News | Entertainment
11 May 2024 4:05
NZCity News
NZCity CalculatorReturn to NZCity

  • Start Page
  • Personalise
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • Finance
  • Shopping
  • Jobs
  • Horoscopes
  • Lotto Results
  • Photo Gallery
  • Site Gallery
  • TVNow
  • Dating
  • SearchNZ
  • NZSearch
  • Crime.co.nz
  • RugbyLeague
  • Make Home
  • About NZCity
  • Contact NZCity
  • Your Privacy
  • Advertising
  • Login
  • Join for Free

  •   Home > News > Entertainment

    Wendy Williams is putting herself "first"

    The 53-year-old talk show host took a three-week hiatus from hosting 'The Wendy Williams Show' last month due to complications with her overactive thyroid and autoimmune disease Graves - which she was diagnosed 19 years ago - and during that time she's learned to make herself and her health and well-being her top priority


    She told 'Good Morning America': “We, as women, particularly if — we have families, you know, we’re taking care of children, we’re taking care of, you know, home, our husbands, we take care of everybody but ourselves.

    “And it’s really unfortunate. And that — that is something that has no socioeconomic thing to it.

    "No matter what — no matter what the woman’s status is, it seems like we’re all in the same boat. I’m not doing that anymore.

    “Wendy first."

    Doctors ordered Wendy to take three weeks of vacation to rest following her battle with her overactive thyroid - which occurs when there is too much of the thyroid hormone in the body - and Graves disease, which also affects the thyroid.

    The host said at the time: "My thyroid has been totally cattywampus. I feel like there are birds swimming around my head ... Constantly high.

    But not high. My doctor has prescribed, are you ready? Three weeks of vacation. I was p***ed. Encore performances, really?"

    Wendy is back to work and says she is feeling "100 per cent" better than she did before she took a break.

    She told PEOPLE magazine: “I feel a hundred percent better than I was a few months ago. I had a storm going in my body is the best way I can explain it.

    “It came from me neglecting my six month endocrinology appointment. I have Graves disease and hyperthyroid. If you have one you don’t necessarily have to have the other, but I have both, and I was diagnosed with both 19 years ago."

    Wendy will be joined by Dr. Oz on Monday’s (19.03.18) episode and she's hoping she'll be able to learn more about Graves.

    © 2024 Bang Showbiz, NZCity

     Other Entertainment News
     10 May: Tom Sandoval "tried to take full accountability" for his cheating scandal
     10 May: Chris Pine "hated" working as a restaurant host before finding fame
     10 May: Dua Lipa consults an astrologist to deal with her problems
     10 May: Donna Kelce used to worry about money when her sons were training to become footballers
     10 May: Jacob Batalon's mentality "hindered" him with his weight and work
     10 May: Rebel Wilson hasn't spoken to Isla Fisher since she made her bombshell claims about Sacha Baron Cohen in her memoir 'Rising Rebel'
     10 May: Henry Winkler wasn't "acknowledged as a human being" by his parents
     Top Stories

    RUGBY RUGBY
    The Northern Mystics are prioritising Grace Nweke's health and wellbeing above the needs of the team More...


    BUSINESS BUSINESS
    Several teenagers have been taken in by Police, after aggravated robberies in three Auckland businesses, including jewellery stores More...



     Today's News

    Auckland:
    The Auckland worker who was hit by a construction vehicle which rolled down a hill on Wednesday night has died 21:57

    Entertainment:
    Tom Sandoval "tried to take full accountability" for his cheating scandal 21:45

    Business:
    Several teenagers have been taken in by Police, after aggravated robberies in three Auckland businesses, including jewellery stores 21:17

    Entertainment:
    Chris Pine "hated" working as a restaurant host before finding fame 21:15

    Politics:
    Air Vanuatu enters voluntary liquidation, leaving passengers stranded in Australia and Vanuatu 21:07

    Entertainment:
    Dua Lipa consults an astrologist to deal with her problems 20:45

    Entertainment:
    Donna Kelce used to worry about money when her sons were training to become footballers 20:15

    Entertainment:
    Jacob Batalon's mentality "hindered" him with his weight and work 19:45

    Entertainment:
    Rebel Wilson hasn't spoken to Isla Fisher since she made her bombshell claims about Sacha Baron Cohen in her memoir 'Rising Rebel' 19:15

    Rugby:
    The Northern Mystics are prioritising Grace Nweke's health and wellbeing above the needs of the team 18:57


     News Search






    Power Search


    © 2024 New Zealand City Ltd