“I’ll start by saying I apologize.”
ATLANTA, GA – AUGUST 16: Television personality Wendy Williams speaks onstage during her celebration of 10 years of ‘The Wendy Williams Show’ at The Buckhead Theatre on August 16, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. has apologized to the LGBTQ community for comments she made about gay men on Thursday’s edition of her daytime talk show.
The apology is coming a day after the 55-year-old told gay men to “stop wearing [women’s] skirts and our heels” on The Wendy Williams Show. “I’ll start by saying I apologize. I did not mean to offend my LGBTQ+ community on yesterday’s show. I did not realize until I got home and I watched the second running of our show here in New York, and I always watch when I can to critique my delivery or the cameras, the lights, the audience, the camera,” Williams began.“I’m very persnickety about how I do my show and one thing that I can tell you right now is that I never do this show in a place of malice.
“If you know me long enough, then you know bon vie von — I don’t even know what that means, but it sounds fabulous. In my mind, it means live and let live. Bon vie von. And I live and let live every day; life is too short,” she continued.Williams promised to “do better” moving forward. “I’m 55 years old, and maybe I sounded like your auntie, your mother, your big sister or somebody out of touch. I’m not out of touch, except for perhaps yesterday by saying what I said. So I deeply apologize and I deeply appreciate the support that I get from the community,” she said. “I will do better. I appreciate you supporting me. Thank you.”
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