Wendy Williams revealed on Tuesday’s episode of The Wendy Williams Show that she’s living in a sober house.
“I have been living in a sober house,” she said through tears.
“When you see me come to work glammed up, right after the show, I go across the street and do my Pilates … you know I’ve had a struggle with cocaine in the past. I never went to a place to get treatment; I don’t know how, except God was sitting on my shoulder and I just stopped. There are people in your family, it might be you … I want you to know more of the story, so this my autobiographical story, and I am living it.”
Williams said that she entered a sober house because she wanted to learn more about addiction. “I wanted to know more of the story, so this is my autobiographical story and I’m living it and I’m telling you this,” she continued through tears.
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“After I go to the Pilates, I go to several meetings all around town in the Tri-state area. And I see my brothers and sisters caught up in their addiction and they’re looking for help.”
“They don’t know I’m Wendy; they don’t care I’m Wendy. There’s no autographs, there’s no nothing. It’s the brothers and the sisters caught up in the struggle. It’s been really interesting.”
On Tuesday, she revealed that her husband and son were the only two people who knew that she had been living in a sober-living facility.
“Only Kevin and Kevin have known about this. Not my parents, nobody,” she said.
“Nobody knew, because I look so glamorous out here. After I finish my appointments [and] seeing my brothers and sisters and breaking bread, I am driven by my 24-hour sober coach back to a home that I live in the tri-state with a bunch of smelly boys who have become my family. We talk and read and talk and read and then I get bored with them. Doors locked by 10 p.m., lights out by 10 p.m., so I go to my room and stare at the ceiling and fall asleep to come here and see you. So that is my truth.”
