The talk show host was asked onThe Viewon Thursday about a rumor that she is joining The Real Housewives of New York City. Williams, 55, claimed that an entirely different reality series wanted her to be the leading lady.
“I think that’s juicy, because they also asked me to be the Bachelorette,” Williams joked to co-hostMeghan McCain, who insisted she would watch the ABC series should Williams join.
“That may be better than the online dating,” said co-host Sunny Hostin.
“Laying up in the bed with 20 different men under a windmill?” Williams joked. (Last season,Hannah Brownwas famously frank about repeatedly having sex withPeter Weberin awindmill Fantasy Suite.)
Whoopi Goldbergreminded Williams she would be doing so while being filmed on national television.
“It’d be a nice check, all that,HousewivesandBachelorette., but no, I’m not that girl,” she told the panel.
Reps for ABC and Warner Brothers did not immediately return PEOPLE’s request for comment.
“Look, I’ve got the purple chair, I worked all my life to have that,” she continued, referencing her seat onTheWendy WilliamsShow. “I can say whatever I want to dispel rumors or start mess or make you laugh. But thank you for the offers. No, I’m not doing that.”
Williams also disputed rumors that her talk show, which returns for season 11 on Sept. 16, would be moving to Los Angeles or ending next year.
“No. I love what I do,” she said.
While Williams is optimistic about the new chapter in her life, the past year has been anything but easy for her.
The talk-show hostfiled for divorcefrom her manager and husband of 21 years, Kevin Hunter, in April, after she learned that he was allegedlyhaving an affairand eventuallywelcomed a daughter.
She also cut ties with him professionally; he wasremoved as executive producerofTheWendy WilliamsShow, and shedissolved The Hunter Foundation, the non-profit organization the couple founded in 2014.
Kevin Hunter and Wendy Williams.Johnny Nunez/WireImage
Prior to her filing, Williams — who hasstruggled with a cocaine addiction in the past— revealed on-air that she wasliving in a sober house.
In her interview withThe New York Times Magazine,she said that learning of Hunter’s affair and child was a major part of the reasonshe decided to move into the sober house.
Despite how their relationship ended, Williams explained to the women ofThe Viewwhy she will not speak negatively about Hunter in public.
“It’s not just about young Kevin,” she said, referring to their 19-year-old son, Kevin Jr.
Wendy and Kevin Jr.Bruce Glikas/Getty Images
“It’s about — you know, Kevin’s not a bad man,” she continued of her ex. “But you just can’t throw away 25 years and then start talking recklessly about the other person. Otherwise what does that say about you? I chose him and he chose me. So that’s the way it is. … It’s now time for me to move with my life. I didn’t even go back and forth with, ‘Oh, do we stay? Maybe there’s a marriage counselor.’ No, no. You do this, get out.”
In early July, Williams teased on her show that she wasdating a doctor: “I am not going to say one more word. You’re not going to blow this for me. But he’s been married, his kids are in their 20s. And yes, he’s black. I know you’re wondering.”
TheWendy WilliamsShowreturns for season 11 on Sept. 16 (check local listings).
source: people.com
