Wendy Williams: Biography in Details
Who is Wendy Williams?
Wendy Williams is an American television host, actress, author, fashion designer, and former radio personality. Williams is known as the host of the nationally syndicated television talk show, ‘The Wendy Williams Show’.
Wendy Williams: Early Life, Childhood, and Education
Wendy was born in Asbury Park, New Jersey on July 18, 1964, to parents Thomas and Shirley Williams. Furthermore, she is the second of three children.
She spent most of her childhood in the Wayside section of Ocean Township. Moreover, she had sharp characteristics from an early age and had contrast to her older, more bookish sister Wanda.
Wendy Williams belongs to an African-American ethnic background and holds an American nationality.
Talking about her education, Wendy attended Ocean Township High School and graduated from there. Next, from 1982 to 1986, she attended Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts.
She graduated with a B.A. in communications.
Wendy Williams: Career, Salary, and Net Worth
Initially, Wendy Williams was a DJ for the college radio station WRBB. Next, she joined the WVIS in the United States Virgin Islands. After a year, she obtained an afternoon position at Washington DC-based station WOL. Furthermore, she also worked overnight weekend shifts at WQHT.
In addition, Wendy started working in a Philadelphia urban station, WUSL. Furthermore, she helped the station move from 14th place in the ratings to 2nd. Debmar-Mercury offered her to do a six-week television trial of her own talk show in 2008. Next, she debuted a six-week television trial of her own talk show ‘The Wendy Williams Show’ on July 14, 2008.
Eventually, Wendy Williams signed a deal with Debmar-Mercury to broadcast the show nationally on their stations beginning in July 2009. In addition, BET picked up cable rights to broadcast the show at night.
Wendy has also appeared on other television shows like ‘Martin’, ‘One Life to Live’, ‘Drop Dead Diva’, ‘The Face’, ‘Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B’, ‘Death By Gossip with Wendy Williams’ and other. Some of the films that she has made appearances in are ‘Think Like a Man’, ‘The Cookout’, and ‘Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates’ among others. Furthermore, she has also done musical theatre works.
Apart from her acting career, Wendy is also active in the business world. She partnered with the Home Shopping Network and debuted a line of dresses, pants, sweaters, and skirts fit for the everyday woman. In addition, she also sells a line of jewelry products on the home shopping network, QVC, called ‘Adorn by Wendy Williams’.
Wendy Williams has garnered some prestigious awards including Radio Personality of the Year awards from Billboard. Furthermore, she garnered the nomination for the 42nd & 43rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Talk Show/Entertainment and Outstanding Talk Show Host. In addition, she also garnered the People’s Choice Award for Favorite Daytime TV Host in 2016.
Currently, Wendy Williams has a salary of $8,000,000 per season from her show. Her net worth totals an estimated amount of $20 million as of 2022.
Is Wendy Williams involved in any rumors and controversies?
Wendy Williams has been part of several controversies in her career. Her comment about Bill Cosby who attempted to get her fired in 1991 and 1992 has sparked numerous controversies over the years.
Nicole Spence sued Wendy in 2008 by filing papers with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Furthermore, she claimed that Wendy’s husband demanded sex from Spence on many occasions and created a hostile work environment.
Furthermore, she has also involved herself in feuds with Blac Chyna, Beyoncé, Ariana Grande, NeNe Leakes, Holly Robinson, LeAnn Rimes, and others. In addition, her comments about Bruce Jenner were also controversial. There is a rumor floating around the internet that she might be transgender.
Body Measurement: Height, Weight
Talking about her boy measurement, Wendy Williams has a height of 5 feet 10 inches. In addition, she weighs 79kg. Furthermore, her body measurement is 41-30-40 inches.
Her dress size is 12 and her shoe size is 11 (US). She has blonde hair and brown eyes.
Is Wendy Williams active on social media?
Wendy Williams is quite active on social media. She has a huge number of followers on social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter as well as Instagram.
She has more than 1.4M followers on Twitter. In addition, she has more than 1.9 million followers on Instagram. Similarly, her Facebook page has more than 3.4M followers and 2.64 million subscribers on the Youtube channel.
Wendy Williams’s Birthday Dates
| Year | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | July | Thursday |
| 2025 | July | Friday |
| 2026 | July | Saturday |
| 2027 | July | Sunday |
| 2028 | July | Tuesday |