Wendy Williams Shares Her Truth in Two Revealing Lifetime Projects

For years Williams pictured at top has been a fixture of both radio and television first as a shock jock DJ then as host of her daily syndicated television talk show Used to dishing on quothot topicsquot in 2017 she became one herself after overheating and fainting onair during a 2017 Halloweenthemed episode of her show Photo below is from the movie She quickly recovered and finished the programFollowing that event the veneer Williams had surrounded herself with began to crack Concerned people began asking quotHow you doin39 Wendyquot a play on her signature question at the top of each show Behind the scenes life was wasn39t all roses Her long marriage to managerhusband Kevin Hunter was falling apart and the usually resilient mother was going through a private hell one that ended in divorceIn the biopic Williams gets to tell her truth and she believes fans will appreciate her authenticityquotMy fans will probably say 39I can39t believe she had the guts to be so raw and honest39quot Williams said quotOther people who really listened to me during 35years of broadcasts will say 39Oh my gosh I remember she talked about this but I didn39t realize it was that intense or that deep39 or something like thatquotThe movie leaves no stone unturned Indeed when it comes to Williams39 life there39s a lot to unpack including her formative childhood years her struggles to conquer the maledominated world of talk radio her relationship with her now exhusband and her long struggle to become a mother something she desperately wanted Williams insists that revisiting her past wasn39t too difficult and she appreciates the life that helped inform the person she is today quotIt wasn39t tough at all actuallyquot she said of revisiting some of those challenging experiences quotThe life I39m living right now is my best life and I have no guilt about saying thatquotI have no regretsquot she continued quotI don39t regret falling in love I don39t regret staying with Kevin for 25 years 21 of them married I like who I am If anything I39m extremely happy that I39m still relevant enough that on Monday morning I39m able to come through those double doors and say 39How you doin39 and still be young fun and popculture relevantquotEntrusted to tell Williams39 story is actress Ciera Payton of BET39s soap opera The Oval who perfectly embodies the largerthanlife star Morocco Omari of Starz39 PValley is equally strong as Kevin Williams said there was one specific quality Payton had that made her perfect for the part quotShe wanted itquot she declared quotWe exchanged telephone numbers behind the scenes and we would have our chit chats I39d call her and ask 39Are you busy39 She39d say 39Yes I39m doing this or that39 but she39d call back and we39d sit on the phone and talk about things Anything from hair to nails you know little things are very important like the nail polish I wear every day on the talk showquotPayton pictured above believes portraying Williams was something she was meant to do quotI39ve been watching Wendy since her show came on and I had listened to her on the radio when I first moved out to New Yorkquot she shared quotSo I was very very familiar with her Wendy watchers tweeted me saying 39If they ever do a movie about Wendy you should definitely play her39 The buzz kept coming then season one of The Oval dropped I thought let me brush up on my Wendy let me start soaking her in and try to watch her beyond what we see on TVquotThen in January 2020 casting director Leah DanielsButler called me in to audition for the movie and it just felt like the perfect fitquot she added quotI had so much fun stepping into that energy learning her mannerisms and trying to peel away all the layers to who I feel this woman is and all the shades of the women that I39ve grown up with Then getting a chance to speak with her amp8230 I mean I was like a giddy little schoolgirl the day that I knew we we39re going to be talking on the phone For me it felt like we had known each other for years There was no awkwardness or anything It was like 39Let39s talk let39s do some chit chat and let39s do this movie39quotDespite the ups and downs depicted in both the movie and the accompanying documentary if you ask Williams how she39s doin39 the answer today is pleasantly surprising quotWonderfulquot she says with a smile quotI feel wonderful fabulous wonderfully messy not scared and fearless That comes with growth and confidence the confidence that comes from within and a bit of the confidence that other people give you in your circlequotWendy Williams The Movie premieres Saturday January 30 at 8 pm on Lifetime It will be followed by the documentary Wendy Williams What A MessClick the social buttons above or below to share this content with your friends and colleaguesThe opinions and points of view expressed in this content are exclusively the views of the author andor subjects and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillagecomMyersBizNet Inc 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