Controversial radio host Wendy Williams announced on the air earlier today that WBLS has fired her sidekick Charlamagne Tha God from her popular radio show, "The Wendy Williams Experience."
Charlamagne was not the only one to receive a pink slip. Most of Wendy's production staff was let go as well, reports New York's Daily News. The firings are causing the rumor mill to speculate that this is WBLS' way of forcing Wendy to resign. Sources say, that if Williams leaves, the station won't have to pay up her hefty severance package, according to SOHH.com.
In the midst of the shaky situation at WBLS, back in June, Williams' talent booker and publicist, Nicole Spence, filed a $5 million sexual harassment lawsuit againt the shock jock's husband, Kevin Hunter, Williams and the station's parent company, Inner City Broadcast Corp.
Spence accused Hunter of sexually propositioning her and later threatening her when she turned down his advances. She also claimed Hunter created a hostile work environment by physically attacking Williams at the office and she blames the station for not only giving Hunter authority - even though he did not work on the show - but for not responding to her multiple complaints about the situation.
Both Williams and Hunter have vehemently denied the allegations.
Yet Williams never mentioned any of this on air today, instead sticking up for her longtime co-host Charlamagne.
"He's gone, he's not forgotten," she announced. "He is still part of la familia. That is still my boy. He still sleeps in the purple room when he comes to the house. We still drink our Patron on Friday nights."
"That man will be O-damn-K," Wendy added.
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