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Wendy Williams digs herself into yet another hole as she tells gay men to ‘stop wearing skirts and heels’

Feb 14 2020
Written by Nick Duffy

Wendy Williams, whose TV show is popular with gay men, decided to take aim at her audience

Wendy Williams is under fire after accusing gay men of appropriating skirts and heels from women.

On Thursday’s edition of The Wendy Williams Show, the daytime TV host asked the audience if they would be celebrating the female empowerment holiday ‘Galentine’s Day‘ – before targeting a man for clapping.

Wendy Williams tells gay men to ‘stop wearing our skirts and heels’.

She said: “First of all, if you’re a man and you’re clapping, you’re not even a part of this. You don’t even understand the rules of the day. It’s women going out and getting saucy and then going back home.

“I don’t care if you’re gay. You don’t get a mensie 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.

“Stop wearing our skirts and our heels. Just sayin’, girls, what do we have for ourselves? Look here now, gay men, you’ll never be the woman that we are, no matter how gay!”

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The studio audience loudly cheered the clip, but the comments have faced a backlash on social media, where Williams’ remarks were branded homophobic and transphobic.

TV host faces fierce LGBT+ backlash.

Every day is a school day, and one Twitter user responded: “First of all, skirts have been worm by men since the Sumerian civilisation. Second, heels were originally created for men to make it easier for their feet to stay in stirrups while riding. Do us all a favour and shut the hell up!”

Another user suggested: “[If] she wants gays to not wear her skirts and her heels then she should not use gay hairstylists and makeup artists.”