Wendy Williams' upcoming biopic is all her own.
“I don’t care what he thinks about it. No,he had no input on itbecause it’s my life and my truth,” said Williams, 56. “I did invite him to participate in the [documentary that will follow the movie], where he could’ve said whatever he wanted to say … [but] he elected not to return Lifetime’s calls.”
The Wendy Williams Showhost also claimed she personally called Hunter, encouraging him to “say what you want to say and speak your version of the truth” and return the network’s calls, but that he refused to be part of both the documentary and the movie.
“He should’ve done the documentary … that was a bad move,” said hostAndy Cohen. “I was interviewed for that doc, and they didn’t tell me what to say — they let me say whatever I thought. They’re like, ‘This is your opinion.’ "
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Wendy Williams (L); Kevin Hunter.Gary Gershoff/WireImage; Johnny Nunez/WireImage
Williams has been open about her contentious relationship with Hunter, whom shefiled for divorcefrom in April 2019 after more than 20 years of marriage. She also recentlyalleged that her ex was a “serial” cheaterand claimed she knew about his affairs “almost since the beginning” of their 25-year relationship.
In a recent interview with E! News’Daily Pop, the star said thatshe once even hired a private investigatorto follow Hunter, with whom she shares 20-year-old sonKevin Jr., because she suspected him of cheating. Their split came after hefathered a child with his mistress, Williams previously confirmed in an interview withThe New York Times.
Hunter could not be reached for comment this week and has not publicly acknowledged engaging in affairs or fathering a child outside of wedlock, but broke his silence in a statement to PEOPLE after the divorce filing,admitting he was “not proud” of his actions.
“I am going through a time of self-reflection and am trying to right some wrongs,” he said at the time, adding that he would continue to “fully support” Williams.
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OnWWHL, Williams told Cohen, 52, that she “loved Kevin with desperation” at the beginning of their relationship and throughout, “not because I wanted to be loved, but because I am my parents' daughter.”
She went on to explain that she was raised to “have [her] own money” but also to expect a specific course of idealized events to play out in her life,like having children and “the white picket fence.”
“Being married was the Holy Grail but there was a lot behind-the-scenes,” Williams said. “I’m very confident in my feelings towards Kevin initially, how I felt towards him in the middle, why it took me so long to divorce him and that I want love [again in the future].”
source: people.com
