Wendy Williams says fat shaming led to cocaine use

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Wendy Williams has never been shy when it comes to talking about her past cocaine use, even going so far as to talk about it numerously on her talk show. Now, in a new interview with People magazine, Williams says that she began struggling with cocaine because of fat shaming.


According to the Daily Mail, Williams explains in the interview that she first realized she was larger than most kids when her family brought it to her attention .


“In the seventies I guess that is what they called ‘love,’” she joked. “When I look back I was a little fluffy, but I wasn’t fat.”

Williams says that by the time she was an undergrad in college, her body image issues led her to try cocaine to numb the pain.


“I didn’t consider it a problem,” she offered, “mainly because I had no money to fuel the habit.”

However, when she landed a job as a radio host on New York City’s WRKS in 1989, she was given a high-paying salary that allowed her to sink deeper into her addiction.

‘I was making $60,000 a year, and at $35 a gram, cocaine was cheap,’ she said.

Williams says that it wasn’t until she met her husband, Kevin Hunter, that she took stock of her life and her addiction and decided to kick her deadly habit. Now, the successful TV host is happily living 15 years sober with her husband and their 13-year-old son, Kevin Hunter Jr.

“I’ve corrected just about everything that bothered the hell out of me in my twenties, thirties and forties,” Williams said.

“I have to say, this is not how I thought things would turn out. I’m sober, I’ve got my Kevins, my parents are still around to see my success,” said Williams. “I knew life would turn out OK, but I didn’t think it’d turn out great.”

We’re glad that Williams was able to beat her addiction before it took her life, like so many other stars before her. Hopefully, her honesty about her story can help others dealing with drug addiction to kick their habits as well. – nicholas robinson

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