Talk Show Host Wendy Williams to Visit CBS SUNDAY MORNING, 9/11

To survive on television, one has to be honest and open, daytime talk show host Wendy Williams tells Michelle Miller in an interview for CBS SUNDAY MORNING to be broadcast Sept. 11 (9:00 AM, ET) on the CBS Television Network.

"People smell a phony from a million miles away," Williams tells Miller. "Oh, you can fool 'em once. And you can fool 'em for a whole month. But you can't fool 'em for eight years."

Williams, whose Syndicated show is broadcast weekdays on stations around the country, is heading into her eighth season on the program. THE DAILY SHOW is heavy on celebrity topics, guest interviews and audience interaction, all delivered with Williams' outsized personality. She dishes about her own life and her past struggles with drugs and addiction, and she's not afraid to call out others, too. Her "hot topics" segments regularly praise and skewer some big-name celebrities.

"If you've done something as a celebrity, and there's a story that just falls on my doorstep, yes, I'm picking it up, and I'm bringing it to the studio, and we're going to talk about this," Williams says.

Williams also talks with Miller about her career highlights, some of her favorite interviews, her childhood and her success in the daytime arena.

Born and raised in New Jersey, Williams made a name for herself in New York radio before making the transition to television, where it was uncertain at first if she could draw a national audience. Now, she's well entrenched among the list of daytime stars that viewers know by one name. She takes her success seriously.

"This is me. And there's a lot of responsibility," Williams says. "And no matter what problem is going on in my life, I know I better leave it out on the street and come in here and lead by example."

CBS SUNDAY MORNING is broadcast Sundays (9:00-10:30 AM, ET) on the CBS Television Network. Rand Morrison is the executive producer.

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