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  • Wendy Williams Set To Leave Sober Home, Files For Divorce

    Wendy Williams Set To Leave Sober Home, Files For Divorce

    Williams says her sober home stay was one of the best things that has ever happened to her.

    Talk show host Wendy Williams is moving on, in her personal life and in her recovery, announcing this week that she filed for divorce and is making plans to leave the sober home that she has been staying at. 

    “I’m moving out of the sober house in just a few days,” she said on her show on Monday (April 15), according to USA Today. “It’ll be Wendy on her own.

    She said that staying in the sober home gave her a chance to reflect on her life, without distraction. 

    “I have to tell you, I’ve been dealing with issues with addiction, alcoholism, and I have a whole new life that I planned for myself and my son. Believe me you, when you lay in a room with no TV and four gray walls all day and no telephone… and you lay there and you think about your life – this is my life in the sober house – it’s one of the best things, honestly, that could have ever happened to me.”

    Williams seemed hopeful for the future. 

    She said, “Addressing my sobriety, my addiction, head-on has really helped me sort out every single compartment of my life. I have a commitment to me and my son to come out of here better, stronger and faster than ever.”

    Last week, Williams filed for divorce from her husband of 22 years, Kevin Hunter. The couple has a 19-year-old son, Kevin Jr., and Hunter reportedly recently had a baby with his mistress. Despite initially insisting that they were staying together, it is clear that Williams and Hunter now intend to divorce. 

    On Tuesday (April 16), Hunter issued the following statement to PEOPLE. 

    “I am going through a time of self-reflection and am trying to right some wrongs. No matter what the outcome is or what the future holds, we are still The Hunter Family and I will continue to work with and fully support my wife in this business and through any and all obstacles she may face living her new life of sobriety, while I also work on mine.”

    A source told PEOPLE that Williams could not move past Hunter’s long-term infidelity. 

    The source said, “Wendy is telling people she had no idea he had been having an affair, but when she found out the details, it turned out he had been seeing the woman he had a baby with for 15-16 years. That made her realize it was time to move forward with her life. Seek treatment and move on. She’s not taking him back.”

    View the original article at thefix.com

  • Wendy Williams Reportedly Relapses After Sober Home Announcement

    Wendy Williams Reportedly Relapses After Sober Home Announcement

    Last week, Williams announced on-air that she was in living in a sober home. 

    Less than a week after revealing on-air that she was living in a sober home, talk show host Wendy Williams apparently relapsed and was reportedly hospitalized because of alcohol intake. 

    According to The Daily Mail, Williams, 54, checked herself out of her sober living facility on Monday after finding out that her husband’s mistress had a baby. 

    “She was in a bad way and disappeared from the studio after her show Monday. She went back to the sober house only to check herself out and decided to start drinking,” a source told The Daily Mail. 

    The source continued, “It’s not clear where she went but she headed in the direction of her home in Jersey and managed to find alcohol along the way. Word got back to the studio and there was panic and concern, everyone was looking for her, no one knew whether there would be a show [Tuesday]. She was eventually found and was drunk, she was immediately taken to the hospital.”

    After getting a bag of IV fluids, Williams was apparently released from the hospital. She did make it to record her show on Tuesday. 

    “Everyone was amazed that she made it in to the studio this morning to do the show,” the source said. 

    William’s husband, Kevin Hunter, reportedly had an affair with Sharina Hudson, 33. Hudson delivered a baby last week, which may have prompted Williams’ relapse. 

    “Wendy is considering divorcing Kevin. She’s really distraught over the situation, she knew about Sharina but didn’t think a baby would arrive, she didn’t think Kevin would go this far, she’s lost and everyone is worried for her,” the source said. 

    Williams was spotted without her wedding ring on Monday, although she had it on during the taping of her show on Tuesday. By Wednesday, however, TMZ reported that Williams said she was “doing wonderful” and was spotted wearing her wedding ring.

    Last week when Williams announced that she had been living in a sober home, she said that her husband was the only person who she had confided in about her treatment. 

    “Only Kevin knows about this. Not my parents, nobody. Nobody knew because I look so glamorous out here,” she said, according to PEOPLE. “I am driven by my 24-hour sober coach back to a home that I live in the tri-state with a bunch of smelly boys who have become my family.”

    Last week, Hunter said that he and his wife were working together to strengthen their family. 

    “We’re doing well as a family,” he said. “We are moving forward with working on her sobriety and doing the work to help others, not just ourselves.”

    View the original article at thefix.com