Book Wendy Williams

Wendy Williams is an American broadcaster, media personality and author who built a famously recognizable voice in entertainment talk. She started out as a radio disc jockey, working at stations in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Washington, D.C., before making her name in New York City radio with a bold, unfiltered interview style that made celebrity conversations must-hear events. Her radio years were captured in the VH1 reality series The Wendy Williams Experience in 2006. Her syndicated daytime program, The Wendy Williams Show, ran from 2008 until 2021 and, which earned multiple Daytime Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host, as well as several NAACP Image Award nominations for Outstanding Talk Series. She was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 2009 and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The street she grew up on in Asbury Park, New Jersey, now bears the name Wendy Williams Way. Beyond broadcasting she has written several books, toured a stand-up comedy show and launched fashion, wig and jewelry lines. She retired from hosting her talk show in 2021.