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The Queen of Gossip and Controversy: Wendy Williams

Where It All Started

Wendy Williams was born in Asbury Park, New Jersey, on July 18th, 1964. She was a little bit of an outcast growing up. Wendy was a tall, Black girl in a predominantly white upper-middle-class high school, so she didn’t exactly fit in.

Wendy Williams as a young girl standing in her living room near the Christmas Tree

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Williams admitted that she was already the loud and nosey Williams we all know and love today during that time. But when she was a teenager, the talk-show host claimed: “that it was embarrassing to my family.” Honestly, embarrassing your family seems to be part of the road to success.