Wendy Williams is back-tracking on her word.
As you may recall, the 55-year-old made a controversial statement on Thursday’s episode of her daytime show when she told gay men to “stop wearing our skirts and our heels.” She added:
“Looky here now, gay men, you’ll never be the women that we are. No matter how gay.”
It was no surprise when she was subsequently dragged through the mud online for her out of nowhere commentary, but she’s now doing her best to make amends.
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In a new video posted Friday to her various social media accounts, Williams began:
“I’ll start by saying I apologize. I did not mean to offend my LGBTQ+ community on yesterday’s show. I did not realize until I got home and I watched the second running of our show here in New York, and I always watch when I can to critique my delivery or the cameras, the lights, the audience, the camera.”
Holding back tears, she continued:
“I’m very persnickety about how I do my show and one thing that I can tell you right now is that I never do this show in a place of malice. I understand my platform with the community from first grade to intermediate school to high school to college to radio and now to TV. And I didn’t mean to hurt anybody’s feelings. I’m just having a conversation.”
Williams is no stranger to controversy and has had to apologize in the past month alone for comments which have landed her in hot water about Justin Bieber‘s battle with addiction and Joaquin Phoenix‘s scar on his upper lip. She added:
“If you know me long enough, then you know bon vie von — I don’t even know what that means, but it sounds fabulous. In my mind, it means live and let live. Bon vie von. And I live and let live every day; life is too short.”
Wendy concluded her apology, admitting her comments were “out of touch” but vowed to “do better” moving forward:
“I’m 55 years old, and maybe I sounded like your auntie, your mother, your big sister or somebody out of touch. I’m not out of touch, except for perhaps yesterday by saying what I said. So I deeply apologize and I deeply appreciate the support that I get from the community. I will do better. I appreciate you supporting me. Thank you.”
Give her full apology a watch (below):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezhv_4oZaiY&feature=emb_logo
Thoughts on her apology, Perezcious readers?? We hope she mentions it on the show as a “Hot Topic.” [Image via The Wendy Williams Show/YouTube.]
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