Wendy Williams Breaks Down Talking About Whitney Houston's Death

13 February 2012 12:56 PM, PST | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »

Whitney's Houston shocking death has prompted an outpouring of emotion from across the entertainment industry. Monday on "The Wendy Williams Show," (weekdays on Fox) Wendy Williams, who famously clashed with Houston during her days as an L.A. radio host, broke down when talking about the singer's death and their shared history of drug abuse.

Williams described how the news of Houston's death stirred up a lot of raw feelings stemming from her own struggles with drugs. "Whitney and I, same age, and both plagued with the demon of substance abuse," Williams said, fighting through tears. "It's been almost 15 years since I smoked last from a crack pipe," she continued. "It's been almost 15 years since I waited on Jerome Avenue on the Bronx for my drugs."

Williams first publicly admitted that she had been addicted to cocaine in a 2009 episode of her show, explaining that she identified so closely with »

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