Vanessa Williams

And before we started, they said, you know what, we're going to put the roof up.

And again, I thought, okay, that's a little unusual.

One time I was in a motel and they said, you know, don't leave your room unless you talk to my chaperone, which is in the room next door.

So those were just like just hints of that –

sense that they didn't really want to tell me everything, but that there was danger.

And I wrote a book with my mom about this.

Um, and she talks about like, you know, and my mom was so tough, but she talks about people threatening calling our home phone.

Cause back then you had a phone book.

We're talking way back in the day, but there was a phone book and our, our, our phone was listed cause we were listed and people would call and harass them.

Like we're going to kill your daughter.

You know, we know where you are.

We're going to come after you.

Um, the police picked up a guy that was mad at my mom cause she wouldn't let, I don't know what, what the deal was, but he was, he was threatening to kill her and the cops got him, you know?

So it was, it's crazy.

So it wasn't just, she wanted beauty passion.

But, you know, look at the world today.

I know.

And as a parent, I know you're like, I want the world to be a wonderful place and a safe place.

Yeah, it was a very stressful year.

Very proud, but very stressful.