-I know. You know what?

It was one of the nights because, you know, I wake up

at 4:00 in the morning to get ready for my own show.

-Yeah. -I was up with the insomnia.

And I saw it.

-Yeah, Dua Lipa. -I loved the love.

-I guess you mispronounced her name or something on

your show once.

-I do a lot of that. -And you called her --

You called her "Dula Peep."

[ Laughter ]

So now, no, this is the best thing, her fans loved it.

And now they call her Dula Peep

and, like, have signs they say like, "Dula Peep."

And she loves it and she laughs. -Aw.

-So, yeah, you started something.

-How you doin'? -Oh, come on.

[ Laughter ]

I want to -- and I want to talk about "Wendy in the City."

I want to hear all these stories.

-Oh, my gosh. [ Vocalizing ]

-It is, right? -Uh-huh.

-I do want to ask you, though. Are you divorced?

-Why, James? [ Drumroll ]

How dare you, Roots.

[ Laughter ] [ Drumroll stops ]

After nine months, yes, I am fully divorced.

-Wow.

-A door has closed in old life.

The new chapter has been so lovely.

-Wow. Congratulations. [ Cheers and applause ]

-Thank you for asking that.

-I just wanted to know.

-Thank you because people tiptoe around that.

I don't -- like, I don't feel like I'm intimidating.

But people are so scared.

But you and I have known each other for a long time.

-Yeah. -Yeah, I'm not mad.

You know, it was 25 years I don't regret.

But you know what?

Sometimes people move on with their lives.

And I have to tell you something.

Yeah, I now -- I no longer live in Jersey.

It is Wendy in the city.

-Yeah, and -- [ Cheers and applause ]

Are you dating? Are you looking?

What are you -- -Am I?

[ Laughter ]

Do I look like I have a hard time?

-No. [ Laughter ]

-You know what? Yeah, I date.

But, you know, I love my career. -Sure.

-Like, you know how tough this is with this microphone here.

-Sure. -You know what I'm saying.

There is a certain amount of dedication.

And I didn't just land into my career

'cause, you know, of something.

I plotted on being with a mike since sixth grade.

So I'm actually living my dream.

And I thought the rest of it --

'cause my mom and dad are still alive.

They've been married for 60 years.

I really didn't think that it would be this way.

But it seems so natural.

And our son is 19. -Yeah.

-And he's off in college.

And, you know, I wish, you know, the other the best.

-Yeah.

-But, yeah, I date in between handling "Wendy."

And I live with my two girls.

-Oh, yeah, we have your girls here.

These are your girls. -Oh, my gosh.

-What are their names again?

-Chit Chat. [ Audience aws ]

Chit Chat is my black cat. -Yeah.

-And My Way is the tiger-striped.

-My Way.

-Well, you know what?

Because that's how it's going.

I chat for a living.

And my way is how it goes.

New rules. -There you go.

Absolutely, why not? [ Cheers and applause ]

-And, but you know what?

You know what's weird about that picture, Jimmy?

So it's just me and the girls in the apartment.

And that's my bath mat. -Yeah.

Like, you know, when you're brushing your teeth,

they come in, they watch me.

They're like, "Oh, Chit Chat, look at Mom get beautiful.

She's going off to her show."

And then I run the shower.

That's literally outside my shower in my bachelorette pad.

But they were rescued.

And at first I wanted to, you know, because I --

you know, I'm a little fancy in my own little way.

-You are.

-And I wanted -- like, I saw Justin Bieber

got those special cats.

But I looked at the -- you know, they're really beautiful.

They look like tigers and stuff.

Jimmy, they start at $7,000.

They go up to as much as $30,000 per cat.

I'm like, "Get the hell out of here."

-No, yeah, yeah, no. [ Laughter ]

-Okay? -Yeah.

-I don't have a type, by the way, when I date.

-You don't? -You didn't ask me.

[ Laughter ] -You don't have a type?

-I love men. -That's it? Period?

-Yeah. -Where do you look for men?

Where does Wendy Williams go?

Are you on Tinder?

-No. I'm not doing that.

-Why?

-Because I like eye-to-eye contact.

-Oh. -I do.

And I like -- and I feel --

like, I've grown through the years.

-Sure.

Like, I used to never date a short man because I'm 5'11."

You know, I weigh in at like 175, 160 pounds.

I don't know.

I don't step on the scale. I just like what I see.

[ Cheers and applause ]