Wendy Williams reveals what she was doing during hiatus from TV
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 06: Wendy Williams visits SiriusXM Studios on September 6, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Santiago Felipe/Getty Images)
Wendy Williams returned from her show’s week-long hiatus and explained why she was spotted in upstate New York last week.
Talking about her trip on Monday’s episode, Williams explained that she and a few women from her Queens sober house decided to escape from the city.
“I’m the newbie, so I get to make the decisions,” Williams shared. “I’m thinking we’re going over to Ellis Island to one of those glamp grounds … No, honey, we went all the way up there.”
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}She also couldn’t help but gush about the people she’s met while staying in her sober living facility.
“The great thing about being in the sober house [is] the people that I live with,” she said Monday. “We are people with functioning careers who just want to check ourselves and get down with that 12-step. … There are people in there with prestigious careers and degrees.”
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}“There’s such a stigma to substance abuse. Everyone thinks it’s going to be the bum on the corner,” she continued. “I’m the face of it. How about you? Sometimes you just need to go someplace and get atone with your sobriety and your 12 steps.”
(Williams previously said her sober house was filled with “a bunch of smelly boys” who had become her “family.”)
As Page Six reported on Friday, Williams was spotted wearing her wedding ring while riding a scooter in a Walmart upstate. We were told that she was with a few people, but her husband, Kevin Hunter, was nowhere to be seen.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}“I want to shout out to my friends at the Walmart in a little-known place called Ellen, New York,” she said. “We went up there and the Walmart is the social place. When I’m away from the show, sometimes I do take selfies. At 4 o’clock in the morning, I’m sitting in this scooter … taking pictures with people.”
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“This became a blog sensation over the weekend, so I’m here to correct,” she continued. “One of the best things about being truthful to yourself and having your own show is that I can come and dispel my own rumors.”
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Williams, who notably wasn’t wearing her upgraded watch on Monday’s show, also shared photos of herself riding an ATV while carrying a gun, though she didn’t shoot it.
“I can talk a good gun game, but I had it rested on my shoulder,” she said. “God bless the animals. I’m not judging you if you like guns, I’m just saying I’m not a part of that life.”
While she was grateful for the getaway, Williams realized she’s more of an indoor gal.
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“Thank you, Ellen, New York, and thank you, blogs. Do I look frail to you?” she asked the studio audience. “I do the Hot Topics, I am the Hot Topic. It’s fabulous.”
This article originally appeared in Page Six.