Longtime HGTV star Egypt Sherrod says she wishes former talk show host Wendy Williams the best amid her ongoing struggles, even though the two famously butted heads years ago, when they were both personalities on New York’s WBLS Radio.
On May 26, 2025, Sherrod and Mike Jackson, her husband and “Married To Real Estate” co-star, appeared on “The Morning Hustle” in Atlanta, where they live and work. During the conversation with hosts Lore’l and Kyle Santillian, Sherrod admitted Williams was never her “favorite” person, but that she has been saddened watching her downward spiral.
Egypt Sherrod Says She Has Kept Wendy Williams ‘Lifted Up in Prayer’ Despite Past Beef
During the interview on “The Morning Hustle,” Sherrod was asked about her recent disappointment with a New York Times Magazine article, penned by a writer who visited her and Jackson on set but later “trashed” home improvement shows.
“That’s what makes our stories worth writing and our book worth reading,” Sherrod said. “‘Cause one day when I write a book, baby, it’s going to be good!”
Although Sherrod did write a book about real estate in 2015, which she said “is number one in its genre,” she laughed as she said, “I’m talking about one day, like, when we tell our real stories. I’m talking about all the way back to radio. I’m gonna make it a whole series. It’s gonna be on Netflix, y’all!”
“Yeah, there’s some stuff in there,” Jackson quipped, and then Lore’l asked her, “Who’s the first person you would throw under the bus?”
Shifting to a serious tone, Sherrod replied, “I can’t say anything about her because she is not well right now.”
“Okay, I know exactly who you’re talking about,” Lore’l said, without mentioning Williams by name. “Obviously that was a public thing that you guys (went through).”
“Yep, and I have kept her lifted in prayer,” Sherrod said. “I would not wish what she’s going through on my worst enemy.”
When Lore’l mentioned that Williams seems to be improving and referenced rumors of her hosting a show with former CNN anchor Don Lemon, Sherrod replied, “I hope so. That’ll be a great comeback.”
Egypt Sherrod Says Seeing Wendy Williams’ Struggles ‘Saddens Me’
Williams has been under a court-ordered guardianship since 2022, per USA Today, after struggles with alcoholism, the breakup of her marriage, and a reported diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia and aphasia.
But in March 2025, she began making public pleas to be released from the assisted living facility in New York City, including calling in to “The View” to report that she lives on a memory care unit where she stays “in the bedroom the majority of the time” and can’t have anyone visit her without permission.
Sherrod told “The Morning Hustle” that even if Williams is released and her health improves, she’s not interested in re-hashing their old issues.
“It wasn’t so much about her as just the experience around that time,” she said of her years hosting middays at WBLS, on a show that aired right before Williams.
Noting that she’d watched the 2024 documentary on Williams and that her situation “saddens me,” Sherrod said, “There’s been many times that I’ve heard her story and I just want to get, like, everybody to help her. Like, how does that happen?”
Sherrod then added, “Now, she was never my favorite. I wasn’t hers. It was one of the historic spars or wars in radio. Like, literally in the lobby of Three Park Avenue. But, again, we grow. Because I think I must’ve been 22 right back then.”
“So, you know, you live a little, you grow, you learn, you start to understand people’s pain and how it shows up,” Sherrod continued, “and how, you know, the hate was never really about me. It was about the battles that she was fighting internally.”
Fans were impressed with Sherrod’s restraint and good wishes for Williams, with many commenting on social media that responses on “The Morning Hustle” were “all class.”
One person wrote, “Egypt projects nothing but good vibes and lots of prayers, she knows where all her Blessing comes from🙌🏼”
Sherrod started out in radio at age 18 and spent the next 18 years hosting shows in major markets like Philadelphia, Washington DC, New York and Atlanta. She eventually left the radio industry to focus full-time on real estate and design, telling Authority Magazine in late 2022, “I knew there was an expiry date on my radio career. Men last well into their 60s, but women who got married and had children, you’re not the young, hot chick anymore.”
HGTV’s “Married to Real Estate” aired its season four finale on May 27, but all episodes can be streamed on HBOMax.
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Egypt Sherrod Takes the High Road Addressing Beef With Wendy Williams: ‘She is Not Well’