Wendy Williams’ mother Shirley Skinner Williams has passed away, the star confirmed on her talk show on Monday morning.
‘She died. My mom passed away many, many, many, many weeks ago,’ the 56-year-old star shared as she had on a dark satin dress. ‘You know how you lose track of the day and time? All I know was it was a long time ago. The five of us, my mom, dad, my siblings the five of us – she will always be here.’
The personality added her mother passed away ‘beautifully and peacefully and surround by love. She didn’t suffer, thank God.’
Sad loss: Wendy Williams’ mother Shirley Skinner Williams has passed away, she confirmed on her talk show on Monday morning
Wendy added their relationship became closer when she went away to college.
And they were like two teenage girls who were like 17-year-olds.
‘My relationship with my mother right up to the end was so girly and so ridiculously giggly. She said to me, “The girls went down to the shop and bought up press on nails and Wendy if one pops off, I open up a package and pop another one on.”‘
And Wendy added she watched the Housewives with her mother as well as Hallmark movies and the old Frosty movies.
With her parents: ‘My relationship with my mother right up to the end was so girly and so ridiculously giggly,’ said Wendy; seen here with mom Shirley and dad Thomas in 2017
And the star said they were like ‘best friends.’
The diva added that she is going to stay strong for her son because this is the first death of a family member he is experiencing.
And Wendy said that she will not cry on TV for the sake of her son and was actually proud that she shed not one tear during her show.
‘She is everywhere, first thing I think about in the morning, the last thing I think of when I go to sleep,’ said the star.
Her heart: ‘She is everywhere, first thing I think about in the morning, the last thing I think of when I go to sleep,’ said the star; mom and dad at the show
They never split: Shirley and Thomas in July 2018 in New York City
Wendy also said that she talks ‘out loud’ to her mom and she hears what her mother would say back.
But then Williams broke down in tears as she held onto a mug of coffee and shared that her mother ‘admired me because I chose my college’; she added that her mother said she liked how Wendy went away to college, out of New Jersey.
Shirley attended King University, said Wendy.
The news was first shared by a journalist named Courtney Brown who is a longtime friend of the family.
Extremely close: Wendy also said that she talks ‘out loud’ to her mom and she hears what her mother would say back. Seen on her mother’s 80th birthday
Shirley worked as a teacher in New Jersey where she raised the talk show host along with Wendy’s siblings Wanda and Thomas.
The matriarch leaves behind her children as well as her spouse Thomas Williams, Jr.
Shirley often appeared on The Wendy Williams Show and sometimes served as a co-host.
Writer Brown said that Shirley and her grandmother were close friends for 83 years.
‘One of my granny’s best friends for 83 years passed away…Mrs. Shirley Williams ❤️,’ said the writer on social media.
‘Always available for my granny and our family, she flew in to share this beautiful speech at granny’s 100th birthday. Mr and Mrs Williams is truly what the kids now call #CoupleGoals.
‘May she rest peacefully and prayers to @wendyshow and the entire family.’
According to Madame Noire, Shirley was a learning disabilities resource specialist at the Bradley School in Asbury Park, New Jersey.
Williams was a civic leader and served in community organizations like the Monmouth County Council of Girl Scouts and the Central Jersey Club of the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, Inc, according to an article in the Asbury Park Press. S
And Shirley was a member of the Black sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc, added Madame Noire.