Wendy Williams

Every day millions of American TV viewers tune in to the syndicated Wendy WIlliams Show.

She's been a fixture on daytime TV since 2008. But her media career began long before that.

Some have even called her a "shock jockette".

When I met her in 2003, Williams was a major radio personality but had not yet broken out onto the national stage in a major way. She had just written her first book, Wendy's Got The Heat.