Wendy Williams' divorce drama has made her the subject of the kind of gossip she'd usually discuss on her show

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"It’s not easy being a woman of daytime — which requires a host to be both approachable and authentic for an audience of predominantly women," says Pier Dominguez. "This balancing act is especially complicated for Williams. So many of the women who have succeeded in daytime — Oprah, Rosie, Ellen, Kelly Ripa, Rachael Ray — have done so by playing sanitized, uplifting versions of themselves. But Williams is less a relatable mom than a messy, gossipy aunt....It’s true that Williams has never been interested in playing America’s nurturing, motherly confessor. She’s a contradictory, polarizing figure, but that’s part of why her fans love her, and what sets her apart from the blandness of most daytime television."