Wendy Williams is one of the most famous television hosts in America! Her recent hiatus made headlines everywhere!
Due to her return is the perfect time to dive deep into her life and find out some facts about her!
- Her full name is Wendy Joan Williams Hunter
- She was born on July 18, 1964
- She is an American television host, actress, author, fashion designer, and former radio personality
- She has hosted the nationally syndicated television talk show The Wendy Williams Show since 2008
- Prior to television,Wendy Williams was a radio DJ and host
- She quickly became known in New York as a “shock jockette”
- She gained notoriety for her on- air spats with celebrities
- She was the subject of the 2006 VH1 reality TV series The Wendy Williams Experience
- It broadcast events surrounding her radio show
- She was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 2009
- She has written a New York Times best-s elling autobiography and six other books
- She has created product lines including a fashion line, a jewelry collection and a wig line
- On her 50th birthday, the council of Asbury Park renamed the street on which she grew up to Wendy Williams Way
- Wendy Williams was born on July 18, 1964, in Asbury Park
- She is the second of three children born to parents Thomas and Shirley Williams
- At age 5, she moved with her family to the Wayside section of Ocean Township, New Jersey
- Wendy Williams graduated from Ocean Township High School
- And from 1982 to 1986 she attended Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts
- There she graduated with an Associate of Science degree in communications
- She was a DJ for the college radio station, WRBB
- In her biography, Wendy’s Got the Heat, she uses the pseudonym Robert Morris III
- To refer to her first husband and describes him as a salesperson
- Wendy Williams and her first husband have since divorced
- On November 30, 1997, Williams married her second husband Kevin Hunter
- Wendy Williams gave birth to their son, Kevin Hunter Jr., on August 18, 2000
- Wendy is a Christian
- She has stated that she prays with her husband before every show
- In 2008, Nicole Spence, talent booker for The Wendy Williams Experience, filed papers with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suing Williams
- Spence claimed Williams’ husband, Kevin Hunter, demanded sex from Spence on many occasions and created a hostile work environment by threatening and assaulting his wife on company premises
- On June 11, 2008, Spence filed a sexual-harassment lawsuit against Williams, Hunter, and Inner City Broadcasting Corporation in federal court in Manhattan
- Both Williams and Hunter deny the charges
- The case was dismissed with prejudice on October 22, 2008
- Wendy Williams is a seven-time New York Times best-seller and has published several books
- Wendy Williams was previously a spokesperson for Georges Veselle champagne
- She posed for PETA’s “I’d Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur” advert campaign in 2012
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