Wendy Williams speaks to Time Out Chicago

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: Wendy Williams speaks : Posted in Television by Kevin Aeh : on July 11th, 2009 at 12:01 am : If the recent conversation I had with Wendy Williams is any indication, no topic will be off-limits on her new talk show which debuts Monday 13 at 3pm on FOX. Don't know who Williams is? She's had a few VH-1 specials, but is better known for her syndicated urban radio show, where she's occasionally gotten into beefs with hip-hop stars and Whitney Houston. Here, the 6-foot-tall (but often even more towering in her huge wigs and heels) personality gives me a little preview of her chat-fest, The Wendy Williams Show. (And for the record, we were unable to locate the Jennifer Aniston photo Williams talks about in this interview. Maybe it doesn't exist?) : : You've had some controversy with some celebrities in the past. So what if that happens again? : I'm not afraid to ask questions. This is how I equate it regarding with radio, if you're on [air] five days a week, four hours a day for 23 years. You're bound to offend somebody. If I'm on TV long enough, if you're blessed to be on long enough, you're bound to offend somebody. That is not my intention. If you're referring to Whitney Houston, I would also like to have Whitney on this show. : She finally has something to promote. : You know, she can go on David Letterman, but I think she'd have a really better time with us, on our show. So September 2 is the album. We'll see. : Who else can we look forward to? : I'm not talking first week, or first day, but I can tell you, the names on the storyboard include Eva Longoria, Vivica A. Fox. I would love to cook with Guy Fieri. I want a fashion show and a conversation with Tina Knowles. And a lot of people don't necessarily like Beyonce's clothes, but she still has a fashion line that is in stores, and she sells that stuff on QVC and HSN. I want to interview Tina separately. And then yeah, I would love to talk to Beyonce. But two separate conversations. It's only an hour-long show. : And if you're on 5 days a week, there's plenty of time. : Plenty of time. I do have a wish list. You're damn right I want to talk to Kirstie Alley. What the hell happened? Also, is it true that she's going to have the cameras following her in her reality show as she slims down? And if she does, that will be a much better choice than Oprah wanting to do a talk show with her. : And that would be less competition for you. : Yeah, but she's [Oprah] doing Jenny McCarthy. But this mess right here [pointing to a photo of Alley in National Enquirer], is much better for a reality show. And I say "mess" with love. But with Kirstie Alley, I'll have all of our favorite snacks out on the table. Will I tempt her the whole time? No! We'll both eat! Lets eat and talk. : What about your competition? Have you been studying, seeing what you're up against? : I watch them as a fan. My primary job, up until this point, was radio. Four days a week, I worked from 2-6pm. My mornings were at home with a cup of Sanka looking at Rachel Ray. What is she cooking today? Listening to Dr. Phil. Look at his wife Robin... I wonder how their sex is like. You ever wonder that? You don't watch people and think about how their sex is? I mean Joy and Regis... it has been over for years. But Joy is still a sexual creature -- she's getting it from some place. So, do I watch the shows? Yes. I'm going to fit in between Tyra, Rachel, Oprah, Jerry and Steve... Everybody forgets about Steve Wilco! : Have you ever met Oprah? : Once, but she doesn't remember. She was speaking to a group of women, like a women's symposium and I was working at the station that sponsored it. When it was over, I already had a strategy about how I was going to meet her. I was going to work the heels to make me 6'5". I think autographs are so corny. Nobody likes to sign a blank piece of white paper. So guess what I had her sign? I was all prepared. [I had] the cover of Vogue, where she is sprawled back all skinny-minnie and proud to sign it. I was taller than all those other b###hes, and nobody else got an autograph. Maybe she does remember it? Maybe it haunts her in her dreams, "There was this giant woman chasing me." : Are you more an afternoon show? : No, actually it's on afternoons in here in Chicago, 3pm. But I'm live out of New York at 10 am. It makes it very topical [doing it live]. Today I would come out and say whatever is happening. I have a good one. No one is talking about this! Jennifer Aniston made a temporary maxi pad and she was on a photo shoot and she didn't feel like taking a break or asking anybody. And she opens her legs a little too wide. I swear to God, it's there. Me and Aniston, we're gonna talk about that pad, when I meet her. And eventually, hopefully, I will meet her and she'll come on the show. : And you'll bring that up? : Yeah, I'll tell her that if you have to go pantyless, then you shouldn't make the pad. You'll stuff it, you know, but not the whole thing... you know there is a way of doing this... : I'm learning so much right now. : You take the tissue and you wad it up, and you leave a pull tie, so you can just pull it out afterwards. That's what she should have done. : Emergency advice from Wendy Williams. : If you ever get your period on a photo shoot.

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