Who is Wendy Williams' first husband Bert Girigorie?

WENDY Williams has been married twice in her life, with her second marriage to Kevin Hunter ending in a divorce in 2020.

Before that, Williams was married to Bert Girigorie in 1994. A much-anticipated Lifetime movie about her life has delved further into her turbulent relationships...

Who is Wendy Williams' first husband Bert Girigorie?

Wendy Williams was married to Bert Girigorie before her ex-husband Kevin Hunter.

Girigorie met Williams while working at a New York City radio station.

The couple dated for two years before tying the knot in 1994.

They separated after just five months and officially divorced in 1995.

According to Girigorie's Twitter profile, he is a "sales & marketing professional" based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

He lists his website as G2 Marketing Inc, a digital marketing agency for professionals.

Why did Wendy and Bert separate?

In a 2019 interview with RadarOnline, Girigorie said he was "at a loss" over the troubled host's bizarre behavior.

He said he was completely unaware of Williams' alleged drug use, but came to realize after they split that the addiction could have explained her erratic behavior.

He said things started going strange right from the beginning of their marriage: “It was very bizarre. She just turned into a different person. I don’t know what was going on.

"I didn’t understand a lot of things that she did. I didn’t understand what her motivations were.”

Girigorie claimed the TV host's antics got out of hand until they "had a big blowout, and the relationship became very strained".

The marriage was a failure from the beginning, Girigorie suggested, adding they got off to a bad start shortly after exchanging vows.

He described Williams' bizarre behavior as flippant, and said it could have been related to her alleged drug use.

Girigorie said about Williams: “I know she said she was doing drugs but she kept that away from me,”

“I assumed that she was but I didn’t know anything about it.

"I know I was seeing strange behavior and behavior that I didn’t understand when I look back at it.”

Did Wendy Williams have a drug addiction?

In March 2019, Williams spoke out about her cocaine addiction on her show as soon as she returned from her nearly three-month hiatus.

“Crack is wack,” she said on the March 5, 2019 segment.

“I was a mess… killing myself. I realized I am a walking addict.

"You can’t just clean it up and stop it. I wasted a lot of my life burning my insides."

Williams added: "You never know when it can pop up. I constantly have to watch the inside of my body because of hard partying, just a mess."

She told her audience: "For some time now, and even today and beyond, I have been living in a sober house.

“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.”

When was Wendy Williams: The Movie released?

Wendy Williams: The Movie premiered on Saturday, January 30, 2021, on Lifetime at 8pm.

The movie is an intimate look into Williams' rise to fame from her early radio days to her syndicated talk show The Wendy Williams Show.

Who is Wendy Williams' first husband Bert Girigorie?