Wendy Williams Biography

Wendy Williams is a retired television host, actress, author, fashion designer, and radio personality. She is known for her no-nonsense attitude and cheeky on-air personality. Williams hosts the BET television show called the Wendy Williams Show. She is a former radio DJ and host on numerous New York FMs before entering the television industry. In 2009, she was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame. She began hosting her own show The Wendy Williams Show in 2009. Williams is a New York Times bestselling author who has published her autobiography and other fiction and nonfiction books. She has also acted in numerous movies, television series, and broadways.

Williams has been married twice. She has been married to Kevin Hunter since 1997. She has a son, Kevin Hunter Jr., with him.

Early life, age and education of Wendy Williams

Author, TV and radio talk show host Wendy Williams was born Wendy Joan Williamson on July 18, 1964 in Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States of America.

He belongs to American nationality and his ethnicity is Afro-African. He was born to father Thomas Williams Sr. and mother Shirley Williams.

Williams has two brothers; Wanda Williams and Thomas Williams Jr. Her family moved to the middle-class community of Ocean Township, New Jersey when she was five years old. She spent the rest of her childhood there. She graduated from Ocean Township High School, where she competed on her high school swim team.

Williams attended Northeastern University, graduating with a major in communications and a minor in journalism in 1986. He was a DJ for college radio station WRBB.

Wendy Williams’ career

Radio DJ

During days at Northeastern University, Wendy Williams got involved in radio and hosted her own music show on college radio station WRBB. She took the train to New York City to hang out at Penn Station in her spare time.

Her husband Kevin Hunter is an author, actor, and producer who is a certified performance artist. He has worked on the production development line of several films. Her novel The Jagger Revolution (2011) was included on the New York Best Seller list.

Wendy describes that her previous husband was a salesman, whom Wendy divorced after only four months of marriage.

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Wendy even revealed that her husband was trying to cheat on her in 2001 after their son was born. Her husband was also accused of sexually harassing Nicole Spence in 2008. She later filed the sexual harassment lawsuit against Williams and Hunter.

In July 2017, Williams revealed that veteran actor Bill Cosby tried to fire her over sexual allegations in the early 1990s. In an interview with Howard Stern , she went ahead and talked about Bill Cosby.

Williams passed out during the Halloween episode of The Wendy Williams Show in October 2017. Following the incident, she revealed about her health status via Instagram stating

“I’m home and I’m hydrating, and I’ll definitely be there tomorrow with the rest of the story.”

Wendy Williams Age and Body Measurement

• Height: Stands at a height of 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m).
• Age: As of 2019, he is 54 years old.
• Weight: Weighs 79 kg (174 lbs).
• Body measurement: 41-30-40 in (104-76-102 cm).
• Bra Size / Cup Size: 32B
• Eye Color: Hazel
• Hair Color: Blonde

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