpler back then.

[@Sashaiordanov]

Now wendy is in a similar position to aretha! Hope she gets better soon. Not hearing her voice is saddening

[@Mr.DakotaJace]

@@Sashaiordanov same I hate the way they’re trying to portray here too.

[@Sashaiordanov]

@@Mr.DakotaJace i read comments on reddit and they are making fun of her conditon and her carrer and acalling her horrible. Not once did she say abything. Even the cleft lip drama. She said they were attractive smh! Anyways the people she talked about are not random people. They are celebs who dont need to be coddeled. And her true love was shown in ask wendy. She is the most real and kind but firm person ive ever seen! Curse the jaded millenials!!!

[@michaillabans7603]

‘i think JHud would do a bang up job’ and SHE DID! Wendy called it! 🔥🤌🏽

[@Fresh-D_1]

I wish they wouldve had another tea interview

[@johannebernier3089]

Aretha I miss your soft personality. When u say hum hum. You're so comforting.

[@nannersguyaners2745]

Of course Aretha was friends with Nene 😂…Aretha told Wendy that she would get knocked out if she tried the Queen…

[@daniella921]

This is iconic

[@stuartjenkins6673]

Love Aretha and how straight forward and down to earth she was.An Elegant Lady. A BEAUTIFUL SOUL. I Find Wendy Williams Annoying,Attention Seeking over the Top and Vulgar

[@davidouv]

She seemed difficult to deal with!

[@MalikDavis-t8b]

Yeah Aretha was on point Wendy couldn't ask her nothing stupid she was firing on her a**

[@shemissqueenkey]

I just watched this for the first time and I laughed to tears! Aretha was a cackle!!!

[@RachieBarbiee]

They are just a HOOT together I love their banter! 😂

[@able76]

Wow!!! Wendy was looking nice 👍👍👍

[@iamchristelleh]

Checks not big enough yet 😂😂😂😂

[@SUMMERGIRL4500]

Yo this was off the hook 😮😮😮😂😂😂😂😂

[@paparazzi929]

"I didn't come in the pink cadillac today; I came in a black limousine" LMAO queen

[@Deedeejj]

Laughing from start to finish 🤣🤍

[@erikm8372]

I love the part but I don’t see it here; when they get the bill and Wendy says something like “I’m gonna get you Ms Franklin!” And Aretha says “you would be on the FLOOR.”

[@JustAThought155]

Aretha is real, like, black and white real. She can see right through Wendy’s wide-eyed impulsive (possibly drug induced) ‘energy.’ I think she cut right through to the soul. She was always very focused and that’s why I wanted to see any interview with her, today.

[@Thitha]

Oh wow 🙄

[@AGNETHAFALTSK0G]

Wendy is a woman of movement

[@queenshandre8855]

I miss Ms. Wendy

[@DrKrysRacquel]

Love when she said “oh is that what you heard?” Then “Well a lot of things were said and I’ve left that behind - “ She was pretty open by talking about the pain but I appreciate she didn’t speak about anything she didn’t want to

[@airrickjohnson5650]

“ I Love You For Watching “ 😢

[@TheKingRoyalty]

You will get knocked out 🥊 😂😂😂 12:54

[@LambChristianboy2003]

She wasn't lying tho, Muhammad Ali was her friend lol😂

[@Pupfrank]

I love this lady I miss you sooooo much!!

[@Lala-Lin-i2u]

What interview is Aretha referring to at 4:51? Don't tell me it's the phone interview with Whitney where WH came for Wendy. How did that help Whitney at all?!

[@Jim-ct2qp]

She’s referring to when Wendy called Whitney out about standing in her truth and accountability of her addiction after Whitney’s Oprah interview.

[@zsazsagaborslap1020]

For calling her out about her addiction. Whitney was surrounded by yes people and people that wanted her money and benefited off her being on drugs

[@AGNETHAFALTSK0G]

Whitney is a fantastic singer!

[@nobile27]

This was our girl at her best

[@Ela-eh3hm]

"a carrot is not gonna work"... I hear you lol

[@myahnombre]

Arethas hilarious!

[@StilettoCutsQuick.]

I love Aretha’s laugh 😊

[@KawaiiGreen-s4n]

I love you ❤️

[@George-lq4li]

4:50 was she criticising her or she meant that Wendy was kind to Whitney other than that shady 2003 interview?

[@atlsuperstar]

I have watched a lot of her interviews, and you can always tell if she likes you cause she lets her guard down. She was quite hilarious, intelligent, and very quick-witted. I bet she was a ball to ki-ki with.

[@queenj4025]

Lmao Aretha a fun person to hang with

[@mleekahh]

She a ariesssss baby

[@Auntemem]

Nice interview

[@lawrenceharris11-kg2ei]

❤❤❤❤❤ God I miss this woman the a list one outside of Ella Fitzgerald n Sarah Vaughn Minnie Ripperton and of course phyllis Hyman ,Tina etc rip ladies ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@erikm8372]

“We laughed, we cried, we even danced a little,” …so says Wendy. I don’t see Aretha doing much of the first one, and neither of the latter two! Girl, what, Wendy!

[@alicemiriah]

6:30 made me do the goofy “ksksksksks” laugh. Both of their personalities are a trip

[@socialchameleon8065]

Aretha really enjoys Wendy’s humor. It was evident in Wendy’s first line about the Pink Cadillac. This is one of the only interviews I have seen more of Aretha’s personality. She was sharp, witty, and very intelligent.

[@George-lq4li]

11:53 "hey hey hey" said in the same way in the song "blurred lines", they must have took it from her (which she later did a cover for, unfortunately)