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Wendy Williams’ Husband Kevin Hunter Opens Up About Her Sobriety: ‘It Is a Family Process’

Wendy Williams' Husband Opens Up About Her Sobriety After On-Air Reveal
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Wendy Williams’ husband, Kevin Hunter, spoke out about the talk show host’s sobriety days after she opened up on The Wendy Williams Show about struggling with addiction.

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“Wendy is doing well,” Hunter, 46, told Entertainment Tonight on Thursday, March 21. “We’re doing well as a family. We are moving forward with working on her sobriety and doing the work to help others, not just ourselves.”

He added: “It is a family process. Anybody that has to deal with this knows this [is] a family process … and we are dealing with it and moving forward.” Williams, 54, and Hunter, who wed in November 1997, are parents of son Kevin Jr., 18.

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The Ask Wendy author revealed during the Tuesday, March 19, episode of her talk show that she sought treatment for addiction. “You know Kevin and I have The Hunter Foundation for the good of the people. We recently launched our 888-5-HUNTER number for those of you caught up in the struggle of addiction,” she said. “Well, for some time now, and even today and beyond, I have been living in a sober house.”

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She added: “You know I’ve had a struggle with cocaine in my past. I never went to a place to get the treatment. I don’t know how, except God was sitting on my shoulder and I just stopped.”

Williams noted that only her husband knew about her living situation. “After I finish my appointments, seeing my brothers and sisters, breaking bread, I am driven by my 24-hour sober coach back to the home that I live in here in the tri-state with a bunch of smelly boys who have become my family. … Doors are locked by 10 p.m. Lights out by 10 p.m.,” she explained. “So I go to my room, and I stare at the ceiling, and I fall asleep to wake up and come back here to see you.”

The host is “100 percent committed to her sobriety now,” a source told Us Weekly. “Her sober coach has been on set with her every day since her return and she’s focused on taking back control of her life. She’s a work in progress.”

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