( CNN ) -- Wendy Williams knows that her syndicated television show often provides fodder for jokes on E ! 's `` The Soup . '' She 's more than all right with that . Wendy Williams is hoping to attract a broad audience for her daytime talk show . `` I love it , '' she said , letting out a throaty laugh . Williams is not at all bothered if people poke fun , because at least they are talking about her new show . Long known to her radio fans for her outspoken nature and sometimes controversial interviews with celebrities , she is now navigating the switch from radio to television with `` The Wendy Williams Show . '' Williams ' mix of celeb guests , `` Hot Topics '' and straight-forward advice to audience members led Entertainment Weekly 's critic-at-large Ken Tucker to headline a recent blog item `` Are you watching 'The Wendy Williams Show ' ? You should be . '' The talk show host said she is settling comfortably into her new role . `` The radio was wonderful , and for 23 wonderful years , the radio served me , and I served it , '' said Williams , who is scheduled to be inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame this fall . `` The transition for me seems very natural and very easy . '' Her career has not always been so . A self-described `` Jersey girl , '' Williams was reportedly dumped from New York 's Hot 97 radio station in 1998 after a run-in with a fellow on-air personality . She eventually found success with a syndicated radio show , `` The Wendy Williams Experience , '' which aired on WBLS in New York . In 2008 , she and her radio show made news after a talent booker accused Williams ' husband/manager , Kevin Hunter , of sexual harassment , accusations Williams has dismissed as false in earlier interviews . Williams has also had several high-profile feuds with celebrities , notably Whitney Houston , who have been less than enthusiastic about her dishy gossip style and what they perceived as prying questions . In a 2003 interview with Houston , she tangled on-air with the singer about Houston 's drug use in an exchange that resulted in Houston delivering an expletive-laced diatribe . But while Williams still asks the questions many fans want to know ( and retains her catchphrase , `` How you doin ' ? `` ) , she said , her television show is different . `` It 's more polished , '' she said . `` Four hours on the radio versus one hour on TV -- that means you that you have to have five words instead of 35 words to explain what you are talking about . '' That does n't stop her from sharing everything from her love of wigs to information about her breast implants -- without which , she recently told viewers , she was `` naturally a long , floppy A [ cup ] . '' Rob Dauber , executive producer of the show , said daytime television needs Williams ' bluntness . `` Wendy Williams has a really unique , honest personality who audiences really relate to , '' he said . `` The daytime viewer , I think , is hungry for a personality who is not afraid to speak the truth , to tell her own truth and to kind of let it all hang out . `` Wendy 's not hiding anything from anybody about herself , and she 's not afraid to show all of her faults . '' During a recent phone interview , Williams , mother of a 9-year old boy , chatted easily while trying to get clothes in the washing machine and dinner on the table for her family . `` After the show , it 's real life , '' she said . `` Last night was parent night at school , and I forgot to include the box of tissues , pens that erase and a few other things , '' Williams said . `` No one said anything about it , but I went back in his folder and looked and immediately started sweating and feeling inadequate . '' She thinks daytime television fans can relate to her , because ultimately she is a fan , too . She rattles off countless shows she enjoys including `` Ellen , '' `` Oprah , '' `` Judge Judy '' and `` Dr . Oz . '' Williams said she aspires to attract higher-profile guests on her talk show and hopes the audience will give her time to find her stride . `` I know that the show is messy , because I 'm messy , '' she said . `` But I have a staff of very talented people working with me . '' She said she is grateful for her radio audience but hopes to branch out to more fans via television -- including men . She said she often observes them at her show , clearly annoyed that they have been dragged there by women . `` I see their faces dragging long when I first come out , and somewhere around the end of 'Hot Topics , ' they are roaring with laughter , '' she said . `` At the end of the day , I just want people to laugh and have a good time . ''
Wendy Williams has made the transition from radio to daytime television . Former radio personality now hosts `` The Wendy Williams Show '' She says she hopes the audience gives the show a chance . Williams : `` I just want people to laugh and have a good time ''