Aretha Franklin's estate responds to Wendy Williams throwing shade at upcoming movie about singer's gospel concert
By Mona Austin The Aretha Franklin estate has released a statement correcting shady critiques from day-time talk show host Wendy Williams, who criticized an upcoming movie of the iconic singer's 1972 Gospel concert recording, "Amazing Grace." The event was a match made in heaven between "The Queen of Soul" and the "King of Gospel," Rev. James Cleveland and his choir. Recorded at New Temple Missionary Baptist Church located in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, this record is the top-selling live gospel recording of all time. The long-delayed documentary film is finally being released on April 19, having been in the vault for 46 years. Williams showed a clip from Franklin's performance, dissed her appearance and the quality of the footage, assuming Franklin would not have wanted the film to be released. VIEW THE AMAZING GRACE TRAILER The estate said Williams' commentary “indicates that she has neither seen the documentar...