Williams revealed to “CBS Mornings” co-anchor Gayle King that she had to undergo an emergency partial hysterectomy this year after doctors discovered 21 uterine fibroids — one the size of a cantaloupe.
“It all happened so fast. It really didn’t hit me until I woke up in the hospital bed,” Williams, who appeared in season four of “Traitors” and is currently on “Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip,” said in an exclusive “CBS Mornings” interview.
Williams has been dealing with fibroids since her late 20s. She’d previously undergone a procedure called uterine fibroid embolization to shrink the fibroids without impacting the uterus and believed they were gone.
“I had symptoms but, you know, I’m 45 years old, and I’m thinking, oh, maybe perimenopause,” Williams recalled, mentioning a long menstrual cycle, migraines and fatigue.