I didn't have the easiest childhood. I was never the popular girl in school growing up. I was always the lone black girl or the lone fat girl or the long tall girl, so that has made me more compassionate to all people. It also gave me the drive and ambition to go after my dreams in a big way.
Don't fault me for wearing a 20-inch blond wig - it doesn't mean I want to be a white person.
My blood pressure is always either perfect or low. It's never high.
I'm where I'm supposed to be. In that purple chair, by myself, yip yapping. I am. I didn't fall into it, you know. I wanted to be a newscaster or a radio broadcaster since I was six years old. When I went to college, I majored in communications. When I touched a microphone, I fell in love.
The more celebrities I meet, the more disappointed I get in celebrity culture.
I didn't grow up the popular girl or the popular cheerleader. I've never been to a prom, I didn't have a lot of boyfriends, so I'm used to being on this side of life.
I don't chill out to music. When I get home, there's no music playing. Every TV is set on a different channel. I'm keeping up with the shows.
If you pay close attention, you'll notice we continually hear about basically the same 150 celebrities.
The landscape of daytime has changed. I'm not so sure people go to daytime TV for kumbaya moments anymore.
I consider myself a prize fighter going into a very, very tough ring called daytime TV, and I take it very seriously.
I grew up in a single-family detached house. My parents are wonderful.
I feel as though I'm nice and that I'm down to earth, and - people like me get taken advantage of. So by being tall and outgoing, people mistake that for being overpowering, overbearing, loud, and being a bully. No, no I'm a flower.
One of the most comical comments that my 'Wendy' watchers said is, 'She talks too much!' Duh, I'm a talk show host!
Reality shows aren't for overly educated people.
The responsibility that I ultimately feel to the audience is to entertain, maybe enlighten, and help you take your mind off messy things.
I no longer believe in fad diets, crash diets... yes, I did have a jump-start because years ago I did get the liposuction and a tummy tuck, but I have to say that, if there is a poster child for plastic surgery and the jump-off to a new lifestyle, it would be me.
My first diet was in the first grade! Tuna fish and mustard with yogurt on the side.
When I travel, I love to have roll-up flats, the ones that you roll up and put in a bag, just in case your feet start hurting.
I love 'Real Housewives.' I love 'Love & Hip Hop.' I love HGTV. I love a good Guy Fieri marathon on Food Network. I like comfort TV.
In real life, I'm frugal. And, yes, I do love to shop at Marshall's.
