EDGE Magazine cover
Williams poses for the cover of Edge Magazine. In the issue Williams gives an interview and talks of her role in the sitcom The Neighbors, her talk show success and when she decided to be a broadcaster.
Sixth grade. I didn’t have a hole lot of interest in school, but I enjoyed reading books and I enjoyed writing. I knew I could do it. I thought being a newscaster or a radio personality was definitely it. One of the two.
Future interview
Williams interviews Future and questions him about his career, fiance Ciara and baby on the way.
The wedding plans are going great. I’ma let [Ciara] handle the wedding. I’m doing my album. The album’s coming out April 22, so she’s coordinating everything. She’s doing a great job at that. I’m just approving everything.
Tiny interview
Williams interviews Tiny to promote Tiny’s 4th season of her show T.I. and Tiny: The Family Hustle. Williams also questions Tiny about rumors of divorce.
We had a couple fights and a few arguments but we argue all the time though. But we had this one big fallout about the Grammys and it just lingered and grew. But um no were still together were still, there is no divorce. But we are normal you know we go through the same thing that everybody ells does.
AOL.com interview
Williams sits down to interview with AOL.com’s Brian Balthazar and talks about her life, studio audience and new show.
The best part of my day is when the double doors open. No matter what’s going on in my life, we all have problems and we all have troubles and we all have things on our minds, but when those double doors open there is no feeling better than the roar of the crowd. People lift off their feet and it never gets tired to me. I gaze out to the audience and I see they’re not just here. They dressed for the occasion. People don’t dress like that for other talk shows in the studio audience! They come ready to play.
Elvira performance
The Oak Ridge Boys
Krysten Ritter interview
Williams interviews Ritter and questions her on her role in the Veronica Mars movie, her love life and family. When asked how modeling talent scouts discovered her in a small town mall Ritter stated.
Yeah, that’s what happened and I was such a loser. I’m wearing like, men’s jeans. Thank God they[modeling scouts] saw beyond that because I was wearing like a chap stick necklace. And then I was wearing like a tie-dye Guns And Roses shirt. They were like are you interested in being a model? And my mother and I looked at each other like, “What”?
Jeff Lewis interview
Williams interviews Lewis and questions him about his boyfriend, future plans, reality TV, and his design show Flipping Out.
Well the first thing I do when I go into people’s houses is I edit. So you’d be surprised at how much stuff you collect, so I go through and I move things around from room to room. Of course easy things, pillow, throws, books I do a lot with books. That is like the designers trick. Even something like changing out a lamp. Rugs, and I do not spend a lot of money on rugs. It just, it makes no sense every time I have spent money on a rug a dog has thrown up on it. And then I wanted to kill my self because I have spent a lot of money on rugs, so I do not do that. If you keep it inexpensive you can switch it, you know. like a sweater.
Wendi McLendon-Covey interview
Williams interviews McLendon-Covey her about her roles in The Goldburg’s and in the Tyler Perry Movie Single Moms Club. On working with Perry:
I was told you have to call him Mr. Perry and that he doesn’t tolerate any swearing. He is just very quite a task master and all of this. None of that was true. He was so nice. I can’t stress it enough. He was so nice. He doesn’t exhaust the scene. He edits as he goes. So he knows that was a good take lets just move on were not gonna beat it.
Nadine Ellis interview
Williams interviews Ellis about her family and career. When asked about her last moments with Aaliyah before the airplane crash that took her life:
I will never forget that last moment when she was about to…you know… they brought another boat out to meet her and take her entourage away. We were out in the middle of the ocean. We were all like, “Hey, can we get a picture?” and she was like, “You guys! Were gonna do the Grammy’s, We’re gonna do the American Music Awards. We have all these awards to do we’ll get the shot then.” We were all like, “Okay”. Then she got on the boat and that was the last time we saw her.
Josh Henderson interview
Williams interviews Henderson about Dallas and his family. On how he got his start in the entertainment business:
Popstars, its crazy. It was a show in 2002 I was right out of high school and I hopped out of line thinking that maybe I could get on TV. I never thought I was gonna be in this business, 80,000 kids auditioned for this group. Somehow I won and recorded the record, went on tour and that got me my start and here I am.
Mike Epps interview
Williams interviews Epps about his 14 year marriage and his children. When questioned about being back on the road doing standup Epps states.
I been doing comedy now for about 20 years so, never stop doing comedy you know. I tell my wife all the time, I say me being away from home has really kept us married as long as we been married. You got to get out of each other’s face and then when we see each other it’s like we been dating for 14 years.
Chandra Wilson interview
Williams interviews Wilson about her family, career and the 10th season of Grey’s Anatomy.
Our fans are so loyal to the show. Y’all ride with us no matter what the story line is. Music still drives the show but mainly it’s about still staying and sticking with those characters. You know everybody is crazy about those characters and wants to know how their lives are gonna pan out. You know six of our original cast members were here for season 10 and I think that the audience appreciates that.
Mary Mary interview
Williams interviews group Mary Mary and questions them about their gospel career, a cheating husband and their reality TV show.
If I had known what this season was going to bring. I would have opted out. It was you know unfortunately we are executive producers on our show so we watch our edits and we have to clear and okay a everything and it was hard for me to do it.
David Arquette interview
Williams interviews Arquette about his career and family. When questioned about his Lifetime Network movie Happy Face Killer.
I play Kieth Jefferson the happy face killer. He’s a real guy he killed eight women and its insane, he’s in jail in Oregon. A tragedy, its hard playing something when you know that there are actual victim’s families out there. But as an actor it’s my job to entertain and just sort of explore aspects of that and hopefully bring something to it.
Wayne Brady interview
Williams interviews Brady and questions him on hosting the BET Honors, his daughter and career. When questioned about how he introduces his girlfriends to his daughter:
Earlier when I was dating, I was not very bright about it, because I didn’t know you needed a time to make that happen. Now I understand, six months at the minimum, because you don’t want to grow up with someone. Like we’ve had folks that I know where they’ve got a lot of aunties. Auntie Jasmine, Auntie Sissy. Well where’s your auntie? I don’t know, they’re not my auntie anymore. So I want her to, when I bring someone into her life that it’s real, it’s gonna stick, then that shows my respect for her.
Dule Hill interview
Williams interviews Hill about his role in the Broadway Musical After Midnight.
It’s about the Cotton Club. Back in the 1930’s the Cotton Club was the greatest floor show on earth. They had a stage were African-American artist were celebrated and even though they were celebrated on stage they were not celebrated off stage. The show is a celebration of that time its the Cotton Club floor show, we have the jazz @ Lincoln Center Jazz Al-stars there. Fantasia was their now we have Katie Lang. We have 25 amazing performers.
Mark Anthony interview
Williams interviews Anthony about his family and career. When questioned about his relationship with his ex-wife’s boyfriend Casper Anthony:
It’s great. As a matter of fact, we [Casper] were texting back and forth two days ago We’re actually really, really good friends. From the very beginning. When you love someone and you care for someone. Jennifer and I, I don’t say it lightly we’re great friends. You know, anybody that means anything to her means something to me. That’s keeping it simple. Casper’s a great guy. He’s been great to my children. And I have nothing but respect for him, absolutely nothing but respect.
Brian Boitano interview
Williams interviews Boitano about his career, family and the Olympics. When questioned about his experience being gay in the Olympics replied.
It was weird growing up in figure skating because all the guys I competed with were straight, everybody that I toured with was straight. Like I was one of the only ones, I know because they had girlfriends and stuff like that so I was always really quiet about who I was personally. After the Olympics in fact my agent at the time said, “you got to go on these talk shows and you know say that you want to get married and stuff. I don’t know if your gay or not”. I was like “Oh my God, how did he know I’m gay?” because I was in this world of all these strait guys competing, you know. I didn’t even know that people thought that figure skaters might be gay.
EJ Johnson interview
Williams interviews Johnson and questions him on how he told his parents he was gay.
Well I came out when I was about 17 to my mother and father [Irving “Magic” Johnson] and I’m 21 now. So I think that it was a good time because I have already come out to myself. I was already comfortable with myself and my friends and so it was like that. After that point it seemed like it was time to tell them. [I told them] in the comfort of our own home.
Nancy Grace interview
Williams interviews Nancy Grace on hot topics and why she will never smoke marijuana.
This is why I have never done pot. The first time I went to an arraignment there was this gorgeous lady, in blues in hand cuffs. I’m like what’s she doing here? She was a stock broker. You have to take all those test to become one and yeah like series seven blah blah. She lost her family, her husband, custody of her children, her job she can never go back.
