Wendy Williams Delays Talk Show Return Another Month Amid Health Concerns
How she doin’? Via the years, Wendy Williams has made headlines for far more than simply her brutally trustworthy opinions and on-air spats together with her A-list interviewees.
The speak present host, who was as soon as dubbed “New York’s Shock Jockette” throughout her radio days, has discovered herself face-to-face with quite a few well being and private struggles. She was hooked on cocaine for a decade at first of her profession, and extra just lately has battled Graves’ illness, hyperthyroidism and different bodily illnesses.
Williams’ marriage has additionally been a scorching matter (no pun meant). For years, she has weathered allegations that her now-ex-husband, Kevin Hunter, was dwelling a double life and had been untrue to her. After the TV producer welcomed a child with one other lady in March 2019, Williams lastly pulled the plug on their 21-year marriage. The previous couple finalized their divorce in January 2020.
The next yr, Williams opened up about the place she stood with Hunter, telling Additional, “He calls every now and then. … I don’t block his quantity although, he’s my son [Kevin Jr.’s] father.”
The pair’s ups and downs have been explored in Williams’ Lifetime biopic, Wendy Williams: The Film, which aired in January 2021. A documentary titled Wendy Williams: What a Mess accompanied the film. Whereas talking with the Los Angeles Times concerning the two movies, the Masked Singer alum referred to them as a “breakup venture.”
She defined in January 2021, “I’m 56 years previous. My breakup challenge just isn't destroying my ex-husband. I don’t remorse assembly him. We fell in love virtually immediately. We’ve been via so much. … I've no regrets about marrying him, and I've no regrets about divorcing him.”
The New Jersey native asserted on the time that she had “outgrown” the connection no matter reported scandals. “That’s the easiest way I can describe it,” she stated. “And I’ve accepted my progress versus preventing it.”
Williams didn’t need both film to carry again about her previous — even probably the most troubling elements. Viewers discovered that she is the survivor of sexual assault and received a extra in-depth take a look at her struggles with substance abuse. The Dancing With the Stars alum additionally recalled receiving “infinite calls” with supportive messages about her prior miscarriages, which she skilled earlier than welcoming her son in 2000.
“You’d be stunned what number of ladies opened up and stated, ‘Oh, my gosh, Wendy, that occurred to me,'” she advised the newspaper. “I might get stopped within the streets. … It actually turned very soothing for me to really feel like my loss was capable of assist different individuals not really feel embarrassed, not really feel ugly or lower than a lady.”
Have a look again with Us Weekly at a few of the Ask Wendy writer’s private woes.
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