Wilhelmina Slater

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Vanessa Williams
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Wilhelmina Slater Quotes

	Season 3 / Episode 7: - Crush'd Wilhelmina Slater: Sorry, I sometimes blackmail people when I'm nervous.
	Season 3 / Episode 6: - Ugly Berry Wilhelmina Slater: Do you have some kind of death wish?
	Season 3 / Episode 2: - Filing for the Enemy Wilhelmina Slater: I still own 1/3 of this company! Claire Meade: No! Your unborn child own 1/3 of this company. Wilhelmina Slater: [to Daniel and Alexis] You are going to regret this! I promise you! Claire Meade: Don't you ever threaten my family, Wilhelmina! Claire Meade: [menacingly] You have no idea the lengths I will go to protect my children!
	Season 3 / Episode 2: - Filing for the Enemy Wilhelmina Slater: Look at us! Two women of color out for a fancy lunch in the town! Isn't this fun, girlfriend? Betty Suarez: [laughs nervously] I guess. Wilhelmina Slater: And that blouse is heaven! Where did you get? I love it! Betty Suarez: No you don't! Wilhelmina Slater: No, I don't. It's hideous, like driving through Ohio.
	Season 3 / Episode 2: - Filing for the Enemy Betty Suarez: Can you believe it? My first day here and I helped sell. Marc St. James: Did you flip your wig? I told you to be invisible. Betty Suarez: She asked me a question, and I was helpful. Marc St. James: Don't you get it? Wilhelmina doesn't need help. You never outshine the Queen. Betty Suarez: Yeah, well, she landed a major advertiser, and, by the way, Wilhelmina totally smiled at me. Marc St. James: She wasn't smiling... she was showing her teeth. Wilhelmina Slater: Betty! In my office, now.
	Season 2 / Episode 18: - Jump Wilhelmina Slater: [to Daniel] You're no longer Editor-In-Chief at Mode. I am!
	Season 2 / Episode 17: - The Kids Are Alright Wilhelmina Slater: Am I smiling, I can't tell? Marc St. James: I think you are.
	Season 2 / Episode 10: - Bananas for Betty Wilhelmina Slater: Why aren't they working? Marc St. James: Willy, a word. It's not that anyone minds being abused, it's just that they thought and I don't know where they got this that they are being paid to be abused.
	Season 2 / Episode 10: - Bananas for Betty Wilhelmina Slater: Well, that's why you're beloved -- you're loyal to your fans. Betty White: Oh, well, I adore 'em... Except for the few sickos who write lesbian fan fiction about me and Bea Arthur.
	Season 2 / Episode 9: - Giving Up the Ghost Daniel Meade: You came to clean out your office? Wilhelmina Slater: Actually, I came to clean out yours.
	Season 1 / Episode 22: - A Tree Grows In Guadalajara Wilhelmina Slater: Wow. My first public inning!
	Season 1 / Episode 19: - Punch Out Wilhelmina Slater: I thought there was a gag order against him. Marc St. James: It should be. A red hat with his skin tone? I am gagging.
	Season 1 / Episode 18: - Don't Ask, Don't Tell Wilhelmina Slater: Seems like everyone's an Editor-In-Chief here except me! Marc St. James: Oh, and me.
	Season 1 / Episode 16: - Derailed Wilhelmina Slater: You're not here to stitch, you're here to snitch! Marc St. James: She means she needs information, bitch!
	Season 1 / Episode 16: - Derailed Wilhelmina Slater: You know, you may be new at being a woman, but you're an old pro at being a BITCH!
	Season 1 / Episode 15: - Brothers Wilhelmina Slater: Birthdays are the gateways to Secret Santas and casual Fridays!
	Season 1 / Episode 15: - Brothers Wilhelmina Slater: Excuse me, is this you? [Holds up photograph and woman nods] You're fired!
	Season 1 / Episode 15: - Brothers Evelyn: Ok so you see that stripper, she used to be a nun and she's pregnant with the butcher's baby, but she doesn't know that the butcher is her second cousin. Wilhelmina Slater: A story as old as time.
	Season 1 / Episode 14: - I'm Coming Out Wilhelmina Slater: You wil be at my side at all times. You will be my seeing-eye gay.
	Season 1 / Episode 14: - I'm Coming Out Marc St. James: [Wilhelmina has just injected duck sauce in her face, and her eyes have swelled up] It's a blessing, Willie. Think about it, Fashion Week! All those people you don't want to see! Wilhelmina Slater: But they have to see me! And you will be by my side at all times. You will be my seeing-eye-gay.
	Season 1 / Episode 13: - In or Out Wilhelmina Slater: Now take off that ridiculous costume! I can't even stand looking at the real one.
	Season 1 / Episode 13: - In or Out Wilhelmina Slater: Boy that skiing accident sure paid off... Alex Meade. Alexis Meade: Alexis. It's Alexis now.
	Season 1 / Episode 11: - Swag Wilhelmina Slater: Well good luck returning my ass!
	Season 1 / Episode 9: - Lose the Boss? Wilhelmina Slater: Who on this staff would be willing to eat something that is 15 grams of fat per serving?
	Season 1 / Episode 6: - Trust, Lust, and Must Wilhelmina Slater: Nico, I told you only emergencies. [pauses for a moment, listening] No. You cannot submit my apartment for 'pimp yo house'!
	Season 1 / Episode 5: - The Lyin', the Watch, and the Wardrobe Wilhelmina Slater: I can't deny it anymore; it's happened. I've become a woman of a certain age
	Season 1 / Episode 5: - The Lyin', the Watch, and the Wardrobe Wilhelmina Slater: I can't compete anymore with the bevy of 22 year old gym bodies. You starve yourself, you pull yourself, you inject yourself, you think your safe, but they keep coming to the door younger and younger like a hail of bullets until down you go. Why is it such a crime to age in this business? Christina McKinney: It's true! It started because women are so punitive. Wilhelmina Slater: And who's fault is that. I set the standards. Lifetime achievement award, there's my achievement; it bit me in the ass, and the hips. Serves me right, huh?
	Season 1 / Episode 5: - The Lyin', the Watch, and the Wardrobe Marc St. James: Hola! Happy Halloween! Wilhelmina Slater: Marc! Wilhelmina Slater: That is the absolute cruelest thing I've ever seen. Someone's getting a raise.
	Season 1 / Episode 4: - Fey's Sleigh Ride Wilhelmina Slater: Did you just motion at me when you said Kwanza?
	Season 1 / Episode 4: - Fey's Sleigh Ride Daniel Meade: Okay, this'll be our secret Wilhelmina Slater: We'll work with each other to fix it. I'll start with the leak. Daniel Meade: I'll tackle the new spread Wilhelmina Slater: Perfect... we're in this together. Daniel Meade: ...Are you as creeped out as I am?

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