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   From: pedophiles@abc.com   
      
   Wendy Williams was slammed for saying gay men should "stop   
   wearing our skirts and our heels" on an episode of her daytime   
   talk show that aired Thursday.   
      
   During the Hot Topics gossip segment of "The Wendy Williams   
   Show," she asked who in the audience would be celebrating   
   Galentine's Day, the Valentine's Day alternative popularized on   
   the NBC sitcom "Parks and Recreation."   
      
   "Well, first of all, if you're a man and you're clapping, you're   
   not even a part of this," Williams said. "You don't even   
   understand the rules of the day. It's women going out and   
   getting saucy and then going back home. You're not a part."   
      
   "I don't care if you're gay," Williams said, adding that gay men   
   don't menstruate every 28 days. "You can do a lot that we do,   
   but I get offended by the idea that we go through something you   
   will never go through."   
      
   Williams went on to say: "And stop wearing our skirts and our   
   heels," which some interpreted as a dig at "Pose" star Billy   
   Porter. "Just sayin' girls, what do we have for ourselves?"   
      
   Representatives for Williams and her show declined to comment   
   Thursday.   
      
   Her remarks drew applause from the audience and swift backlash   
   online.   
      
   "I say this as someone who once made a (very, very, very small)   
   name for himself writing takedown pieces about celebs who said   
   homophobic (and other stupid) sh--," one Twitter user wrote, "—   
   but @WendyWilliams is just a mess and really isn't worth your   
   rage and it'd be better spent on someone/thing worthier."   
      
   Another tweet said: "@WendyWilliams really? What sort of   
   ignorance is coming out of your mouth regarding gay men wanting   
   to be women!! Really Wendy?"   
      
   "#WendyWilliams going on an anti #trans rant for no good reason.   
   Whining about periods as though periods are what's most   
   important about women," someone else tweeted. "Sorry, Wendy.   
   You're not the decider of who can be a woman. Every person gets   
   to decide who they are."   
      
   A handful of Twitter users defended Williams, who spent more   
   than 20 years as a radio show host before she began hosting "The   
   Wendy Williams Show" in 2008.   
      
   "Wendy Williams called out the appropriation of womanhood and   
   I'm LOVING IT," said one tweet.   
      
   While another tweet said: "Thank you for saying what we as women   
   want to scream everyday."   
      
   Later in the segment, she said she stands by what she says on   
   her show.   
      
   "So, you know, I tell you every day, and I mean this, and I'm   
   going to keep drilling it in your mind: It is so scary coming   
   out here and sitting here by myself with my loose mouth and my   
   slick humor," Williams said. "And, you know, I'm by myself. I   
   can't blame anybody but me."   
      
   "I say it, and I mean it," she added.   
      
   On Friday, Williams apologized for her remarks in a video posted   
   to her social media accounts.   
      
   "I’ll start by saying, I apologize. I did not mean to offend my   
   LGBTQ+ community on yesterday’s show," Williams said.   
      
   "I’m very persnickety about how I do my show and one thing I can   
   tell you right now, is that I never do the show in a place of   
   malice,” she said. ”I understand my platform with the community   
   from first grade to intermediate school to high school to   
   college to radio, and now to TV ... I didn’t mean to hurt   
   anybody’s feelings. I’m just having a conversation. If you know   
   me long enough, then you know."   
      
   Williams, who is 55, said, "live and let live every day. Life is   
   too short."   
      
   She said that she maybe sounded like "somebody out of touch."   
      
   "I’m not out of touch. Except for perhaps yesterday by saying   
   what I said," Williams said. "So I deeply apologize and I deeply   
   appreciate the support that I get from the community. I will do   
   better."   
      
   Apologize?  For calling out mentally ill fucked in the head   
   people doing wrong things?   
      
   https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/wendy-williams-slammed-   
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