Wendi and Dfernando's thirty-second episode and their guest is comedian, actress, writer, producer and best-selling author Heather McDonald.  

Born and raised in Southern California, Heather McDonald is best known for her work as one of the writers, producers and performers on E! Entertainment’s top rated shows CHELSEA LATELY for its entire 7 year run, its spin-off AFTER LATELY, a mockumentary series on E! Entertainment for its 3 successful seasons, and her enormously popular podcast JUICY SCOOP.  With over 300 episodes and over 30+ million downloads, the podcast has over 9,000 Five Star reviews on Apple Podcasts and is ranked in the Top 10 Comedy Podcasts.  

As an actress, she has been seen on several hit television series like FRASIER, RENO 911!, MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE and DRAKE AND JOSH.  She has also appeared on Bravo’s WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE with Andy Cohen, FLIPPING OUT and both THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ORANGE COUNTY and BEVERLY HILLS.  Other television appearances have been on KEEPING UP WITH THE KARDASHIANS, Logo’s RuPAUL’S DRAG RACE, RuPAUL’S BIG GAY GAME SHOW, THE TONIGHT SHOW, THE WENDY WILLIAMS SHOW, THE TODAY SHOW, DR. DREW and is regularly featured on CNN, ABC NEWS NIGHTLINE and REELZ Channel.  She was also the host of TLC’S ALL ABOUT SEX and HOLLYWOOD TODAY LIVE.

On film, Heather was a contributing writer and had featured roles in WHITE CHICKS and DANCE FLICK by The Wayans Brothers.

As an author, Heather’s debut book, YOU’LL NEVER BLUE BALL IN THIS TOWN AGAIN: One Woman’s Painfully Funny Quest to Give It Up, spent seven weeks on the New York Times best-seller list, and climbed to the #1 position on Amazon’s “Bestsellers in Entertainment” list. Her follow-up book titled MY INAPPROPRIATE LIFE: Some Material Not Suitable for Small Children, Nuns, or Mature Adults also became a national bestseller.

Her Showtime stand-up special I DON’T MEAN TO BRAG and her most recent Heather McDonald’s JUICY SCOOP Stand-Up Special are both available on Amazon Prime.  

Along with her numerous ongoing projects, she continues doing her stand-up comedy, which consistently sell out shows across the country in theaters, comedy clubs and other venues.

And on Episode 32, Wendi and Dfernando talk about his latest fashion editorial in CLIENT MAGAZINE, and GOTTLIEB PUNK's latest single "Trapped in the Doorway".  And on THE RIPE & ROTTEN REPORT there's Taraji P. Henson, Randy Quaid, PlutoTV and Tyra Banks.  

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