Angie Martinez recalls the time she physically attacked Wendy Williams, in her new book

Radio personality Angie Martinez, 45, released her new memoir called "My Voice: A Memoir" where she detailed her days back at radio station HOT 97 where she worked for 25 years before leaving in 2014. At some point, talk show host Wendy Williams 51, also worked there & they were colleagues.

Talking about the time she confronted Wendy for taking jabs at her on air, Angie wrote in her book;


In 1997, Wendy took to her website to write about one of her co-workers who was dating rapper Q-Tip. She allegedly wrote,

“One of my co-workers is dating Q-Tip from A Tribe Called Quest. Oh well. I guess some women like men who like men.”

In the book, Angie said Wendy would call every rapper gay:

"Everybody was gay to Wendy. Every rapper you could think of in that era, I had heard Wendy Williams call them gay. Not one or two. Like every one of them. One day, I got fed up with Wendy's snide comments and decided to confront her at the HOT 97 offices in Tribeca. I lost my f–king mind. Before I knew it I was swinging at her. It was a quick scuffle. It took only a few seconds for me to realize that she wasn’t really hitting me back — she was just trying to get me off of her.”

Luckily, a co-worker stepped in the break up the fight. Angie then said after they were separated, Wendy grabbed a MOP to defend herself.

“just stood there with it like she wanted to have some sort of sword fight or something. It was actually kind of funny, even in the moment.” 

Following the fight, Angie and Wendy were suspended from the station. Angie said she started receiving threats from loyal Wendy listeners that made her feel awful and insecure.

Wendy was then sacked from the station and Angie took Wendy’s afternoon slot. .

“The truth is that if it wasn’t me it was gonna be somebody else," Angie wrote. “She was disrespectful to so many people all the time.”

Angie said they have not spoken since but she has no hard feelings towards Wendy...

“I watch her TV talk show sometimes and she has really mastered her lane. I find myself watching and laughing out loud. I don’t have any ill feelings toward her.”