Wendy's Got the Heat

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Simon and Schuster, Aug 3, 2004 - Biography & Autobiography - 272 pages
Known as a "shock jock diva," Wendy Williams has had a following in the nation's number one media market, New York City, and across the nation from the time she became a top-rated radio personality and "It Girl" in the mid-1990s—whether she's hosting her nationally syndicated television talk show The Wendy Williams Show or doing commentary for the VH1 Fashion Awards, her fans know that Wendy's Got the Heat.

Wendy Williams is the kind of media personality that artists love because she builds them up—and fear because she can bring them down. She's interviewed many of the biggest names in entertainment—Jennifer Lopez, Whitney Houston, and Queen Latifah among them—and is known for her ability to disarm and get them to reveal their secrets.

Known as both a "shock jock diva" and "the biggest mouth in New York," Wendy Williams is always at the top of her game, whether she's doing commentary for the VH1 Fashion Awards or giving romantic advice. But there's more to the Queen of Urban Radio than meets the mike. Wendy's Got the Heat is her story—about growing up in a predominately white suburb, recovering from drug addiction, struggling to launch a successful career in one of the most male-dominated media industries—and it's by turns painful, hilarious, triumphant, and totally true.
 

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Contents

Futuristic Vision
1
Wendy from Wayside
11
Radio
33
The JumpOff
51
Me and the White Lady
66
Queen of New York
83
Hey Deejay
92
FirstHusband Blues
105
Hot in Here
139
Getting Off the Shit
155
And Baby Makes
164
It Is What It Is
185
Kevins Side
200
BigBody Girl
213
Advice Hour
229
Ten Simple Rules
247

Beauty and a Thug
124

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About the author (2004)

Wendy Williams received a bachelor's degree in communications with a minor in journalism from Northeastern University. She has a successful career in radio, which includes a radio show called The Wendy Williams Experience. Her debut book, Wendy's Got the Heat, is about her triumph over adversity including her experiences with sexism, racism, drugs, and weight. Some of her other works include The Wendy Williams Experience about the radio industry and the novel Drama Is Her Middle Name. Karen Hunter is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, a celebrated radio talk-show host, and coauthor of numerous New York Times bestsellers, including Confessions of a Video Vixen, On the Down Low, and Wendy’s Got the Heat. She is also an assistant professor in the Film & Media Department at Hunter College.