Yesterday’s episode of Oprah was an emotional one for me on so many different levels.  Did you see it?  She welcomed former talk show host, Montel Williams, to the set but they also showed short, pre-taped segments of Fran Drescher (The Nanny), Scott Hamilton (figure skater) and Magic Johnson (NBA basketball player).  The topic was “After the Diagnosis” and I was so touched by the strength and honesty with which these stars shared their own story. 
Fran talked about her brave battle with uterine cancer.  She had to fight for years to get a diagnosis but was then heartbroken …read more

Veteran talk show host, Montel Williams will end his show’s 17-year run with this season. 

“I can’t say thank you enough to those who’ve welcomed me into their homes for the past seventeen years,” Williams says in a statement. “It has been both an honor and a joy.”

Next season, CBS is planning to do a full-year of programming highlighting “the most exciting episodes from the last 17 years.” 
Wow… I’m pretty surprised, actually.  I know that his show will be missed by many but I hope that this just creates more opportunities for him. 
Good luck, Montel, and thank you for putting …read more

Talk show host, Montel Williams, made some great looking smoothies and talked about his book on Fox LA!  He says that because of his health problems, he tries to put pounds of vegetables into his body every day.  Sounds like a good idea!
Watch the video of him making his green shake (it looks good)!

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Montel Williams acted like a crazy person the other day when he got into a fight with some reporters.  At least he has apologized.
Apparently, Montel was in Savannah to promote a free prescription program for low-income people when things went sour.  Some of the reporter’s questions angered Montel and he terminated the interview.
The Celebrity Cafe reports that "later, when the Savannah Morning-News reporters returned for an unrelated assignment, Williams walked up a high school student intern at the paper, Courtney Scott, and got in her face pointing his finger saying, “Don’t look at me like that. Do you know …read more

Montel Williams wants to show that he is about more than psychics and survival stories – he’s going to produce movies. One project that’s in the works is a gay-themed flick:
Talk show host Montel Williams will try his hand at movies by executive producing a series of feature films in partnership with production companies.
Romantic comedies include That’s Amore, about a gay Italian man who inadvertently finds himself engaged to a Jewish girl next door.
This reminds me the Canadian film, “Mambo Italiano” which was rather amusing so I hope this doesn’t copy it!
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Talk show host, Montel Williams, got married this weekend.
Montel and his fiancée, Tara Fowler, “wed before an intimate gathering of friends and family Saturday afternoon on a beach in Bermuda, according to People magazine.
Williams, 51, proposed to Fowler, 36, a former American Airlines flight attendant, on July 12, 2006, in front of both of their families at Manhattan’s Tavern on the Green restaurant.
This is the third marriage for Williams, who has four children – two from each of his previous marriages. It is the first for Fowler.”
Congratulations and best wishes!
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Montel Williams suffers from multiple sclerosis and, since being diagnosed in 1999, he has made it his personal obligation to raise awareness about the illness and the treatment options. Here is a great interview:

Paternity tests and psychics made the “The Montel Williams Show” a hit but after Williams was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1999, he began taking on a more serious cause – the nation’s healthcare system. Williams tells the Resident about his sometimes controversial causes and why he thinks U.S. healthcare is “an abomination.”—Heather Corcoran
Has there been one moment on the show that sticks out as the …read more

Wow… I didn’t even know he was getting married! Montel Williams is set to tie the knot later this year. Here are some details:

American talk show host Montel Williams will spare no expense when he gets married in Bermuda later this year.
The 51-year-old will wed Tara Fowler at a glitzy ceremony at Tucker’s Point Club on Saturday, October 6.
The celebrations are expected to kick off the day before with a pre-wedding sunset cruise around the island. The couple, who started dating in 2005, will whisk guests off for a four-hour party on the 101ft yacht ‘Venetian’.
The following evening, …read more

I thought this piece, written by Montel Williams, was really interesting. Here it is:

You probably know me as a talk show host and, perhaps, as someone who for several years has spoken out about my use of medical marijuana for the pain caused by multiple sclerosis. That surprised a few people, but recent research has proved that I was right: right about marijuana’s medical benefits and right about how urgent it is for states to change their laws so that sick people aren’t treated as criminals. The Illinois General Assembly is considering such a change right now.
If you see …read more

Here are some pictures of talk show host, Montel Williams, playing poker on June 27, 2007.