Wendy Williams, known for commenting on celebrities’ plastic surgery in the past, had no problem admitting she’d gotten work done herself. But her cosmetic work has received more than its fair share of criticism over the years. The way Williams saw it, however, was that even her strongest critics would’ve gotten surgery in her shoes, too.
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Williams has been very open about her cosmetic procedures over the years. However, followers of the New Jersey native felt Williams shouldn’t have been so proud of her plastic surgery, believing she shouldn’t have gotten any work done at all. But Williams, who believed most of the disapproval came from Black women, felt their criticism was part of a much deeper problem.
“They are jealous,” she once told XO Jane (via Essence). “Because if I said to that person, ‘I got the doctor, and I’m going to pay for it. Choose three things you want to do,’ believe me, they would get it done. They are very jealous and scared. Scared of what their other friends would say, or to break out of the box and be different. And being Black? Ugh, please. My people will not go for any kind of surgery. We are supposed to be natural. Ugh, whatever.”
The controversial talk show host doubled down on her stance in a later interview with Essence. It was noted that Williams received considerable backlash for her previous statements on plastic surgery. But she asserted she was misunderstood.
“I think that regarding plastic surgery, a lot of women that hate to cop to the fact that they would get it done might be saying no to it for other reasons, like, maybe it’s against their culture, or they don’t have the money for it,” Williams said. “I venture to say, as Joan Rivers said on Fashion Police, if I gave you $10,000 and said you can use my doctor, you’d do it. And if you say you wouldn’t, I venture to say, ‘Somebody’s lying, and it ain’t me.’”
Williams further confided that, at the time, plastic surgery was part of a long list of sensitive areas the Black community was conditioned to avoid.
“I think there are a lot of things that, unfortunately in the Black community, we’re taught to be ashamed of, like plastic surgery, or getting help for alcoholism, or sending our addicts to rehab. Or wearing blond hair. Don’t fault me for wearing a 20-inch blond wig — it doesn’t mean I want to be a white person. And I feel that we need to get up off some of our old ways and keep in step with the times, while still being people with morals,” she added.
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Source:: Showbiz Cheat Sheet
