Known as a "shock jock diva," Wendy Williams has had a following in the nation's number one media market, New York City, and across the nation from the time she became a top-rated radio personality and "It Girl" in the mid-1990s—whether she's hosting her nationally syndicated television talk show The Wendy Williams Show or doing commentary for the VH1 Fashion Awards, her fans know that Wendy's Got the Heat. Wendy Williams is the kind of media personality that artists love because she builds them up—and fear because she can bring them down. She's interviewed many of the biggest names in entertainment—Jennifer Lopez, Whitney Houston, and Queen Latifah among them—and is known for her ability to disarm and get them to reveal their secrets. Known as both a "shock jock diva" and "the biggest mouth in New York," Wendy Williams is always at the top of her game, whether she's doing commentary for the VH1 Fashion Awards or giving romantic advice. But there's more to the Queen of Urban Radio than meets the mike. Wendy's Got the Heat is her story—about growing up in a predominately white suburb, recovering from drug addiction, struggling to launch a successful career in one of the most male-dominated media industries—and it's by turns painful, hilarious, triumphant, and totally true.

ニューヨークのラジオ界を震撼させた女王、ウェンディ・ウィリアムズ。本書は、毒舌の裏に隠された一人の女性の壮絶な闘争の記録です。白人主体の郊外での孤独や業界の逆風、薬物依存からの脱却。虚飾を剥ぎ取った生々しい文体は、単なる成功譚を超え、社会の周縁から中心へと這い上がる魂の咆哮として、読者の胸を激しく揺さぶります。 最大の見どころは、無敵の「クイーン」という虚像と、脆さを抱えた実像との鮮烈な対比です。彼女の自信は、絶望の淵で掴み取った武器でした。これは己のアイデンティティを守り抜く「覚悟」を説く、泥臭くも高潔な哲学書です。その圧倒的な熱量に触れれば、彼女が放つ言葉の重みが、全く違って聞こえてくるはずです。