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Itwas also the meme mecca.

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The daytime gossip session pushed the boundaries of what people thought a talk show could be.

Beef became personal (cc: Omarosa), and anyone and anything was fair dragging game.

The internet BWWS (BeforeWendy Williams Show) was a less chaotic place.

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Therestoo muchcontent, but also never enough.

Take, for example, thisimage, found after you search wendy shook meme on Google.

(This image is literally me after I drink a Nitro Cold Brew.)

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In her decades-long work in reacting to drama, Wendy also normalizedsocial anxiety!

Wendy onWendywas a master of the unhinged, and the World Wide Web agreed.

Memes help us interpret culture with humor.

No one knew this better than Wendy, but the art was not birthed by the queen alone.

Similar to franchises like BravosReal HousewivesandRuPauls Drag Race, the production crew and video editors aided in themagic.

This moment really summarizes the transcendence ofWendyto something more than just a TV show.

What Wendy gave the internet is special it deserves an ode.

Ahead, enjoy a few of the Hot Topic moments that changed the course of history.

May the memes never die.

And in the words of Wendy: Im for gay marriage.

Jen … was arrested.