Wendy Williamshas confirmed that she decidedto divorceKevin Hunter, her husband of 21 years, once she learned that he’dimpregnated a woman with whom he was having an affair.
A source had told PEOPLE back in April that Hunter’s affair and child had been the motivator forWilliams’ decision to walk away from her two-decade marriage. And in a wide-ranging interview withThe New York Times Magazinepublished Monday, the talk show host said just that — explaining thatthere was “no vacillating”when she learned what had happened.
“Kevin had a major indiscretion that he will have to deal with for the rest of his life. An indiscretion that I willnotdeal with,” Williams, 55, said. “I never thought that I would be in this position. I’m a very forgiving person, but there’s one thing that I could never be a part of, and that one thing happened.”
Asked what that “one thing” is, Williams claimed, “Kevin has a daughter.”
Hunter did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment, but hebroke his silencein a statement to PEOPLE in April, admitting he was “not proud of my recent actions.”
“I am going through a time of self-reflection and am trying to right some wrongs,” he said. “No matter what the outcome is or what the future holds, we are still The Hunter Family and I will continue to work with and fully support my wife in this business and through any and all obstacles she may face living her new life of sobriety, while I also work on mine.”
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Williamsfiled for divorcefrom Hunter in April. She also cut ties with him professionally; he wasremoved as executive producerofTheWendy WilliamsShow, and shedissolved The Hunter Foundation, the non-profit organization the couple founded in 2014.
Prior to her filing, Williams — who hasstruggled with a cocaine addiction in the past— revealed on-air that she wasliving in a sober house.
In her interview withThe New York Times Magazine,she said that learning of Hunter’s affair and child was a major part of the reasonshe decided to move into the sober house.
Wendy Williams, Kevin Hunter and Kevin Jr. in 2017.Bruce Glikas/Bruce Glikas/Getty Images
Despite how their relationship ended, Williams toldThe New York Times Magazinethat she won’t speak negatively about Hunter.
“He will always be my family, because we have a 19-year-old son [Kevin Hunter Jr.], and we were together for 25 years and married for 21,” Williams said.
“People want me to hate and scream and talk. I won’t,” she added, through tears. “It bothers me that people say, ‘Keep it as clean as you can, because you have a child together.’ That’s not the main reason to keep it clean. The main reason I won’t talk badly about Kevin is that he was my first true love. I will not have people talk badly. I talk filthy about him, but that is when I get in my apartment and the door is closed and I am talking to myself in the mirror.”
TheWendy WilliamsShowreturns for season 11 on Sept. 16 (check local listings).
source: people.com
