Who Is Wendy Williams Dating in 2026?
Wendy Williams is currently single. The former host of The Wendy Williams Show, born Wendy Joan Williams on July 18, 1964, in Asbury Park, New Jersey, has not publicly confirmed a romantic partner. Since her 2020 divorce from Kevin Hunter, her personal life has been overshadowed by serious health and legal struggles - including a court-appointed guardianship and diagnoses of primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia in 2023.
Williams began as a radio shock jock in New York, became famous for confrontational celebrity interviews, and hosted the nationally syndicated The Wendy Williams Show from 2008 to 2021. Health complications forced her retirement from the show in 2021; she was placed under guardianship a year later. Her 2024 Lifetime documentary Where Is Wendy Williams? offered a raw look at her decline and her family's fight over her care.
Given her health battles, dating is not part of her current story - but her romantic history, particularly her two marriages, remains a significant chapter of her life.
Kevin Hunter: The 22-Year Marriage (1997-2020)
Williams married Kevin Hunter in 1997. Hunter became her manager and a central figure in her career - co-executive producer of her talk show and the architect of much of her business empire. Together they had one son, Kevin Hunter Jr., born in 2000.
The marriage lasted 22 years but ended explosively. In 2019, reports emerged that Hunter had fathered a child with another woman; Williams filed for divorce in April 2019, and it was finalized in 2020. The split was bitter: Williams fired Hunter as her manager and executive producer, and their divorce proceedings included disputes over support and property.
Williams spoke about the divorce on her show with characteristic candor, telling viewers she was "reclaiming her life" and "rediscovering her love of men." But the divorce coincided with the beginning of her health decline - Graves' disease, lymphedema, and later the cognitive diagnoses that led to her guardianship.
First Marriage: Bert Girigorie (1994-1995)
Before Hunter, Williams was married to Bertrand "Bert" Girigorie. They wed in 1994 and divorced about a year later, in 1995. Williams has rarely discussed this brief first marriage, which occurred during her rise as a New York radio personality.
Little is publicly known about Girigorie or the marriage's end - Williams's fame came later, and the relationship predates her talk-show-era candor. It remains a footnote in her biography: a short-lived union before the 22-year marriage that would define her adult life.
Dating After the Divorce
After filing for divorce in 2019, Williams spoke openly about dating again. On her show in May 2019, she told viewers: "I don't have a boyfriend but I must admit I am rediscovering my love of men... I do date. I date pretty often." She was briefly linked to contractor Marc Tomblin in 2019 and denied rumors about jeweler William Selby ("we are not a couple and I do not have a boyfriend," she insisted on air).
In July 2019, she revealed she was dating a doctor - "I'm not in love, but there's somebody that I'm crazy about" - but the relationship did not last. As her health deteriorated from 2021 onward, her dating life faded from public view entirely.
A 2026 sighting of Williams in New York with a tall male companion sparked brief "new boyfriend" speculation, but outlets including TMZ could not identify the man as a romantic partner - with Parade cautiously calling him an "acquaintance." There is no reliable confirmation of any current romance.
Health, Guardianship and Family
Williams's story since 2021 has been dominated by her health. After retiring from her show, she was placed under a financial guardianship in 2022. In 2023, her team announced diagnoses of primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia - the same condition Bruce Willis faces.
Her family - including son Kevin Jr. and her siblings - has publicly fought for access to her and questioned the guardianship, a battle documented in the 2024 Lifetime documentary. Williams herself has given conflicting accounts of her situation in rare public statements.
Through it all, her romantic life has been a non-factor: the woman who once asked "How you doin'?" to millions is now focused, with her family's help, on her health and her freedom. Her marriages - particularly the 22 years with Kevin Hunter - remain the defining romantic chapter of a life that took a tragic turn.
Love on Air: The Wendy Williams Show Years
For 13 seasons, Williams made her marriage content: "How you doin'?" extended to her own bedroom, with candid on-air discussions of her sex life, her husband's flaws, and her romantic philosophy. Kevin Hunter was a recurring character - the husband-manager she praised, teased and occasionally eviscerated before millions.
The show's "Hot Topics" segments dissected celebrity romances with Williams's signature blend of gossip and moralizing - always with the subtext of her own experience. Viewers felt they knew the marriage intimately: the vow renewals, the jewelry, the rumors she batted away until she couldn't.
When the marriage collapsed in 2019, it played out on the show in real time - Williams addressing the cheating reports, the divorce filing, the firing of Hunter as executive producer, all before her audience. It was reality TV before reality TV: a marriage's end as daily content.
Kevin Jr.: Her Greatest Love
Through both marriages and all the drama, Williams's constant has been her son, Kevin Hunter Jr., born in 2000. She has described motherhood as her greatest achievement - the thing she got right amid everything she got wrong.
Kevin Jr. grew up on television - appearing on the show, referenced constantly - and has remained close to his mother through her health crisis. He was among the family members who spoke out in the 2024 documentary, expressing concern about her guardianship and love for his mom.
Williams's fertility struggles before his birth (she has spoken of multiple miscarriages) made his arrival especially precious. In her darkest recent years, her son has been her advocate - the person fighting for her freedom and care. Whatever her romantic history, her maternal love story is unambiguous.
The Radio Years: Shock Jock Origins
Before television, Williams was New York radio's most feared interviewer: the "shock jockette" whose confrontational style - outing closeted celebrities, feuding with stars, saying the unsayable - made her WBLS and WRKS shows essential listening. She was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 2009.
The radio years shaped her persona: the gossip with a moral center (as she saw it), the fearlessness about powerful people, the direct relationship with listeners. Her 2006 VH1 reality series The Wendy Williams Experience brought the radio world to television.
That radio fearlessness became the talk show's engine: "Hot Topics" was radio gossip visualized. Understanding the shock-jock origins explains the TV star - and the woman who treated her own marriage as just another hot topic.
The Books and Authorship
Williams is a bestselling author: Wendy's Got the Heat (2003), The Wendy Williams Experience (2004), and the novel Drama Is Her Middle Name (2006) - all bestsellers that extended her radio persona to print. Her 2013 memoir Ask Wendy offered advice drawn from her own chaotic life.
The books reveal the strategist behind the shock-jock: Williams understood branding before it was a buzzword, turning gossip into a multimedia empire spanning radio, books, TV and fashion (her HSN clothing line).
Her 2022 memoir plans - announced but delayed by her health crisis - would have told the full story: the marriages, the show, the fall. Whether it ever appears, her existing books document the rise: the shock-jockette who became a daytime queen.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Wendy Williams dating?
No one publicly. Wendy Williams is currently single. Her health battles and guardianship have overshadowed her personal life since 2021.
Was Wendy Williams married?
Twice: to Bert Girigorie (1994-1995) and to Kevin Hunter (1997-2020).
Why did Wendy Williams divorce Kevin Hunter?
She filed in April 2019 after reports that Hunter had fathered a child with another woman. The divorce was finalized in 2020.
Does Wendy Williams have children?
Yes - one son, Kevin Hunter Jr., born in 2000, with ex-husband Kevin Hunter.
What happened to Wendy Williams' health?
She retired from her show in 2021 due to health complications, was placed under guardianship in 2022, and was diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia in 2023.
How old is Wendy Williams?
62. She was born Wendy Joan Williams on July 18, 1964, in Asbury Park, New Jersey.
Is Wendy Williams still under guardianship?
As of recent reports, yes - her family has publicly contested the arrangement, as documented in the 2024 Lifetime documentary Where Is Wendy Williams?