WENDY WILLIAMS TALKS ABOUT OBAMA

Wendy Williams

In this weeks Steppin' Out magazine, the Queen Of All Media, Wendy Williams tells Chaunce Hayden why she didn't punch Omarosa in the face and talks about Obama, being called a nigger, breast implants and her cheating hubby/manager.

WHY WENDY WILLIAMS DIDN'T PUNCH OUT OMAROSA: I really wasn't trying to push any of her buttons. And I also wasn't buying into any of the buttons that she was trying to get me to push. This may sound horrible to say, but Omarosa is an A list reality TV star and I've got my own network TV show. I've got the potential to be the next big thing on daytime TV. We've seen from Oprah that shows like this can be unstoppable. So I've held my tongue with Omarosa. She was ready to fight and I'm talking verbally or physically.

WHY DID YOU HOLD YOUR TONGUE? Because there are publicists with fabulous clients watching and waiting to see how I treat my guests. Also, I'm a grown woman. I'm a wife and a mother. I'm 44 year old and I've never been in a playground fight a day in my life. I don't need to hurt anybodies feelings and I don't need to ask any questions that I wouldn't want asked of myself. Listen Chaunce, I've had a very celebrated radio career and no omelet gets made without breaking a few eggs. But this current venture that can take me into my next life is extremely important to me.

ON OBAMA: Whether Obama wins or doesn't win, he has helped me in more ways than he'll ever know regarding my efforts to raise a strong positive black boy into a black man. My son who is seven years old is growing up in a time that his father and I did not experience. The first time I was called a nigger all I could think of is Shirley Chiasm. She was a congresswoman at the time. That's not a lowly position, but lets face facts, being commander in chief of the free world has a lot more week. It hurts just as hard to be called a nigger now but society doesn't reinforce it has hard. You may not understand my answer to your question, but I tell you right now, Obama has helped me and my husband complete a full circle of black pride in rising a black boy. He's made my job so much easier as a parent. My son has never been called a nigger yet, but it will happen. It's something that we as black people know. And when my son is called a nigger I have no doubt he will eloquently know how to defend himself. It's one of those things that we as black people have to deal with in this country. It happens to us. Its not “if” we will be called a nigger. It's more about the first time it happens and who will be there for you when it happens. Barak Obama whether he knows it or not has already provided a great example for both white and black around the world.

ON BOOB IMPLANTS: For me personally, it was to fill out the rest of my body. I'm 5'11 and I love to where heels. I wear heels 95 percent of the time. So 95 percent of the time I'm 6' 4”. But I was born with A cups. I needed bigger breasts to fill out the rest of my body. Now D cups sound big if you're talking about Ashley Simpson. But D on a big thick women like me is normal. I look like I was born with these.

ON STAYING WITH HER CHEATING HUSBAND/MANAGER: First and foremost, Kevin and I are friends. If you're my friend, you're my friend. Almost to a fault. Plus, in Kevin's case, in addition to being a friend he's the father of my child. At the time I found out about Kevin's infidelity I knew nothing about being a mother. I wasn't going to let him leave me along with this infant. We were going to work this thing out. Besides, Kevin is also my manager. He's said things to me that nobody else has in terms of my career. He said to me 15 years ago while riding though Times Square, one day you'll have a piece of this. He said he was going to make it happen for me. And I'll be damned if my TV Show wasn't on the jumbotron in Times Square! Some of my wildest dreams have come true thanks to Kevin.

ON P-DIDDY AND OTHERS WHO KEEP TRYING TO KEEP HER DOWN: I do feel that Puffy had a very heavy hand in my demise in New York back in 1998. And I told him that. But I also feel that no matter who tries to get in my way, and the end of the day it's all about me and my manager. We're the ones there late at night strolling the streets trying to host a party or handing out my own fliers outside of clubs. People don't understand what it takes to get ahead. You have to have a hustler's mentality to make it in this business. I don't have fancy management or even an agent. Listen, I was signed to ICM and William Morris and no disrespect but neither of them ever did anything for me. You know how I got this show? Kevin's phone rang and a year later here we are on TV. I did it all without an agent. Of course now they're all trying to get a piece of me. I've worked with people in the past that didn't know what the hell to do with me. I'm talking about companies like VH1 and William Morris. Now nobody is trying to change me or recreate me. It's a dream come true and God I hope it keeps going.