Wendy Williams Speaks On Her Son’S Battle With Drug Addiction

American television host and actress, Wendy Williams has in a recent interview opened up about her son’s battle with drug addiction.

This was made known while the 54-year-old was speaking about her career and family in a new interview with Cosmopolitan.

Wendy Williams spoke about her 17-year-old son’s drug battle, admitting that it was incredibly difficult to put on a fun show every day while privately dealing with something so heartbreaking.

 She said:

“I saw it for myself — this affected [my family] very deeply. I didn’t know whether my kid would ever return to school.

The whole time we’re nursing him through [recovery], I’m supposed to make fun on the show like, ‘Hi! Here’s Wendy! Hahaha!’ But I’m dying inside.”

Wendy, who also had a drug problem some years ago, added:

“I lost 10-plus years to cocaine, so I’ve got time to make up for. And I don’t talk about it because I was outed, I talk about it because I’m Wendy and this is my truth.

Besides, I got out of it. It’s not how far you fall, it’s how you get up.”

Speaking on her son’s drug of choice, K2, a synthetic cannabinoid that is similar to marijuana with much more harmful chemicals, she said;

“They take that grass and they spray it with rat poison or whatever. Kids are out there smoking that mess. It’ll turn you into a different person.

“[Withdrawal] was a slow process and, for us, it didn’t involve psychiatric drugs or a psychiatrist. We cleaned him out — anything for my boy.”