Wendy Williams: The Movie trailer features first look at Ciera Payton as the talk show hostHunter

Ciera Payton brings the private and professional life of a beloved talk show host to the small screen in the first trailer for Wendy Williams: The Movie.

Payton, 34, plays Williams, whose substance abuse issues and other personal issues are showcased in the trailer (via Entertainment Tonight YouTube).

Payton is joined by Morocco Omari playing Kevin Hunter, who Williams was married to from 1997 until they split in 2019, amid rumors of Hunter fathering a child with another woman.

New trailer: Ciera Payton brings the private and professional life of a beloved talk show host to the small screen in the first trailer for Wendy Williams: The Movie

Issues: Payton, 34, plays Williams, whose substance abuse issues and other personal issues are showcased in the trailer (via Entertainment Tonight YouTube)

Issues: Payton, 34, plays Williams, whose substance abuse issues and other personal issues are showcased in the trailer (via Entertainment Tonight YouTube)

The trailer begins with an On Air sign flashing red, as Williams tells her listeners, ‘It’s your girl Wendy Williams on the mic. I am here to stay.’

‘Wendy Williams is not going anywhere,’ she says in the studio, as she’s seen walking through the office with a skintight mini-dress flaunting her curves, walking through a graphic that reads, ‘Trailblazer.’

‘I’m gonna come in like a hurricane,’ she adds, before the trailer cuts to segments from her show, where she asks Whitney Houston if she’s ‘still using drugs.’

Trailblazer: 'Wendy Williams is not going anywhere,' she says in the studio, as she's seen walking through the office with a skintight mini-dress flaunting her curves, walking through a graphic that reads, 'Trailblazer'

Trailblazer: ‘Wendy Williams is not going anywhere,’ she says in the studio, as she’s seen walking through the office with a skintight mini-dress flaunting her curves, walking through a graphic that reads, ‘Trailblazer’

Drugs: 'I'm gonna come in like a hurricane,' she adds, before the trailer cuts to segments from her show, where she asks Whitney Houston if she's 'still using drugs'

Drugs: ‘I’m gonna come in like a hurricane,’ she adds, before the trailer cuts to segments from her show, where she asks Whitney Houston if she’s ‘still using drugs’

She ultimately moved from the radio airwaves to the TV airwaves, getting her own talk show as she’s seen walking onto the set.

Williams is then seen interacting with Hunter on the street, who tells her she’s a ‘star’ which clearly gets her attention.

She is also seen telling a board room that she is, ‘going to tell it like it is,’ as her star continues to rise. 

Set: She ultimately moved from the radio airwaves to the TV airwaves, getting her own talk show as she's seen walking onto the set

Set: She ultimately moved from the radio airwaves to the TV airwaves, getting her own talk show as she’s seen walking onto the set

Star: Williams is then seen interacting with Hunter on the street, who tells her she's a 'star' which clearly gets her attention

Star: Williams is then seen interacting with Hunter on the street, who tells her she’s a ‘star’ which clearly gets her attention

Tell it like it is: She is also seen telling a board room that she is, 'going to tell it like it is,' as her star continues to rise

Tell it like it is: She is also seen telling a board room that she is, ‘going to tell it like it is,’ as her star continues to rise

Her life starts to crumble though as she tells Hunter that she ‘trusts’ him to take care of the business side of things, but he’s not too pleased with her.

‘You’re self-indulgent, you’re narcissistic, you’ve got a coke habit,’ he says, as Williams is seen collapsing while wearing a Statue of Liberty costume.

She’s heard saying, ‘He’s having a baby with her,’ indicating the biopic (which Williams herself helped produce) includes rather current events. 

Not pleased: Her life starts to crumble though as she tells Hunter that she 'trusts' him to take care of the business side of things, but he's not too pleased with her

Not pleased: Her life starts to crumble though as she tells Hunter that she 'trusts' him to take care of the business side of things, but he's not too pleased with her

Not pleased: Her life starts to crumble though as she tells Hunter that she ‘trusts’ him to take care of the business side of things, but he’s not too pleased with her

Coke habit: 'You're self-indulgent, you're narcissistic, you've got a coke habit,' he says, as Williams is seen collapsing while wearing a Statue of Liberty costume

Coke habit: 'You're self-indulgent, you're narcissistic, you've got a coke habit,' he says, as Williams is seen collapsing while wearing a Statue of Liberty costume

Coke habit: ‘You’re self-indulgent, you’re narcissistic, you’ve got a coke habit,’ he says, as Williams is seen collapsing while wearing a Statue of Liberty costume

Baby: She's heard saying, 'He's having a baby with her,' indicating the biopic (which Williams herself helped produce) includes rather current events

Baby: She's heard saying, 'He's having a baby with her,' indicating the biopic (which Williams herself helped produce) includes rather current events

Baby: She’s heard saying, ‘He’s having a baby with her,’ indicating the biopic (which Williams herself helped produce) includes rather current events

Williams is then seen going on a tirade of sorts, stating, ‘Before I had you, I had me and not you, nor anyone else, has the power to take away my gifts.’

The trailer ends with a number of different shots as Williams is heard saying, ‘I’m gonna turn this city out’ as the trailer comes to an end.

Wendy Williams: The Movie, directed by Darren Grant, premieres Saturday, January 30, at 8 PM ET on Lifetime. 

Gifts: Williams is then seen going on a tirade of sorts, stating, 'Before I had you, I had me and not you, nor anyone else, has the power to take away my gifts'

Gifts: Williams is then seen going on a tirade of sorts, stating, ‘Before I had you, I had me and not you, nor anyone else, has the power to take away my gifts’

Premiere: Wendy Williams: The Movie, directed by Darren Grant, premieres Saturday, January 30, at 8 PM ET on Lifetime

Premiere: Wendy Williams: The Movie, directed by Darren Grant, premieres Saturday, January 30, at 8 PM ET on Lifetime