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All you need to know about Eboni K. Williams

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Daniel Cobb

Updated on February 15, 2026

Eboni K. Williams is a $2 million net-worth American lawyer and television broadcaster. “State of the Culture” and “Fox News Specialists” were among the series Eboni K. Williams hosted. She was cast in the thirteenth season of “The Real Housewives of New York City” in October 2020.

Who is Eboni K. Williams?

Eboni K. Williams was born in Charlotte, North Carolina on September 9, 1983. Her single mother, who worked as a bus driver, reared her. She graduated from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications and African American Studies. She later attended law school, earning a J.D. from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law. She clerked for the Louisiana Secretary of State and the Louisiana Attorney General’s office while a law student. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, she also supported New Orleans council members.

How old is Eboni K. Williams?

She is currently 40 years old.

What is Eboni K. Williams’s net worth?

She is estimated to be worth $2 Million.

What is Eboni K. Williams’s career?

In 2008, Williams began her legal career as a family law and civil litigation attorney. Before returning to private practice in 2010, she served as a public defender. She represented clients in homicide, rape, drug, sex crime, and federal violation cases throughout this time. Williams opted to pursue a career in broadcast journalism after years of practicing law.

Williams was appointed as a journalist by CBS News in 2014. She covered daily news with a focus on legal issues, but she also covered broader news items. She held the role for a year before joining Fox News as an anchor and legal and political expert in 2015. She appeared in several of the network’s most popular shows at the time, including “The O’Reilly Factor” and “Hannity.” She was frequently featured on episodes that required legal commentary and was occasionally requested to appear on Fox Business Network as well.

Williams co-hosted a new Fox News show named “Fox News Specialists” in 2017, making her the first Black woman to co-host a prime-time cable news show. She and Eric Boling and Kat Timpf co-hosted the show. The show also featured two rotating guests known as specialists, with the panel discussing current events and political topics. The show was developed to replace “The Five,” which was rescheduled after Bill O’Reilly was fired from Fox News.

However, after Eric Boling faced sexual misconduct claims, the show struggled to gain traction, and Fox terminated “Fox New Specialists” in September 2017. Williams worked for Fox until 2018 when he left the network. She later described her tenure at Fox as difficult, and she stated that her motivation for joining the historically more conservative network was to disturb the established quo and present a more varied spectrum of opinions.

Williams joined WABC Radio in 2017 to co-host a midday chat show with longtime radio personality Curtis Sliwa. She took over for Ron Kuby as Sliwa’s co-host. She first appeared on the show in June and departed in October. The next year, she wrote “Pretty Powerful: Appearance, Substance, and Success.”

In 2019, Williams launched her own Revolt TV show, “State of Culture.” She also serves as the show’s executive producer. Joe Budden and Sean Combs originally conceived the show in 2018. In 2020, Williams became the host and executive producer of the podcast “Holding Court with Eboni K. Williams.” She covers important news events and provides a legal perspective on the show.

Williams became the first African-American cast member of “The Real Housewives of New York City” in 2021. She appeared in the 13th season of the show but left by the 14th. She later alleged that she was subjected to racism on the set of the show by some of the other cast members and that she raised some of her concerns with the show’s production crew, but nothing was done.

Williams has been invited to appear as a guest host on “The View” in 2021.

Williams started anchoring “Dark Nights in the City” on OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network in 2022. She discusses notorious crimes committed in New York City and provides legal commentary on the show.