Calls Wendy Williams A Transvestite
Says She's Talentless
Image Source: Adam Carolla's Twitter @AdamCarolla
Image source: Wendy Williams' Twitter: @WendyWilliams
Oooooooh kids, this feud is heating up! Adam Carolla (Ace Man to his fans) had some choice words for Wendy on his daily podcast today! Now before I continue, I'd like to make two points:
2) I would also like to point out, for the record, that I am actually a fan of both Adam and Wendy - so please don't accuse me of pre-existing bias. I'm probably a marketer's nightmare because I don't fit into a perfect "demo." I watch women's talk shows - especially Wendy Williams - and reality TV, but I also am a huge fan of Howard Stern and Opie and Anthony. I listen to Adam Carolla's podcast regularly, in addition to Jay Mohr and Joe Rogen's podcasts on a semi-regular basis - just to name a few. It's important to make this point because this feud is getting nasty and polarizing. Does it mean I agree with either of these people wholeheartedly? Absolutely not. It's all shades of gray people. Learn all sides of an issue and you've earned your right to declare an informed opinion. Otherwise, keep it to yourself until you have all the facts.
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Okay - now that we got that straight - Adam Carolla, on his daily podcast today, addressed the "feud" with Wendy. The topic came up about a half hour into the show when his sidekick Alison Rosen kicked off the news segment by informing Adam that Wendy went off on him on her After Show. Adam apparently hadn't heard of it - according to him - but he did remark that his wife questioned him about the appearance right afterwards in their hotel room. Alison then went on to play both the scrubbed and un-scrubbed versions of Wendy's rant for Adam.
"I want to hear what this transvestite has to say," said Adam as Alison was introducing the two clips.
Um, with that as his opener, I had a feeling he was gonna play dirty from the start - like real gully, and I was right.
Here are some other choice remarks from Adam in the 6-8 minute segment dedicated to the feud [DISCLAIMER: I tried to be as accurate as possible transcribing - and I pulled out the most relevant, juicy quotes - but I can't guarantee 100% accuracy because I worked fast to get this to you ASAP!!! I don't think there are any errors - but if there are, they're minor. If you see anything wrong, let me know and I will update it]:
On Wendy's remarks about Adam's inappropriate attire:
You want a top hat and tails?...... She's a [EXPLETIVE] zero, she does nothing, she just sits up there and wants to talk to you about your shoes and the Kardashians and [EXPLETIVE].
Wow, wow, I didn't know.... I wore nice shoes!... What the [EXPLETIVE] was going on?......
Adam qualifying his upcoming rant
Couple of things, first off - alright this is gonna sound like sour grapes because she was talkin' [EXPLETIVE] about me and now I'm gonna talk [EXPLETIVE] about her.
Adam accusing Wendy of being talentless
She's a zero, she doesn't do anything she doesn't have any comedic chops she doesn't have a point of view, she doesn't have [EXPLETIVE] anything to say, it's all about hair and shoes and woop wooop and all that [EXPLETIVE].
Adam complaining about Wendy's questions and accusing her and her producers not reading the book first
She asked me if I grew up rich..... and she said did you grow up in the midwest?.... No, I grew up trying to get a job at Taco Bell.... She did not even bother to have.... usually what you do is you get your producers to skim the book for you, give you a couple beats on it - although I will say this in defense of proud black women, Gayle King on the CBS show, uh an hour earlier read the [EXPLETIVE] thing cover to cover, loved it, came in the green room and uh never stopped gushing about it.
Back to Wendy insulting Adam's outfit
I'm wearing the [EXPLETIVE] shirt I was wearin'..... it's actually the shirt that I'm wearing in the jacket of the book. I don't know why she [EXPLETIVE] teed up...
On the audience member comment
What happened was, was I,.... I walked onto the stage and there was a dude who was like 52, white as a ghost, looked like Bill O'Reilly and was standing .... dead nut center in a sea of chicks and gays, just [EXPLETIVE] hootin' his head off and I was like, who the [EXPLETIVE] is this guy? And what is he doin' here?
Adam's challenge to Wendy
Well listen, she's a talentless [EXPLETIVE].... obviously she's a talentless [EXPLETIVE] and by the way if she ever wants to [EXPLETIVE] bring it with me like if she ever wants to call in or come on or get it on, I will [EXPLETIVE] smash the [EXPLETIVE] out of her... she is a [EXPLETIVE] zero, there is no possible way she can keep up with me.... She'll never do it..... cause I'll [EXPLETIVE] ball her up like foil and kick her [EXPLETIVE] to the curb
Adam accusing Wendy of looking like a man
And people do think that she's a transvestite, like they don't know that she's a woman... I was like, RuPaul, put some weight on, that's what my whole take was.
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Okay -now that I've digested all of it, I think Adam hit way too under the belt. He didn't have to attack Wendy's looks to make his point. She insulted his choice of outfits, not the looks that he can't do anything about. In general, I think it's poor form to insult someone's weight, or looks etc... as your go-to comeback. It's just unnecessary. He could have gone right into the defense of his outfit, and complaining about her not reading the book and he would have made two fine rebuttals. But by saying the other stuff- it negates a lot in my eyes.
Now I do understand that Wendy is on a network show and she has to pick and choose her words in a way Adam does not. Back in her radio days, she too hit way under the belt. So there's that. Adam has uninhibited freedom of speech on his podcast - but Adam sometimes can step too over the line into controversial territory - he has been accused of being racist in the past, I believe on more than one occasion. Many times I don't agree with what Adam has to say, but having said that, his strong opinions and points of view have opened up my perspective on certain topics.
Adam is what he is and Wendy is what she is. My overall opinion hasn't changed much about either of them - since, as a fan, I already know what they're all about. It will be interesting to see if they ever cross paths again. My guess is no.
