Wendy Williams cried when she returned to her TV show on Monday (19.03.18).
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The 53-year-old talk show host took a three-week hiatus from hosting 'The Wendy Williams Show' due to complications with her overactive thyroid and autoimmune disease Graves - which she was diagnosed 19 years ago - and thanked her fans for "missing" her and being "understanding" about her absence.
As she stepped out onto the stage, the audience chanted her name and she said: "Thank you for missing me. Thank you for not replacing us, thank you for being here today."
Around 20 minutes into the show, Wendy broke down in tears and said: "Thank you for understanding and being my special people.
"I do the show but there are hundreds of people who are the show, and they don't get the credit they deserve. So, thank you to everyone."
Wendy didn't initially dwell on her health issues but told viewers she'd been ordered to get "rest, rest, and more erst" and underwent a "battery of tests" during her time off.
She added: "I am optimum right now."
Later in the show, she went into further detail about the tests.
She said: "I got a full brain scan. ...There's no early Alzheimer's, dear."
The popular presenter was then joined by Dr. Mehmet Oz, and after seeing the TV medic, Wendy broke down in tears ago.
She said: "I don't want to stain my white shirt with black [eye make-up].
"I had to take three weeks off of work which was horrible but needed.
"Everything was fine until it wasn't."
Dr. Oz replied: "You saved your life."
He also discussed Wendy's severe vitamin D deficiency, which he described as the worst he'd ever seen in a patient.
Wendy told her viewers: "Go to the doctor, get that checked out.
"That manicure and pedicure can wait."
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