By Caitlyn Becker For Dailymail.com
Published: 17:21 BST, 23 April 2019 | Updated: 17:21 BST, 23 April 2019
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Police in New Jersey visited the home of Wendy Williams and her husband Kevin Hunter in January to perform a welfare check on the 55-year-old, according to a new report from TMZ on Tuesday.
The outlet reports that the caller claimed to be an employee of Williams' production company and stated that they believed that the talk show host was being poisoned.
A police report states that the call came in early in 2018 from a 'random caller' who alleged that Wendy's husband Kevin hunter was 'poisoning the talk show host.'
Welfare check: Police responded to the home of Wendy Williams and estranged husband Kevin Hunter in January after a tipster called authorities to report that the talk show host was allegedly being poisoned by Hunter, according to TMZ on Tuesday
'The caller believed Kevin was slipping Wendy something harmful, and he or she wanted cops to check on her,' TMZ reported.
Two officers responded to the call and went to Wendy's New Jersey mansion to perform a 'welfare check.'
When the officers asked the star if there was 'any truth to the anonymous tip she was being poisoned' she didn't outright deny it, saying something to effect of 'well, I'm very popular.'
When pressed by police, TMZ reports that Wendy ' became tearful, but denied there was any truth to it.'
'The caller believed Kevin was slipping Wendy something harmful, and he or she wanted cops to check on her,' TMZ reported
The outlet also stated that when cops arrived to their home it