VMH Magazine - ISSUE 24

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Wendy Williams Shares Tips on The Success of The Wendy Williams Show Written and Photographed by Vikki Jones

1. “When my show puts the ratings on the desk every

laugh and giggle. Our show is glamorous. It’s funny. It’s unpredictable. I mean, if a celebrity wants to come by, that’s fine.”

morning, I gotta look at the ratings. I don’t anymore.” 2. ‘The problem with any TV show, whether it’s a sitcom or a talk show, is that people are not given the proper time to develop the show and connect with the audience and connect with their people.” 3. “The important thing I believe about having a successful…daytime talk show is the audience has to have patience and the staff and crew have to be on point.” 4. “I only asked for one hour a day, can we just get out of our skins and make each other laugh? We don’t do politics. I’m not here to hurt anybody. I’m here to

5. “My radio show already had it (Wendy). We were already doing celebrity gossip, but we didn’t call it ‘hot topics’. I needed a name. I’ll take it from the view… The Ask Wendy’s, these were lighter in the beginning. Now they are hardcore. That’s what comes from giving a show, time on TV….you become a household name and a friend in people’s heads and I honor that. Honestly, I do this show from a place of honesty.” 6. “A true conversationalist is actually born that way, you know, I come from Jersey, I come from a household where we were forced to have conversation without commercials.”


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